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The government will fully follow the Supreme Court’s order on the issue of giving permanent commission for women, Shripad Naik, Minister of State for Defence, said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Responding to a question by TMC MP Saugata Roy on permanent commission for women, Naik said, “We don’t do any discrimination. We will fully follow the Supreme Court’s order.”
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Roy said the Army has only 65 permanent commission officers, the Navy has nine and Air Force has little more than 300. In such a scenario, how will there be gender parity,
Naik said eligible women officers will be get permanent commission.
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