shortage of officers in the Indian Army in 2020 ,How difficult is the selection procedure, How many officers' Shortage is there
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Shortage of officers in the Indian Army in 2020?
India's new Army chief, General Manoj Mukund Narwane , in his first press conference after assuming office, said that the "shortage of officers in the Indian Army continues to prevail".
He said that 'there is no shortage of officers in the Indian Army not because people are not applying, but because the Army has not yet lowered its standards of officer selection.'
According to news agency PTI, Narwane said that "they will give more importance to quality than numbers in Indian Army".
This statement of the Indian Army Chief was discussed on social media and many retired military officers have praised his statement.
How many officers' Shortage is there?
In August 2018, the Press Information Department quoted the Indian Ministry of Defense as saying that as of 1 January 2018, the Indian Army had more than 42 thousand officers and a shortage of 7298 military officers.
A year later, the news agency PTI reported that this number has increased to 7399. That…
