Most Basic Details For Defence Beginners

In our country, there is a division of jobs-private sector,& govt. sector. Where private sector attracts a large no. of youth because of attracting packages of millions; govt.sector is evergreen because of job security. In last 4 or 5 years,many youngsters have been dismissed from their jobs because of financial dive. That has made these dissatisfied youngsters to tend towards govt. sectors.

Now a days,many young and talented pass-outs who can easily get a heavy package, are preparing for UPSC exams, Banks, Indian Railway & Indian Armed Forces etc. Among these,the defence sector is attracting the youth the most because of many reasons-

• Being a gazetted officer at a very young age.
• Wearing the uniform gives a sense of honour.
• Serving the motherland.
• Disciplined and ordered life-style.
• Adventure along-with training & education in the best institutes of country.
• A security & reputation to wards also.
• Very nice pay & perks.

Also, Indian armed forces are presently lacking officers. But still youth is not appearing in tests conducted for defence, why? A big reason for this is, lack of knowledge.It's also a reason for failure of many candidates also. This is important to know about the job you're going for. So,here the people who don't know at all about Indian armed forces,here,after reading this article,they will be able to know at least something about our armed forces.
                          Indian defence consists of four professional uniformed services: Indian army, Indian navy, Indian air force, and Indian coast guard.Indian army, is the third largest army of the world,having 13,25,000 serving and 9,60,000 reserved personnels. Indian army personnels are defending its 15000kms. long boundary day and night. It has duty of helping in maintaining the internal security of country as well as running various operations. The head of army staff is General. Army officers are chosen only through Service selection boards and are trained in defence institutes of army- IMA(Indian Military Academy) and OTA(Officers' Training Academy). Indian army has seven commands. Country celebrates Indian Army day on 15th of January.

Indian Air Force is the 7th biggest air force in the world.It's commanded by Air Chief Marshall,head of the air force. It was established in 1932 as Royal Indian Air Force but after independence The Indian Air Force came in existence.major operations undertaken by the IAF include Operation Vijay – the annexation of Goa, Operation Meghdoot, Operation Cactus and Operation Poomalai. Apart from conflicts, the IAF has been an active participant in United Nations peacekeeping missions. IAF has a massive range of multi-role fighters, attack planes,transporters,copters etc.It has seven commands including 5 operational and two functional commands.

Indian navy, the third head of Indian armed forces, is the seventh biggest navy of the world,having more than 58,000 serving personnels. It defends our country from outer attacks from the sea boundaries,as we saw in mumbai attacks, as India has a large 7516kms. sea boundary. Indian navy is led by the chief of the naval staff called Admiral.

Fourth defence force of India is Indian Coast Guard. It was established in 1978 by the coast guard act,1978.It operates under ministry of defence.Its main aim is safety and protection of artificial islands, offshore terminals, protection and assistance of fishermen and mariners at sea,protection of marine ecology, head of the Indian Coast Guard is Director General.
                             I hope this article will increase some knowledge of the beginners. Now you can read on more things about Indian armed forces ,SSB procedure. It will help you a lot, as you know about Indian armed forces now.
In next article,I'll be discussing the selection procedure of the officers in Indian armed forces. And also do not forget to give me your useful feedback. For any other query, you can add me on Facebook or drop a mail at dashinganujdude@gmail.com .