Deficiency In Armed Forces

Deficiency in Armed Forces

The shortage of soldiers in the three Armed Forces is given as under:
Officers:

Army	Navy	Air Force
(as on 1.1.2017)	(as on January, 2017)	(as on 7.4.2017)
7986	1256	Nil

JCOs/Other Rank and Equivalent:

Army	Navy	Air Force
(as on 1.1.2017)	(as on January, 2017)	(as on 1.3.2017)
25472*	12785	13614

* Against this deficiency, 78205 recruits are under training. As such there is no significant problem of shortage in other ranks in Army.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Shankarbhai N Vegadin Rajya Sabha today.

Source: PIB News