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New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI): The three services are facing a shortage of 9,362 officers and around 1.13 lakh soldiers, airmen and sailors, according to details provided by the government on Monday.
\nIn response to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state for defence Ajay Bhatt said that the Army has a shortage of 7,476 officers and 97,177 soldiers including Junior Commissioned Officers.<\/p>\n
According to details provided by Mr Bhatt, the Navy has a shortage of 1,265 officers and 11,166 sailors.<\/p>\n
In the Indian Air Force, the number of posts of officers lying vacant is 621 while it is 4,850 for airmen.<\/p>\n
“It is the endeavour of the government to fill up the vacancies in the armed forces in a systematic and time-bound manner, which is a continuous process,” the minister said.<\/p>\n
Mr Bhatt said, at present, 53,569 officers and 11,35,799 soldiers are serving the Indian Army.<\/p>\n
The number of officers serving in the Navy is 11,100 while the strength of sailors is 63,515, he said.<\/p>\n
In the Indian Air Force, the number of officers is 12,048 and while that of airmen is 1,38,792.<\/p>\n
To a separate question on whether the Defence Ministry has abandoned the idea of having Republic Day Parade on January 26 in Rajpath because of construction activities, he said, “No”.<\/p>\n
In response to another question, Bhatt said 37 projects costing \u20b9 191.19 crore have been awarded to various industries especially<\/p>\n
MSMEs and startups under Technology Development Fund (TDF)<\/p>\n
He said a total fund of \u20b9 28.51 crore has been released to various Developing Agencies (DA) till date.<\/p>\n
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