According to details provided by the defence ministry in Rajya Sabha, including 6,589 in the armed forces medical services over 10,400 women officers are serving in the three services. Minister of state for defence Ajay Bhatt said the Indian Air Force has commissioned 15 women fighter pilots till date and the women officers are now being inducted in all combat roles. He said the Indian Navy has already deputed 28 women officers on board ships.
"The combat employment philosophy of women in the armed forces is a continuously evolving process and regularly reviewed by them," Bhatt said.
The Army has 1,705 women officers followed by 1,640 in the IAF and 559 in the Indian Navy According to the details provided by Bhatt.
In the Army, 212 women officers are serving in the Corps of Engineers, 82 women officers are serving in the Army Air Defence wing, 29 women officers are from the Army Aviation Corps and 243 in the Corps of Signals.
The details showed that 1,855 women officers are serving in the Medical Corps and the Army Dental Corps and 4,734 women officers are serving in the Military Nursing Service.
In the Navy, 73 are serving as executive (observers) and 134 of them are serving as executive (logistics).
In the IAF, ), 60 are serving in the aeronautical engineering wing (mechanical), 53 are working as helicopter pilots, 551 are in aeronautical engineering (electronics), 16 are from the meteorological department and 150 in the logistics wing apart from 15 women fighter pilots.
