Lok Sabha Question No. 412 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Recruitment of Female Personnels
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.412

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## RECRUITMENT OF FEMALE PERSONNELS

## 412. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the policy for recruitment of female personnels in each of the three services of armed forces the Navy, the Army and the Air Force;
- (b) the  service-wise  and  year-wise  number  of  females  recruited  in  these  services during the last three years;
- (c) the service-wise percentage of female personnels as compared to male personnels in the three services as on date;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  running  any  special  scheme  to  increase  female participation in defence forces; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (e): A statement is attached.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 412 FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2018

- (a) Presently, women are inducted in Indian Army through Short Service Commission  (Technical)  and  Short  Service  Commission  (Non-Technical) entries.  The induction is governed by SAI I/93 and AI 3/98.

Women are inducted in all the branches and streams of IAF service. Terms and conditions for women officers are issued from time to time.

In  Indian  Navy,  women  officers  are  inducted  through  Short  Service Commission,  in  Logistics,  Law,  Observers,  Medical,  Dental,  Air  Traffic Control (ATC), Pilots (Maritime Reconnaissance Stream), Naval Armament Inspectorate cadre (NAIC), Naval Architecture and Education Branch.

- (b) Women are recruited in the Army, Navy and Air Force in the officer cadre only.  The number of women officers in the Indian Army (excluding Medical,  Dental  &  Nursing  Branch),  in  the  Indian  Air  Force  (excluding Medical and Dental Branch) and in the Indian Navy (including Medical and Dental) recruited during the last three years, Service-wise, are as under:-
- (c) The  percentage  of  women  officers  in  the  three  services  of  armed forces are as under:-
- (d) & (e): In  2011,  the  Government  approved  consideration  of  women Short  Service  Commission  Officers  (SSCOs)  for  grant  of  permanent commission  along  with  men  SSCOs  in  specific  branches  in  the  three services  viz.  Judge  Advocate  General  (JAG),  and  Army  Education  Corps (AEC) of the Army and their corresponding branches in Navy and Air Force, Naval Constructor in Navy and Accounts Branch in Air Force.

|   Year |   Army |   Navy |   Air Force |
|--------|--------|--------|-------------|
|   2015 |     72 |     35 |         223 |
|   2016 |     69 |     44 |         108 |
|   2017 |     66 |     42 |          59 |

| Percentage of women officers   | Percentage of women officers   | Percentage of women officers   |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Army                           | Navy                           | Air Force                      |
| 3.80% (as on 1.7.2018)         | 6% (as on 5.12.2018)           | 13.09% (as on 1.12.2018)       |

In  March 2016, approval has been accorded for induction of women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers as Pilots in Maritime Reconnaissance  (MR)  stream  and  in  the  Naval  Armament  Inspectorate (NAI) cadre.

In  the  Indian  Air  Force  since  1993,  women  officers  have  been inducted  in  all  branches  and  stream  as  Short  Service  Commissioned Officers  except  in  the  fighter  stream.    However,  IAF  has  revised  Short Service Commission scheme to induct  women into  the  fighter stream on experimental basis for five years.  The first batch of three women officers was commissioned in the fighter stream on June 18, 2016.

In  addition,  steps  like  increasing  tenure  of  women  officers  and improving  promotional  prospects  in  Army  have  been  taken  to  increase participation of women in the Army.

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