Pune
\nThe Indian Army is not yet ready to have women in combat role, but there are several other fields where they may be inducted, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat said today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not yet ready for that as facilities have to be created within… Women also need to be prepared for that kind of hardship,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is not easy. Let us not compare ourselves with western nations, which are more open,\u201d said Gen Rawat.<\/p>\n
There were plans to have women as interpreters, the Army Chief said. \u201cYes, we may be more open in our big cities, but our Army personnel are not coming from big cities only. They are coming from rural areas too, where the intermingling, which is expected, is still not there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWomen officers are being inducted into all three services. But what we have to decide is whether some of them can be given permanent commission,\u201d said Gen Rawat. The Army has taken a call that there are some aspects and fields where \u201cwe need some kind of continuity and permanency\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a command-oriented Army, male officers do not fit the bill everywhere. The Army needs language interpreters as military diplomacy is gaining ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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