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http://globalpolitician.com/26304-india Indian Army faces Massive Shortage of Officers Syed Ali Mujtaba, Ph.D. - 3/17/2010 The approval of the Union Government to open a second Officers' Training Academy (OTA) at Gaya in Bihar marks a major step to solve the problem of shortage of officers in the country. The new academy will function on the similar lines as one that exists in Chennai. Initially the new Officers Training Academy at Gaya will commence the training of 250 cadets, but in due course of time it will be upgraded to its full design capacity to train 750 short-service commission officers annually. At present the Indian Army has two training institutions; one, at the Indian Military Academy ,(IMA) Dehradun that annually churns out permanent commission officers. The other is Short Service Commission officers that are produced at the Officers Training Academy at Chennai. IMA gets its cadets from the tri-Service National Defence Academy (NDA) at Khadakwasla, which is open to youngsters after class XII, as well as through the `direct entry' route open to college graduates. The Officers Training Academy at Chennai is open to college graduates only are also struggling for students. In both the institutions students have to clear a very comprehensive test and this include physical endurance test as well. As part of their force-restructuring to maintain a young profile and attract bright youngsters to their fold, the armed forces are gradually moving towards substantially increasing the number of short service commission officers in their ranks. The change in intake pattern will eventually lead to one is to two ratio, for Permanent Commission to Short Service Commission officers. India Military Academy at Dehradun currently has a capacity to train 950 officers per year, while the Officers Training Academy at Chennai trains around 500 officers. The capacity at both these academies is also being expanded to train an additional 100 cadets each every year. However, the National Defence Academy that enlists high school graduates and turns them into officers for the Navy, Air Force and also the Army, is struggling for students. The defence ministry records show just 190 students signed up this month against the academy's sanctioned strength of 300. Incidentally, almost all the three wings of the armed forces in the country are short of officers. The Indian Army is short of around 11,400 officers. The Indian Navy is short of about 1,500 officers. The Indian Air Forces grapple with a shortage of about 1,400 officers. The shortage of the Indian defence force officers becomes conspicuous when we cross check shortages of the officers with those of its prescribed strength. The Indian Army has an authorized strength of 46,614 officers. The authorized strength of Indian Air Force is 12,136, whereas the Indian Navy has an authorized strength of 8,797 officers. India's army, the world's fourth largest, is failing to attract enough youngsters with "officer-like qualities'' for its 1.13-million strong Army. The second is Indian Army is facing a massive exodus from its ranks, with more and more officers opting for premature retirement. The shortage of officers in the Indian defence forces is blamed on stress, low pay, slow promotions and the military's tough lifestyle. Even though the salaries of armed forces have substantially increased after the 6th Pay Commission, the youngsters still find them less compared to the private sector. This consideration is put forth especially is one takes into the account of the life of a soldier which is tough and risky. Then army has severe promotional bottlenecks. After entering the army, an entry level officer must wait up to 10 years before donning the flashes of a lieutenant-colonel. But even at that level the monthly basic salary does not exceed much. The other contributing factors are poor promotional avenues and frequent transfers that disrupt family life of the officers. The traditional catchments area like; Punjab and Rajasthan for recruitment of Army officers have gone dry. Most of the families that have strong soldiers background have stopped sending their wards to the Amy schools and are keen to send them abroad have hampered the steady flow of the officers in the Indian Military service. Added to it is the lack of interest of the Anglo- Indian and Muslim communities in joining the Indian Army that has resulted into the shortage of the officers in the armed forces. If we check the old records and compare with the recent ones the total desertions of these two communities from the armed forces is glaring. We may like it or not, corruption has entered into the armed forces as well. Many talented recruits feel patriotism and valor the two cardinal features of the deference services are compromised with corruption coming into its ranks. This has resulted in keeping them away from the defense services. Indian Army faces a dire shortage of officers because the booming private sector is recruiting the best talent. The private sector, which has been luring away India 's best talent by offering hefty wages and generous perks and the government and the services, simply cannot compete in matters of salary and perks with the corporate world. The Indian Armed forces has enormous opportunities available outside the services. According to the defence ministry's Directorate of Resettlement, a third of the 3,000 officers who retire annually enlist in top Indian business schools. And the corporate world welcomes retiring military recruits with open arms. This has left the military with poor pickings. Most of those applying are not the right material. Experts feel that the deficiencies should not be met by lowering the quality standards of the world's largest voluntary army. India, which has fought three wars with Pakistan and a bloody border skirmish with China since its 1947 independence, has never turned to compulsory recruitment but such a move could be an option in future to meet the demand of the shortage of officers. Compulsory military service could be one of the avenues before the government but at moment it’s not given much thought but sometime in the future such possibilities cannot to be ruled out. However, skeptics feel that conscription is not the answer to the problem because it may lead to indiscipline, waywardness and desertions. Nonetheless the recruitment issue has become an urgent priority for the army after 3,000 mid-level commanders recently sought early retirement on top of an existing shortage of 11,200 officers. The army needs a total of 46,615 officers. How this anomaly is going to be resolved needs to be seen in the new policies that are going to be evolved by the government in the course of time. The only good news is thanks to India 's billion-plus population and high unemployment, the 1.23-million-strong army has no shortages in the lower ranks.

Gambhir and Nehra are injured and T Dilshan is out of form without these 3 key players Delhi is just 1 man show Sehwag Chennai too Don't have good pace attack and their batting depth is also weak.Hayden with his New mongoose bat and dhoni can do magic O/W they are also down and Out I think Kolkatta with their new bowling coach Wasim Akram look good in Bowling department.They need to improve their batting

Ek Kissan Ghayal para thaa logon ne poochcha kya hua usne kaha " Main anaj bech raha thaa GEH HOON Le Lo Kuchch Ladkon Ne ise invitation Samjha GAY HOON Le Lo"

LOL i too like deccan chargers or should I say Sardar chargers.There are 3 visible sikhs in their squad.Unfortunately non of them is playing well My prediction for this year is Bangalore,Mumbai ,Deccan are/will do very well Others teams are just looking quite weak

Yes Punjab won a nail biter against chennai After posing a small total of 136 runs. BTW I am not supporting Punjab.There are hardly any local players in Punjab.Captain of team too is now Sangakarra a Sri Lankan.

Are there any people on this site watching IPL?

There are 2 type of agnostics 1 who don't practice their religion but still their heart lies with it.The other one who just criticise their own religion in front of others.I don't think agnostics whose heart lies with community are bad for it.If they are diplomatic they can safeguard interest of their community much better than other non diplomatic leaders we should remember Jinnah was agnostic but still he tried his level best to safeguard the interest of muslim community

The difference between BNP and regionalism of India is that migration in Some Indian states is uncontrolled. People in UK are not flocking in Millions and BNP is against everybody that is not White even the 2nd and 3rd generation Asians.

naxalites/maoists are same.Recently they have already overthrown Govt of Nepal the last officially Hindu country and taken over it. In India they are quite strong at present especially in Tribal areas of Jharkhand,Chhatisgarh,Bengal ,orrissa and states where there is extreme poverty .Day by Day they are getting stronger.Estimated 1-3% of Indian area is under their control Where they are already running parallel. Governments.Indian Government has no control over that Area Their aim is to overthrow Indian Govt and establish communist state.Their influence is also increasing in Hindu belt of UP and Bihar.So a civil war is very much possible

shaheediyan ji pardon me but with this type of emergency logic can we say that if another 1984 like riots occur and sikhs cut their hair then will it be O.K. because Riots are emergency situation too?

The reason I stated 2 things because these 2 are most important.there was a report in media that maoists have plan to take over India around 2050.The second day their leader statement came that we will do it much earlier.If that will happen do you think capitalists state like Gujarat,maharashtra, haryana Punjab etc will be part of communist India?They will definately declare their independence I mentioned about migration because people UP BIHAR'S are migrating at crazy rate .again this will provoke regional sentiments everywhere and some kind of laws to safe guard interests of locals should have to be done.

The first thing these ex khalistani's or well wishers of sikhism to do is actual sewa of Panth.Only after that they can win hearts ,effect of their on People of Punjab could happen.But it will take time.Meanwhile sikhs should actively watch two things 1) Naxalite movement 2) Population explosion and migration of UP bihari's. These issue's are going to play a very important role in Indian politics as regional conflicts will rise.

The cetral govt of India has already said that they could consider amnesty scheme for sikhs too but Punjab Govt should frame the scheme first. ----------------------------------------------------- http://sify.com/news/let-punjab-frame-amnesty-scheme-chidambaram-news-national-kcuuudagadc.html Let Punjab frame amnesty scheme: Chidambaram 2010-02-20 20:20:00 , Feb 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said that the centre could consider amnesty for Sikh youths, who had taken to militancy earlier, if the Punjab government drew a scheme on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir. ----------------------------------------------------- The problem is That Badal will never frame such a scheme because these ex khalistani's are going to be big political threat for him

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/36/2010031020100310193156415fd301a73/Sardar-tujhe-salaam.html Sardar tujhe salaam Vijay Nair is an organisational coach, consultant, fiction writer, critic and theatre director. A collection of his plays and a novel have been published Vijay Nair Posted On Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 07:31:56 PM Nothing has saddened me more in recent times as the brutal slaying of the two Sikhs by the Taliban and their subsequent vicious gesture of sending the mutilated bodies to a gurudwara in Pakistan. Sikhs have always been a part of my life from the time I was growing up in a cosmopolitan town. We had Sikh neighbours, Sikh classmates and Sikh friends. Bad jokes about Sardars were our staple diet and we usually cracked the Barah baj gaye ones in their presence. It’s all kind of baffling in retrospect. For I have never met a dumb Sardar in my life. I have known hard working Sardars, Sardars with business acumen, mild and affable Sardars, sturdy and macho Sardars who opted to be in the police or armed forces and Sardars who own dhabas that serve yummy food. And yes, I know of a Sardar who is undoubtedly the most civil and upright Prime Minister this nation has known. You can have difficulty in comprehending some of Manmohan Singh’s policies, but I doubt if even the opposition parties can find fault with the gentleman’s personhood. A Sardar is also an integral part of the literary background of this nation and sometimes we find it difficult to separate him from the history of Indian writing in English. I am talking about the irreprisible Khushwant Singh of course, who at 95 continues to be an icon and his book, Train to Pakistan, a must read for any aspiring novelist. It’s difficult to understand when and why other religious affiliations started alienating the Sikhs, not just as it turns out in this country but in the sub continent as well. We all know about the festering couldron Punjab had turned out to be in the 80’s and the bitter aftermath that resulted in Operation Bluestar and the assassination of Indira Gandhi. But surely the policy of the ruling Congress party that created a Frankestein like General Bhindaranwale was responsible for the misguided aspirations. And then of course the plot played out in familiar ways. The separatists received training across the border and yet the government of the day displayed little patience and understanding as compared to what fundamentalists and separatists of contemporary times seem to enjoy. The recurring argument to counter all this is the horror of the two bodyguards gunning down the Prime Minister to retaliate against the descration of the Golden Temple . But the entire community paid for it with the son of the slain leader egging on the rioters with statements like “When an enormous tree is felled, there are bound to be tremors.” Some secular statesmanship that! Despite the persecution, the Sikhs have continued to pour into the public and armed services and do their bit towards strengthening the country. We only need a bit of history to understand and value this community. The first hymn of the Guru Granth Sahib, the revered holy text of the Sikhs, says, “There is one supreme eternal reality; the truth; imminent in all things; creator of all things; immanent in creation. Without fear and without hatred; not subject to time; beyond birth and death; self-revealing. Known by the Guru’s grace.” The Gurudwaras welcome non Sikhs and members of any religious affiliation or socio economic background to participate in all their ceremonies. Can there be a better testimony to the inclusive nature of this religion and its members? The paradox is the ninth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Tej Bahadur Singh lay down his life to protect Hindus from religious persecution in this country and the Hindus turned against the Sikhs a few centuries later. What is not as well known is that during the numerous Hindu-Muslim communal riots this country has witnessed, the Sikhs have very often risked their lives to give shelter and protect their Islamic friends and neighbours. And now the Islamic terrorists are targeting them. A community that evolved to settle differences between two feuding religions now finds itself at the receiving end of the ire from both of them. The Sikh gurus were mystics. They preached affection and tolerance. The community has internalised it. They are charitable, fun loving and gregarious. They also have one unique quality other Indians don’t have. They can laugh at themselves. Since we Indians are masters of subversion, we have used this commendable quality of theirs against them by evolving a set of jokes in bad taste against them. Little do we know the joke is on the rest of us. After all what is more heart warming in this country than meeting a young turbaned sardar burdened by his school bag and smiling at you in your child’s bus stop?

I must say that this Lubana was the main reason for sikhs not getting justice for 1984.He should be given punished by entire sikh quam O/W we should stop calling ourself a martial community

http://www.ptinews.com/news/558125_Sikh-journalist-apprehends-threat-to-life New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) A journalist, who had hurled a shoe at Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram, today alleged he was roughed up outside a Delhi court following the hearing in anti-Sikh riots cases against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. Jarnail Singh filed a written complaint with Karkardooma court police post apprehending threat to his life and alleged that one Atma Singh Lubana and others used abusive words against him and tried to push him around this afternoon. "Lubana, who is alleged to have won over witnesses in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, also threatened me with dire consequences in the presence of police personnel," he said in the complaint, demanding action. Following the incident outside the gate of Karkardooma courts complex, Singh said he was taken to the police post after intervention by the policemen present at the site.

The case of every family differ from other.It is not necessary that in all Families 1 out of every 3 boy has taken a drug.Also There is different between hardcore drug addict and a person who has taken a drug .many people may have taken it for a month or 2 and then left it.The media always put masala in their news

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bhindranwale-tshirts-made-in-china-sold-in-punjab/586646/1 Bhindranwale may seem a long way from Beijing, but trust the great Chinese assembly line to go the distance. The face of the Sikh militancy movement is enjoying a surge in popularity in Punjab, and he is doing so riding on Made in China products — ranging from T-shirts to calendars, bumper stickers to coffee mugs and key chains, some carrying his pictures with the message “I will have to make a comeback”. Youths in villages and towns of the state can be seen sporting bright yellow T-shirts, emblazoned with huge photos of Bhindranwale carrying an AK-47 rifle. And the paraphernalia is being openly sold in prominent markets in Jalandhar, Patiala, Amritsar, Ludhiana and even Delhi. The numbers are surprising. Sukhdev Singh, a shopkeeper in Amritsar, claims to have sold 1.8 lakh calendars with Bhindranwale’s photos, each priced at Rs 20. He claims that the rush is unabated, something which has prompted the Chinese to enter the market. “More memorablia has been introduced in the market as watches, key chains and car stickers. The Chinese-made T-shirts are selling at Rs 170 each as compared to the Indian-made ones, which are priced at Rs 350 each. Similarly Chinese key chains and watches with Bhindranwale’s photo on the dial are available at one-fifth the price of same products of Indian make. Stickers are available in seven different colours. Our estimates suggest that over 3.5 lakh car stickers have been sold so far,” says Tejinder Pal Singh, a shopkeeper based in Jalandhar. At the recent Holla Mohalla festival too, stalls stocked the paraphernalia in huge numbers, and these disappeared off the shelves. Guarded in his response, Punjab DGP P S Gill says: “We are aware of this and are keeping a close watch.” Historian G S Dhillon attributes the fascination with the man blamed for the advent of terrorism in Punjab to the “lack of genuine heroes in Punjab today”. He says the state has no charismatic and mass Sikh leader and youngsters who haven’t seen the dark days of the 1980s are allured by a character whose reputation has been enhanced by myths and fake legends. The unequivocal endorsement of Bhindranwale by the Sikh clergy may have also contributed to his popularity. Avtar Singh Makkar, president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), says: “For us he was a martyr. We have also installed his portrait in the Golden Temple museum.” Kanwar Pal Singh, Secretary, Political Affairs, of the Dal Khalsa, adds: “We buy these calendars and other memorablilia and distribute them free of cost to our members. Last year, which marked 25 years of the Operation Blue Star, we commemorated Bhindranwale’s martyrdom.”

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/every-third-male-student-in-punjab-drug-addict-hc-told/464048/2 According to a Punjab Government survey, 66 per cent of the school-going students in the state consume gutkha or tobacco; every third male and every tenth female student has taken drugs on one pretext or the other and seven out of 10 college-going students abuse one or the other drug. These disturbing details were submitted by Harjit Singh, Secretary, Department of Social Security and Women & Child Development, Chandigarh, in reply to a petition filed by some to drug rehabilitation centres before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The affidavit further read that “In the recent times, the amount of narcotic substances seized in the state has also been among the highest in the country”. The secretary, on behalf of the Punjab Government, submitted that “the vibrancy of Punjab is virtually a myth.... many sell their blood to procure their daily doze of deadly drugs, even beg on the streets for money to continue their addiction... The entire Punjab is in the grip of drug hurricane which weakens the morale, physique and character of the youth. We are in the danger of losing the young generation. The vibrant Punjab that had ushered in the green revolution is today living in a dazed stupor as 67 per cent of its rural household has at least one drug addict.” He added that use of alcohol and drugs is now a “part of the Punjabi culture”. “No celebration is complete until liquor is served in plenty. However, in the last two decades, the pattern of drug use in the state has undergone a change in favour of new narcotic and synthetic drugs. Now the addicts ... contd.consume multiple as well as single drugs,” read the reply. Punjab alone accounts for roughly over one-fifth of the total recoveries of heroin in the country. The state submitted that studies have been conducted which shed light on the problem in different population groups. The drug traffickers use the cities of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Patiala as well as Chandigarh to smuggle the narcotic substances through Punjab. What the studies show • Opiates, their derivatives and synthetic opiate drugs are used by 70 per cent of the addicts, followed by a combination of opiate and other sedatives, including morphine. • Extent of drug addiction in Punjab is 70 per cent. Household survey indicates that there is at least one drug addict in the 65 per cent of families in Majha and Doaba and 64 percent families of Malwa. Tarn Taran is the most affected rural district and Amritsar is the most affected urban district in Punjab. • Per head consumption of alcohol is the maximum in Punjab and Tarn Taran district tops the list. • In border areas, the extent of substance abuse is 70-75 per cent in the age group of 15-25 years and up to 40 per cent in the age group of 35-60 years. • Over 16 per cent population is addicted to hard drugs.

Scared Pak Hindus fleeing to India JAISLAMER: Hindus in Pakistan are scared after the recent atrocities against minorities perpetrated by religious fanatics. Many are now making a beeline for the Indian High Commission for visas to flee the disturbed Islamic state. However, most have to return disappointed as the Indian mission in Islamabad is very strict in issuing visas as relations between the two countries are now at nadir. Fear has spread among the few Hindus and Sikhs in that country over the beheading of the Sikhs by the Taliban for refusing to convert to Islam. The state machinery has failed to protect religious minorities in Pakistan. Bhavru Ram Bheel, a resident of Pakistan's Rahmiyar Khan area, who came to India by Thar Express on February 20, said about 10 families (50 to 60 members) had permanently left Pakistan by train never to be return to that country and many more are in the queue. He said, Taliban has unleashed a reign of terror among the Hindus by kidnapping the young women of Hindus. He said, "They tried to kidnap my daughters three four times. However we managed to save our honour. We have left behind everything and came to India." Another passenger Nenuram Gomad Ram said, "The Taliban had launched a campaign to convert the Hindus into Islam. The Hindus who resist were subject to torture and even killing. That is the reason the visa application for India has increased manifold in recent times." Many Hindu families applying for visa to India to leave that country at least for this hard times. Hindu Singh Lodha of Frontier People Organisation said Pakistan is in a state of anarchy. Religious minorities especially the Hindus are feeling the heat and very insecure. They want to flee that country in search of safety especially to India. However, the Indian Embassy is not issuing visas in adequate numbers. They said the Indian home ministry had reportedly issued visa restrictions to discourage the Hindus in Pakistan coming to India as the chances of them returning to their own country is remote considering the tense conditions there, he said. Leader of the Organisation of the Displaced Hindus in Jaisalmer Nathuram Bheel said the Indian government has put stringent conditions like a guarantor for issuing visa to Hindus from Pakistan. He said when Hindus were subjected to religious persecution the visa restrictions by the Indian government is all the more disappointing as the fanatics identify the Hindus with India.

In India just be a good parrot and memorise this is key to success .You have to crack entrance exams of top universities Where good companies flock with big pay packages and by memorising the formulas of maths,synonym antonyms etc you can crack entrance test.creative thinking higher level analysis will take you nowhere

The main point of education is social respect. In arrange marriage a rishta could be turned down if the girl's family know that boy is just 10th passed While having a bachelor or master increases your respect. Also Don't forget that many boys who dedicate themselves to study could avoid bad company

Passing and marks are more dependent on Luck than hard work.I am telling it by experiance of mine as passing from correspondence university.Believe me the you are never sure what type of result you get until you see it.I have talked to students who told me that despite writing full paper they were failed and only got 1 mark and I even met students which were laughing that they just answered 35% of paper and got 70% of marks.Its better to go to baba before exam rather than studying hard.Also my brother is graduate from reguler college of Haryana's university and Despite being a topper He was never sure of his result fortunately he was never failed in any subject ,Once just got passing marks despite writing very good paper. I don't think the situation in Punjab is going to be better ,even in Delhi we here same stories

Dal The entire education system of India is messed up, unless You are studying in a very reputed college.State level college's are complete crap and worst is examination checking system.

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/27/dera-supporters-on-rampage-in-punjab-haryana.htm Resenting the filing of a murder case against the Dera Sacha Sauda head by the CBI, the sect supporters on Saturday went on a rampage setting ablaze four trains and around 37 vehicles, including 27 buses, and vandalized property in several places in Punjab [ Images ] and Haryana. Tension ran high in many towns in the two neighbouring states as police were put on high alert and Haryana requisitioned 1,500 para-military personnel to deal with the situation. Patrolling was intensified in troubled-torn towns as Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Punjab's deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal appealed for calm. Protesters set afire a compartment each of the Ferozepur-Ludhiana Sutlej Express, the Narwana-Kurukshetra train and two local trains after asking the passengers to disembark, a railway spokesman said. They also vandalised railway property at Tapa, Moga and Kalaiyat in Punjab, he said. The mobs torched and damaged 37 vehicles, 27 of them buses, including an air-conditoned one, in Bathinda, Mansa, Talwandi Sabo, Bhagapurana and other places in Punjab and at Kaithal, Sirsa and Fatehabad in Haryana. In Moga, the protesters tried to set ablaze the District Administration Complex, housing among others the offices of the Deputy Commissioner and the SSP, prompting police to fire in the air to scatter them. Over 200 villagers, with some of them firing shots, attacked a police station at Bhagapurana. They fled after the reinforcement reached there from Moga.