New Delhi: The permanent commission of women in the Indian Army has been officially approved by the Union Ministry of Defense. A spokesman for the Indian Army has said that the government has issued a formal sanction letter to give permanent commission to women officers in the Indian Army, which empowers women officers to play a larger role in the organization.
The order specifies to give permanent commission to women officers of Short Service Commission (SSC) in all ten streams of the Indian Army. As soon as all the effective SSC women officers exercise their option and complete the required documents, their selection board will be determined.
Female officers will be given permanent commissions in Judge Advocate General, Army Education Corps, Signal, Engineer, Army Aviation, Army Air Defense, Electronics and Mechanical Engineer, Army Service Corps, Army Ordinance Corps and Intelligence Corps.
