DA Orders for Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank including NCs(E) – 125% from Jan 2016 MoD issued orders for the payment of 6% additional Dearness Allowance to Armed Forces Personnel with effect from Jan 2016. Dearness Allowance payable to Armed Forces Officers and personnel Below officer Rank, including Non-combatants (Enrolled), shall be … Read more
Facility of I-Ticket For Defence Personnel The facility of i-ticketing has been extended to defence personnel wherein tickets are booked online by the Defence Units on the Defence Travel System through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) website and i-ticket can be collected by the defence personnel from any Computerised Passenger Reservation System … Read more
Compulsory Military Training Government of India is not in favour of making military training compulsory to all the youth of the country due to the following reasons:- · India is a democratic Republic and the Constitution does not provide for compulsory military training. In our democratic set up, people are free to choose their professions. … Read more
Stress Levels of Defence Personnel The Government has ordered a study into the stress level encountered by young officers of the Army and has also asked the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop methods to mitigate it. Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), undertook … Read more
Army Celebrates Kargil Vijay Diwas at Dras The 15th Anniversary Celebrations of ‘OPERATION VIJAY DIWAS’ culminated in Dras on 26 Jul 2014. Earlier in the day, the proceedings opened with a solemn wreath laying ceremony at the Dras War Memorial led by Lieutenant General D S Hooda, GOC-in-C Northern Command of the Indian Army. Gallantry … Read more