Women officers of territorial army to be posted along LOC, Approves Rajnath Singh

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the posting of women officers of the Territorial Army (TA) with its engineer regiments along the Line of Control (LoC).

According to reports, he has also cleared the appointment of the women officers as staff officers at TA group headquarters and directorate general of TA at New Delhi according to organisational requirements, the defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

It was since 2019 that the Territorial Army commenced commissioning women officers in ecological task force units, TA oil sector units and TA railway engineer regiment.

The Ministry of Defence also said, “Based on the experience gained during this period, it has been decided to extend the scope of further employment for women officers in TA.”