Army's 3-Year 'Internship' for Youth Will Erode Operational Readiness, Harm its Interests I The Wire
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A former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen Raj Kadyan, has sharply criticised the idea of inducting 100 officers and around 1000 jawans into the army on a limited 3 year tour of duty. The idea has been widely reported by the media as a way of reducing the army’s sharply increasing expenditure on pay and pensions. As the military faces up to the prospect of deep budget cuts as a result of the post-corona resource crunch, the tour of duty concept has been proposed as a way of reducing expenditure on pay and pensions, possibly by as much as 11,500 crore a year.
A former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen Raj Kadyan, has sharply criticised the idea of inducting 100 officers and around 1000 jawans into the army on a limited 3 year tour of duty. The idea has been widely reported by the media as a way of reducing the army’s sharply increasing expenditure on pay and pensions. As the military faces up to the prospect of deep budget cuts as a result of the post-corona resource crunch, the tour of duty concept has been proposed as a way of reducing expenditure on pay and pensions, possibly by as much as 11,500 crore a year.