Dehradun: Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat while speaking at the Passing out Parade of National Defence Academy (NDA) in Uttarakhand capital today said military is hunting for women to fight with enemy at the border.
Chief of Army Staff today said while addressing media persons in Dehradun that women will be inducted in military police as jawans first, as part of Army’s move to open combat positions for them in the force.
A week after the Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat announced that combat roles for women would be open soon, the chief today said that women will be first inducted in military police before taking the discourse further on their combat positions in the force.
“Firstly, we will start with women as military police jawans, will take next step after success,” General Rawat told media after attending a Passing out Parade (PoP) ceremony in Dehradun.
Indian army hunting for women to be inducted in military says, Bipin Rawat:
“Because many times, when people go to the operation, we have to face the people and many a times ladies come in front of us,” he said.
Currently women are allowed in a number of select areas including in medical, legal, educational, signals and engineering wings of the Indian Army but combat roles are kept off limit for them due to operational concerns and logistical issues.
According to reports, India will be joining countries like Germany, Australia, Canada, the United States, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and Israel that have already allowed women in combat roles in their army.
Last year, in a major step forward, Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh became the first women fighter pilots to be formally commissioned by the Indian Air Force.
On June 8, General Rawat said the situation in Kashmir would be normal soon.
 in Uttarakhand capital today said military is hunting for women.){kind=link}
