Indian Navy To Recruit Woman Sailors Under New Agnipath Scheme, First In History
The Indian Navy announced to recruit women sailors under new “Agnipath” Army recruitment scheme. On June 19, Vice Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi said, “We have decided that time has come to recruit women sailors and in all trades which will include women who will go to sea.” This will be first time that a woman official will be given Personnel Below Officers’ Rank (PBOR) in the Indian Navy.