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Snatching Defeat from Victory’s Jaws

  • Deepak Sinha
  • June 10, 2022
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“The Govt’s ad hoc approach towards Army recruitment has adversely impacted youngsters, and even the military’s operational preparedness”.

Recruitment for the Army has been at a standstill over the past two years as the Government contemplates drastic changes in its recruitment pattern and consequently its manpower profile. As recruitment is age-driven, this halt on recruitment has adversely impacted youngsters, mostly from rural areas, who suddenly find themselves stuck in limbo. The tragic suicide by young Pawan of Bhiwani district on becoming overage in the interim says it all.

But his case is just the tip of an iceberg as over 1 lakh candidates, having cleared the physical tests, are still awaiting conduct of the written exam as time ticks by.

It has adversely impacted the Army as well. Approximately 50,000 personnel retire annually, which implies that the Army is currently deficient in nearly 10 per cent of its authorised strength. This has impacted operational readiness and will have a knock-on effect on training and manpower management in future. The fact is, it takes 18 months from the time an individual is selected and joins his unit as a trained soldier. Clearly, halting regular recruitment, for whatever reasons, has been an imprudent move that has negatively impacted our national security and should have been avoided at all costs, given the fragile security environment that we confront.

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Deepak Sinha

Veteran Brigadier Deepak Sinha is a former Para Officer in Indian Army and and commanded a Para Brigade. He is Senior Fellow with TPF. He is a prolific writer on national security, terrorism and counter- insurgency, and geopolitics.

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