The Modi govt proposes to have the necessary mechanism in place for the entrance exam by the time UPSC publishes its first notification, according to the ministry's statement.
Centre tells Supreme Court that it wants status quo maintained for November exam since infrastructural changes need to happen, top court sets next hearing for 22 September.
Visit of service chief will come at a time SC orders allowing women to sit for NDA's entrance exam. As of February this year, 9,118 women officers were serving in Army, Navy & Air Force.
The additional intake at NDA will take overall strength to around 2,400 cadets. It will also cater for foreign cadets and IAF cadets training for ground duty roles.
CBI handed probe into Army recruitment scam, books 17 officers and personnel for alleged bribery & irregularities in admissions to National Defence Academy (NDA), Officers Training Academy (OTA).
The plea alleged that eligible, willing female candidates are not allowed to take the examination on the sole ground of their sex & without any reasonable or justifiable explanations.
Bhadauria in his address at the convocation ceremony of 139th NDA course stressed on the need for integrated synergistic approach to all military operations.
Despite Covid-19, however, there has been an increased interest among defence officers from foreign countries to attend training courses in Indian military institutions.
Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
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