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The best democracies in the world have retained firm civilian control over their armed forces not by isolating them, but by involving them in the national security decision-making process
The best democracies in the world have retained firm civilian control over their armed forces not by isolating them, but by involving them in the national security decision-making process
I am sorry, but are you suggesting that suicide should be just ignored? We have a case of a soldier committing suicide using his service weapon. Won't it be better for the Army to investigate what happened here, so that they themselves can take corrective action? Let us ignore the case of the relatives stating that he was bumped off because he tried for the AAC course. But what about other reasons?anand_sankar wrote:The Nyome incident and the current one, one needs to understand that these are forward postings and inherently more stressful. The demands on the officer and rank cadre are extreme. Stress can lead to a flashpoint.
Any idea if the Army higher ups themselves are looking into this? Educational standards are only going to increase. The intake into the enlisted ranks also would reflect these changes. So if the rules are formed by the British some 60-80 years back keeping the educational and other cultural profiles which suited for those times, then I feel it should be now reverified. An Army off course will never become a true democratic instituition, but it should not be too autocratic either.schowdhuri wrote:South Indian regiments have always been more difficult to handle. Not just being more educated, they are more aware of their rights, more likely to complain (not always without good reason), and more likely to feel aggrieved, and not very keen on work like sentry duty.
As I said earlier, I don't really believe that the suicide happened because of service (i.e AAC and all other bakwaas) related issues. Most likely it would be because of personal problems at home, and perhaps denying the jawan the adequate leaves to address the same. And again I hope the Army is also looking into these suicides from all possible angles (not from a pure "he got frustrated, but this is the Army and this is how things work here" angle). Perhaps we may also need to check up the suicides in the Officer cadre as well. Is that also showing a dangerous trend?schowdhuri wrote:Need help. It seems that the 16 Cav suicide had nothing to do with service issues, and all attempts to provide evidence to the contary is being ignored by the media, since it would not make the story so sensational.
He did get leave - proof of that has even been shown to media - they are simply not interested because it would kill the story. That is why I asked if anyone could help in carrying the other side of the story. I don't want to get into details, but various parties including general officers have royally messed up a suicide, the reasons for which was no different from one committed by a young college boy in civil life. It is shocking how this is being handled by the senior officers - I suppose the most important thing is to have a shot at the next rank, everything else be dammed. This is not the army I grew up seeing.Sachin wrote:As I said earlier, I don't really believe that the suicide happened because of service (i.e AAC and all other bakwaas) related issues. Most likely it would be because of personal problems at home, and perhaps denying the jawan the adequate leaves to address the same. And again I hope the Army is also looking into these suicides from all possible angles (not from a pure "he got frustrated, but this is the Army and this is how things work here" angle). Perhaps we may also need to check up the suicides in the Officer cadre as well. Is that also showing a dangerous trend?schowdhuri wrote:Need help. It seems that the 16 Cav suicide had nothing to do with service issues, and all attempts to provide evidence to the contary is being ignored by the media, since it would not make the story so sensational.
Excellent, my friend. And who else but you...Avik wrote:came across a picture in the team-bhp forum. the travelogue was about Arunachal Pradesh, and there is a rarely seen formation sign on the board in front of the car.
Was wondering if this is the formation sign of one of the newly raised divs- 56/71?
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachmen ... g_7813.jpg
Yes the officer shortage is going to bite us in the ass. So far we have been lucky.schowdhuri wrote:South Indian regiments have always been more difficult to handle. Not just being more educated, they are more aware of their rights, more likely to complain (not always without good reason), and more likely to feel aggrieved, and not very keen on work like sentry duty.
With 1/3rd the allocation of officers available, and then even more missing on courses etc, the much more career-focused officers of today, the steep promotion pyramid, I am actually surprised that there are so 'few' incidents.
We have all the ingredients ready for a tinderbox, and the govt as usual is sleeping.
One more report on the same:High drama was witnessed near New Delhi Railway station this evening when an armyman climbed a 200-feet mobile tower, apparently angry with his seniors for his alleged harassment. K Muthu, who is attached with Engineers Regiment, climbed the tower at Ajmeri Gate and stay put there and did not heed to appeals by police to come down, a senior police official said. Army sources claimed Muthu, who is deployed in Kota, had done the "Sholay stunt" earlier in Bangalore also. He has been absent from his unit since July seven without sanctioned leave. A Court of Inquiry is likely to be ordered soon against him and action will be taken, sources said adding he had sought retirement from the force.
Share · print · T+ There was high drama near New Delhi railway station on Friday after an Army man climbed a mobile tower accusing his seniors of harassing him.
Forty-year-old K. Muthu climbed the tower at Ajmeri Gate around 1 p.m. claiming that he had unresolved issues related to his job. A resident of Tamil Nadu, he told the police that he had been transferred quite frequently in the recent past and was not allowed to take any leave.
He demanded that leave be granted to him. He threatened to end his life by jumping down if his demands were not met.
A Brigadier from the Army also reached the spot later and talked to Muthu over the phone.
The Brigadier tried to assure him that his demands would be addressed.
This, however, failed to convince the jawan.
He threw pamphlets which had details of his grievances against his seniors.
This Thambi on top of the Kambi should be immediately dismissed on medical grounds. I am getting a strong feeling that many of the people who join the Army are thinking in that typical "socialistic mindset". That is looking for a job with a good pay, with no risk and umpteen perks. The Indian media would for sure keep on supporting the very many nut cases in the Army (as well as in other services/working force) so that some brownie points can be scored. I would not be really surprised that folks soon would ask for trade unions in Army units (this was a pipe dream of at least one Mallu commie).schowdhuri wrote:Do you think the army jawans are not seeing and understanding this? Today they can do this because they know the generals will come running to pacify them. The generals know what will happen to their career due to bad media coverage. The CO will not get a free hand to sort things out.
Is the Indian Army unfit? An internal audit of the Army conducted in 2011 by the Controller of Defence Accounts has raised questions about the quantity and quality of food being fed to the men. The audit says normal military diet could be three times more than what is recommended by the ICMR. The Army has dismissed the findings.
According to the audit report, the recommended dietary intake of cereals for normal human consumption is 460 grams per day, while the Indian Army gives 600 grams per day.
As for pulses the recommended norm is 40 grams. The Army's prescribed scales are more than double. Similarly the medical body ICMR recommends 30 grams of sugar per day. The men in uniform get 90 grams.
The ICMR recommends just 30 grams of meat per person per day as ideal for health but according to the audit report army men get 100 grams of fresh meat. In case of potatoes only 50 grams is permissible but the Indian Army gets 100 grams on a standard basis.
The audit report also refers to two other anomalies that the same scale of food items is provided to army personnel across all age groups. And number two, since food consumption also depends on the nature of the job being done, those deployed in widely divergent terrains and climate may need a higher calorific value than those in warm areas.
Further, the level of physical activity also varies from administrative duties to strenuous physical ones, so should the scale of rations.
Pretty amazing, isn't it - That soldiers are fat is taken for granted without actually checking if the soldiers are fat. Simple common sense tells me if I were to find that excess food was being allocated, I would check if a) the excess food was actually being consumed, and b) the soldiers were actually fat. I wonder if the inference is from CNN-IBN side disguised to look like it came from CDA.sum wrote:^^ CNN-IBN reporting that Indian army soldiers are being fed 3 times the normal diet required!!
Indian Army is fat not fit, says internal audit
Is the Indian Army unfit? An internal audit of the Army conducted in 2011 by the Controller of Defence Accounts has raised questions about the quantity and quality of food being fed to the men. The audit says normal military diet could be three times more than what is recommended by the ICMR. The Army has dismissed the findings.
According to the audit report, the recommended dietary intake of cereals for normal human consumption is 460 grams per day, while the Indian Army gives 600 grams per day.
As for pulses the recommended norm is 40 grams. The Army's prescribed scales are more than double. Similarly the medical body ICMR recommends 30 grams of sugar per day. The men in uniform get 90 grams.
The ICMR recommends just 30 grams of meat per person per day as ideal for health but according to the audit report army men get 100 grams of fresh meat. In case of potatoes only 50 grams is permissible but the Indian Army gets 100 grams on a standard basis.
The audit report also refers to two other anomalies that the same scale of food items is provided to army personnel across all age groups. And number two, since food consumption also depends on the nature of the job being done, those deployed in widely divergent terrains and climate may need a higher calorific value than those in warm areas.
Further, the level of physical activity also varies from administrative duties to strenuous physical ones, so should the scale of rations.
This sure is funny, if the food intake had been even a gram less than what is "prescribed' then the headlines would have poorly fed army.Typical DDMsum wrote:^^ CNN-IBN reporting that Indian army soldiers are being fed 3 times the normal diet required!!
Indian Army is fat not fit, says internal audit
Is the Indian Army unfit? An internal audit of the Army conducted in 2011 by the Controller of Defence Accounts has raised questions about the quantity and quality of food being fed to the men. The audit says normal military diet could be three times more than what is recommended by the ICMR. The Army has dismissed the findings.
According to the audit report, the recommended dietary intake of cereals for normal human consumption is 460 grams per day, while the Indian Army gives 600 grams per day.
As for pulses the recommended norm is 40 grams. The Army's prescribed scales are more than double. Similarly the medical body ICMR recommends 30 grams of sugar per day. The men in uniform get 90 grams.
The ICMR recommends just 30 grams of meat per person per day as ideal for health but according to the audit report army men get 100 grams of fresh meat. In case of potatoes only 50 grams is permissible but the Indian Army gets 100 grams on a standard basis.
The audit report also refers to two other anomalies that the same scale of food items is provided to army personnel across all age groups. And number two, since food consumption also depends on the nature of the job being done, those deployed in widely divergent terrains and climate may need a higher calorific value than those in warm areas.
Further, the level of physical activity also varies from administrative duties to strenuous physical ones, so should the scale of rations.
The Reliance is financing the CNN IBN. Maybe Mukesh Ambani wants to eat the army's food (heads up for the next Subramanian Swamy video on this).pandyan wrote:reporting with a purpose to create as much trouble as possible. $ for $, nothing has better ROI than hit jobs by news papers. Wonder who is financing the CNN IBN
I think the study is fundamentally flawed and journalist/News-agency reporting above demonstrate a level of de-gradation of human-intellect .sum wrote:^^ CNN-IBN reporting that Indian army soldiers are being fed 3 times the normal diet required!!
Indian Army is fat not fit, says internal audit
Is the Indian Army unfit? An internal audit of the Army conducted in 2011 by the Controller of Defence Accounts has raised questions about the quantity and quality of food being fed to the men. The audit says normal military diet could be three times more than what is recommended by the ICMR. The Army has dismissed the findings.
According to the audit report, the recommended dietary intake of cereals for normal human consumption is 460 grams per day, while the Indian Army gives 600 grams per day.
As for pulses the recommended norm is 40 grams. The Army's prescribed scales are more than double. Similarly the medical body ICMR recommends 30 grams of sugar per day. The men in uniform get 90 grams.
The ICMR recommends just 30 grams of meat per person per day as ideal for health but according to the audit report army men get 100 grams of fresh meat. In case of potatoes only 50 grams is permissible but the Indian Army gets 100 grams on a standard basis.
The audit report also refers to two other anomalies that the same scale of food items is provided to army personnel across all age groups. And number two, since food consumption also depends on the nature of the job being done, those deployed in widely divergent terrains and climate may need a higher calorific value than those in warm areas.
Further, the level of physical activity also varies from administrative duties to strenuous physical ones, so should the scale of rations.