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RE:RE:Pay and army
by rohit hooda on Apr 29, 2008 02:53 PM

Not sure about Red Pascal, But I would like to shed light on some of the statements that you have made:
1. "corruption in defence is higher then civillian"
I would be really surprised if some study actually even TRIED to compare corruption in politics/IPS or for that matter ANY other govt. branch with the corruption in the combined armed forces.
2. "A officer in peace are cost in lakhs"
Ignoring the grammatical errors, did you know that the defense forces are in 2 different modes "in war" or "preparing for war" When the officer is as you call it in peace he goes on exercises (which mean mock war like situations) for around 4-8 months, that is if he is not actually taking a full time course on warfare. If the officer is doing neither then he is facilitating others to achieve those two primary goals.
3. The actual explanation of hard life would take too long but consider this:
i) An average jawan spends 12-15 years of his active tenure with out his family.
ii) An infantry officer spends roughly 16-22 years of his 30 years of service in Field ares postings.
iii) Occupational Mortality rate is the highest amongst ANY other government service, and almost all other occupations.
I hope you understand that hard life actually does mean HARD life.
4. Traditional weapons for police officers
Police force is not the active agency in CI Ops. But where they do work they have the same small arms as the Indian Army.
Regards,
Son and Brother of an Army Officer.

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