New Delhi (NVI): The selection board constituted for screening the women officers commenced its proceedings to grant Permanent Commission (PC) at the Army headquarters on September 14, the Defence Ministry said today.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence stated, “The Special No 5 Selection Board constituted to screen Women Officers for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) in Indian Army has commenced it’s proceedings at Army HQ on 14 September 2020.”
The board is headed by a Senior General Officer and includes a woman officer of the rank of Brigadier, it added.
Meanwhile, in order to add transparency to the process, women officers have been permitted to witness the proceedings of the board as observers.
“Women officers who qualify in the screening process will be granted Permanent Commission subject to being in minimum acceptable medical category,” the ministry said.
Earlier in July this year, the Defence Ministry issued a formal sanction letter to grant the Permanent Commission to women officers who joined Indian Army through short service commission.
The order, however, specified the grant of PC to Short Service Commissioned (SSC) Women Officers in all ten streams of the Indian Army.
-RJV
