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Agnipath Scheme [1] (also spelled Agneepath Scheme) (Hindi: Agnīpath Yojanā, transl. Agnipath [Fireway] Scheme) is a tour of duty style scheme approved by the Government of India on 14 June 2022 and implemented in the country a few months later in September 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. [2]
Commandant Army Service Corps Centre and College J K Gera [57] Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College Shivinder Singh AVSM [58] Commandant Military Intelligence Training School and Depot Devinder Pal SM [59] Commandant Army Hospital Research and Referral: Shankar Narayan PVSM, NM, VSM [60] Commandant College of Materials Management ...
The Kitchener Reforms brought the British Army to a new century. [23] In the 20th century, the Indian Army was a crucial adjunct to the forces of the British Empire in both world wars. 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War I (1914–1918) with the Allies, in which 74,187 Indian troops were killed or missing in action.
The defence budget of India was increased to ₹ 621,940 crore (US$72 billion) in the 2024-2025 union budget from ₹ 593,538 crore (US$69 billion) during last year. This year’s defence budget accounts for 1.89% of the country’s projected gross domestic product (GDP) for 2024-25. [15]
The Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel was being constructed by contentious [10] Navayuga Engineering Construction Limited (NECL) under National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) [11] as part of the Char Dham project, intended to connect important Hindu pilgrim sites in Uttarakhand, North India, with two-lane, all-weather paved roads. [12]
General Bipin Rawat PVSM UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM ADC (16 March 1958 – 8 December 2021) was an Indian military officer who was a four-star general of the Indian Army. [4] He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his death in a helicopter crash in December 2021.
In 1958, the force was reorganized and brought under Army Headquarters and re-designated as 'Defence Security Corps'. DSC troops are maintained on similar lines as army units. Statue at DSC Centre, Kannur Cantonment. "Naam, Namak Aur Nishan," is an ethos that calls upon Indian soldiers to strive for the good name of their country, the salt that ...
Manoj was born on 25 June 1975 in Rudha village, in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family. [5] He was born to Gopi Chand Pandey, a small-town businessman living in Lucknow, and Mohini. [6]