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NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has finally issued the formal order to grant permanent commission (PC) to women officers in eight more branches of the Army, in accordance with the Supreme Court directive in February, which will “empower them to shoulder larger roles” in the 13-lakh strong force.
The “government sanction letter” specifies that women short-service commission (SSC) officers will be granted PC – if found eligible by a selection board – in Army Air Defence (AAD), Signals, Engineers, Army Aviation, Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME), Army Service Corps (ASC), Army Ordnance Corps (AOC), and Intelligence Corps. They are already eligible for PC in the Judge and Advocate General (J