Women in Armed Forces

Hello readers, My name is Rohit and in this blog we will be discussing about a very important topic for lecturette and group discussion for SSB.

Let's Begin.

Points to remember :

 👉 In 2021, with Supreme court intervention, girls were allowed to write the National Defence Academy (NDA) entrance examination for the first time which was a historic moment for the young girls of the country. More than 1lakh female candidates took the test and overall 16 female candidates joined the prestigious National Defence Academy in Pune.

 👉For the first time in 1888, women were recruited for the Indian Military Nursing Service. It was only in 1992, that women officers were inducted into non-medical roles in the armed forces, but only as short-service commission (SSC) officers.

 👉In 2008, the Centre granted a permanent commission to women officers only in the Legal and Education corps. After Supreme Court’s intervention in 2019, women can apply for Permanent Commission (PC) in Army.

 👉IAF started inducting women as fighter pilots in 2016. The first batch of women as soldiers were inducted into the Corps of Military Police (CMP) in 2021.

 👉 Recently launched Agnipath Scheme allows female candidates to choose army as career option after there 12th and joined the armed forces as an Agniveer and served the nation for 4 years and above depending upon their performances.

 👉Allowing women in combat roles has been a big debate not just in India but in the entire world. As of now, only a few countries allow women in combat roles.

 

 👉Slowly the situation is changing. But the share of the women workforce in the Indian armed forces is very low. As of February 2021, the share of the women workforce in the Indian Navy is 6.5%, in Army, it is 0.56%, and in Air Force, it is 1.08%.

 👉In the Indian National Army (INA), which was active from 1942 to 1945 under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose, there was an all-women regiment in India. It was one of the very few all-female combat regiments of the time.The Regiment was named after the  legendary queen of Jhansi "Rani Lakshmibai ".

Conclusion :

With the help from Supreme court, women are now allowed in many roles in Indian Armed Forces, which were reserved for males earlier. But the share of the women workforce in the Indian armed forces is still very low. Government should focus on making Armed Forces gender neutral to encourage more females to join forces and increase the number of vacancies for women entries.

Thank you 

Jai Hind.

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