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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… read-more
Tags: Women participation, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force, Shripad Naik, Women Personnel
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CRPF Envisions Inclusion Of Women Personnel In CoBRA Force
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is envisioning the inclusion of women personnel into its intelligence-based jungle warfare commando force - Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA). Addressing a press conference, CoBRA chief A.P. Maheshwari affirmed, "We are favourably considering inducting women in the CoBRA". The CoBRA unit with over 12,000 personnel, stations its constituent teams in Naxal violence-affected states and in North-… read-more
Tags: CRPF, cobra, Women participation, Naxal
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Women Participation Highest In Bihar Police; National Share Rises By 16%
The Bihar Police has the highest share of female personnel among all the Indian states. It has 25.3% female personnel, followed by Himachal Pradesh (19.15%) and Union Territory of Chandigarh (18.78%). Notably, the percentage of female personnel in the national data has registered a 16% increase from the previous data. However, about 20% of the sanctioned strength in police throughout India is still vacant.
Tags: Bihar, Police, Women participation, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh
Courtesy: The Times of India
