Ministry of Defence Women in Armed Forces  12 MAR 2018 The held strength of women officers vis a viz male officers in the Armed Forces is as given below: Women Men Indian Army : (excluding Medical, Dental & Nursing) 1561 41074 Indian Air Force : (excluding Medical & Dental branch) 1594 10781 Indian Navy: (including Medical & Dental officers). 644 10652 In consonance with the policy in vogue, women officers are not inducted in Arms of Indian Army which are involved in direct combat role. The first batch of three women fighter pilots has been commissioned into the IAF in 2016. Women officers in the Indian Navy are employed in combat, combat support and support roles. In their capacity as Pilots and Observers onboard Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft, women are being employed in a combat role. In Navy, the policy for setting up of Permanent Commission for women officers in Law & Education and Naval Constructors branch has been finalized. In case of...

Ministry of Defence Women Personnel in Army 07 MAR 2018 Held strength of women officers (excluding Medical, Dental and Nursing) in the Indian Army for the last three years are as under: Year Number of officers 2015 (as on 1st July) 1466 2016 (as on 1st July) 1512 2017 (as on 1st July) 1548 The borne strength of women officers (excluding Medical and Dental) in the Indian Navy as on 1st January from 2015 onwards is as follows Year Borne strength of women officers 2015 382 2016 409 2017 469 The strength of women officers (except Medical and Dental branch) in Indian Air Force in the last three years is as follows: Year Strength of women officers 2015 1428 2016 1584 2017 1598 Details of women officers (excluding Medical, Dental and Nursing) in different Arms and Service of Indian Army as on 1st January, 2018 are as under: Arm / Service Women officers AAD 63 Engrs 195 Sigs 220 ASC 265 AOC 292 EME 263 Int 73 Army Avn 20 AEC 85 RVC 0 JAG 85 Total 1561 ...

Recruitment of Soldiers Ministry of Defence RECRUITMENT OF SOLDIERS 07 MAR 2018 The details of youths who were recruited as soldiers in the Indian Army at various levels such as Commissioned Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers / Other Ranks (JCOs / ORs) are given below: Officers *: Year Candidates Selected 2015 1961 2016 1858 2017 1773 JCOs / ORs *: Year Candidates Selected 2014-15 66,992 2015-16 71,434 2016-17 52,086 2017-18 17,257(Till 31st December 2017) *Recruitment for Commissioned Officers is done calendar year wise, whereas the recruitment for JCO / ORs is done financial year wise. This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Vinod Lakhamashi Chavda in Lok Sabha today. PIB