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Permanent Commission to Women Officers and details of women personnel in Armed Forces

Permanent Commission to Women Officers 

High Court of Delhi vide order dated 12.03.2010 passed certain directions regarding grant of permanent commission to the Short Service Commissioned women officers of the Air Force and of the Army. The judgement in respect of Indian Air Force has been accepted for implementation, however, in case of Army, matter is presently sub-judice before the Supreme Court. 

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Mahabal Mishra in Lok Sabha today.

Women In Armed Forces

The actual strength of women personnel in the three services of the Armed Forces including its ratio to male officers is as under:

Army

(as on 01.07.2013)

Navy

(as on 12.12.2013)

Air Force

(as on 02.12.2013)

Actual strength Ratio to male officers Actual strength Ratio to male officers Actual strength Ratio to male officers
1289 1 : 28.1 337 1 : 26 1334 1 : 7.9

The details of women officers recruited during the last three years, Service wise are as under:

Year Army Navy Air Force
2010 93 39 159
2011 166 68 143
2012 157 32 136

State wise data is not maintained in Army. State wise details in respect of Navy and Air Force are attached at annexure-I and annexure-II respectively.
The Government have issued a letter on 11th November, 2011 inter-alia laying  down  policy on  induction and  employment  of women in Armed Force including grant of Permanent Commission to Women Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) as under:
Women officers may continue to be inducted as SSCOs in Branches/ Cadres where they are being inducted presently in the three Services;
Women SSCOs will be eligible for consideration for grant of permanent commission alongwith Men SSCOs in specific Branches in the three Services viz. Judge Advocate General (JAG) and Army Education Corps (AEC) of Army and their corresponding branches in Navy and Air Force; Naval constructor in Navy and Accounts branch in Air Force.
In addition to the above, in the Air Force, women SSCOs will be eligible alongwith men SSCOs, for consideration for grant of permanent commission in Technical, Administration, Logistics and Meteorology Branches.
The grant of permanent commission is subject to willingness of the candidate and service specific requirements, availability of vacancies, suitability, merit of the candidate as decided by each Service.
Further, a matter regarding grant of permanent commission to women officers in Army is sub-judice before the Supreme Court.

ANNEXURE-I

WOMEN OFFICERS INDUCTED INTO THE NAVY STATE-WISE

S. No. State 2010 2011 2012
1. Andhra Pradesh 2 6 4
2. Assam 1 0 1
3. Bihar 0 2 0
4. Chattisgarh 0 2 1
5. Chandigarh 0 2 0
6. Delhi 3 3 2
7. Himachal Pradesh 0 1 3
8. Haryana 3 7 8
9. Jammu & Kashmir 0 1 0
10. Jharkhand 1 2 0
11. Kerala 2 6 0
12. Karnataka 3 0 0
13. Maharashtra 2 2 1
14. Manipur 0 1 0
15. Madhya Pradesh 2 6 2
16. Orissa 0 1 0
17. Punjab 2 3 1
18. Rajasthan 4 2 1
19. Tamil Nadu 5 3 1
20. Uttarakhand 4 7 4
21. Uttar Pradesh 5 10 3
22. West Bengal 0 1 0
Total: 39 68 32

ANNEXURE-II
WOMEN OFFICERS COMMISSIONED IN AIR FORCE STATE-WISE:

State 2010 2011 2012
Andhra Pradesh 3 2 2
Assam 0 1 0
Bihar 1 3 2
Chandigarh 2 1 0
Delhi 16 11 10
Goa 0 2 0
Gujarat 1 2 4
Himachal Pradesh 3 2 4
Haryana 23 18 19
J & K 3 5 4
Jharkhand 1 3 0
Karnataka 7 6 4
Kerala 3 6 10
Madhya Pradesh 3 6 4
Maharashtra 11 8 7
Manipur 1 2 1
Orissa 3 4 2
Punjab 16 11 12
Rajasthan 10 7 7
Tamil Nadu 6 1 3
Uttar Pradesh 26 28 24
Uttarakhand 11 7 9
Uttaranchal 0 1 0
West Bengal 1 4 4
Others 8 2 4
Total: 159 143 136

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Manohar Tirkey and ShriNarahari  Mahato in Lok Sabha today.

Source: PIB

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