Navy Has Highest Women Participation Among 3 Services; Army Least
With 6.5% of women participation, Indian Navy has recorded highest participation of women among all three services. The information provided by Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik in Rajya Sabha on February 8 added that the Army and Air Force has 0.56% and 1.08% females respectively. He also said that the women in defence forces increased during 2020. Recently, the government has also sanctioned 1,700 women in the Military Police Corps.