Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
We need major overhaul of defence services. Use new technology like drones to man borders and ships in lieu of manpower such as sentries and lookouts to a greater extent. Do away with support non- fighting personel. JCO ranks should be abolished, let NCOs report to commissioned officers. Short Service Commission should not be continued ,as it is , these personel are looked down upon. We need to trim the total strength to 40%. This restructuring process needs to be out sourced to foreign experts say Japanese, Singapore or US or even Taiwanese. Because our own generals or admirals will not be able to take hard decisions so as not to annoy fellow serving collegues.
Th supervisory ranks , like inspectors in police, MCD, revenue, irrigation, electricity services, are legacy of colonial era, They have corrupted the national character and system ever since independence, hence should be done away with.
Plz give the responsibility to those JCO who are already serving in Indian Army and physically and mentally fit. This leads high morale of the presently serving Junior Commissioned Officer in Indian Army.
If leadership is not developed at all the levels of an organisation, this situation arises. Who stopped the top brass from revising the qualification for JCOs or from encouraging the NCOs to acquire education and become JCOs? I suspect that complacency is the cause. “What has worked for a century will work in future too.”
Another important factor is that service in the armed forces is no longer an attractive career for the youth. Patriotic speeches alone won’t do. Pay and career prospects should be made attractive.
For the last 4 decades or more ,Army had been facing shortage of officers ,& unfortunately this defficency could not be made good.,from among 133 crore population.
No Brainer. Another faux pas to overcome officer shortage.better to commission short service officers with a fixed tenure of 5 years extendable by 2 years.
Change your stupid recruitment policy. WHAT criterta do you use to select/reject people in SSB? I have seen hatte khatte mushdande fut fut ke rote hue, just because they got rejected in SSB. This for people who have set their heart out for a army commission. Do you even check the motivation levels? I met thousands of cadets during my NCC days who couldnt think anythin outside of a career in the army. shortage of officers, my ass !!!!!
How can the ability to lead depend on the ability to follow. You might as well say that the ability to float depends on the ability to sink. Direct entry jcos will be a dampener in the unit morale and administration. You are buying chalk to replace cheese.
A I’ll thought of and dangerous action to reduce officers shortage . The serving JCOS will disregard the young recruited JCOs who invariably will be selected from candidates rejected during officer selection . If direct JCos are to be recruited than existing JCos rank be abolished as in any case men over 40 with family dependant parents and children are risk averse and unsuitable to fight on glacial heights or high altitude . Like the British army the army must learn to fight with NCos after grooming , training them in leadership and section and platioon skills . The age profile of Indian solders is high and unsuitable for combat operations .
The good General, fails to mention one major, in fact The Major reason, for this shortfall in numbers of officers in the Army. One wonders why he did not do so, surely it must be obvious to him, as it is to most educated and thinking persons. And he certainly is one.
The reason for this shortfall is that a career in the Armed Forces is no longer attractive enough for the youth of India. It does not attract the best, most talented, intelligent and dynamic youth of India who can see the perverse degradation of the Armed Forces officer cadre as compared to the bureaucracy and babus of the government, to say nothing of what the private sectors offer the youngsters in terms of a career.
No amount of propaganda and appeal to patriotic fervour by the Recruiting Directorate is sufficient to overcome this, till such time, the Armed Forces are brought back to their original status as existed .
This the good General needs to emphasise to all who would listen to his words… And act on them.
Slowly and quietly, over a period of time, the Armed Forces’ ranking in the hierarchy of Govt has been degraded
So convenient to say that candidates appearing before SSB are poor. Recommendations have been far too few and merit in candidates are even lesser than The vacancies. On top of that academy drop out is at a all time high. Maybe instead of blaming the candidates or the army, selection procedures and transparency needs to be boosted to address the leadership crisis.
For JCO ‘s recruitment of post which types of candidates are eligible. The age limit and qualifications for that post could you please provide the details.
If the direct entry JCO after their induction in Indian Army later assume the rank of young commissioned officer to fulfill the efficiency of officers. In that case the JCOs those who are already serving in the Army has to loose their superiority and obey to work directly under the newly commissioned officers. Why should this chance given to young JCO those who are already serving in Indian Army and physically and mentally fit and having the high morale of the Army? We should also give apprutinunities to even to serving JCOs.
If the direct entry JCO after their induction in Indian Army later assume the rank of young commissioned officer to fulfill the efficiency of officers. In that case the JCOs those who are already serving in the Army has to loose their superiority and obey to work directly under the newly commissioned officers. Why should this chance given to young JCO those who are already serving in Indian Army and physically and mentally fit and having the high morale of the Army?
***** The only permanence is change. Yet, we have to be aware that change for change’s sake or if the expected result of the change is not commensurate with the implementation of the change, there is a problem. I have an issue with the aim to induct JCOs directly to overcome the shortfall of officers. The aim may have to be restated like “…..to improve the efficiency of the fighting machine..” or some such.
Induction of qualified persons as JCOs directly, of course after prescribed military training, for specific roles in technical arms like Engineers, Signals and services like EME (maintenance engineers again), Services Corps (supply chain management), Education, Judiciary etc. makes immense sense as it means adoption of latest technologies and methods in the respective areas faster.
Direct induction of JCOs into leadership intensive Infantry, Armoured Corps etc. may not get us the desired results.
With all these changes and reorganization of AHQ etc. there is but one chink in the Military armour of India. Successive Governments have been shying away from revamping the MOD. As in all democracies, there is a requirement to have a mix of uniformed and non-uniformed persons manning the MOD. This is an essential prerequisite for smoother interaction between Defence and the Government (politicians). Wil the present dispensation bite the bullet?
Tailpiece: I hope the bureaucrats, who I feel do not want to part with part of their turf see reason and realise this absolute necessity.
We need major overhaul of defence services. Use new technology like drones to man borders and ships in lieu of manpower such as sentries and lookouts to a greater extent. Do away with support non- fighting personel. JCO ranks should be abolished, let NCOs report to commissioned officers. Short Service Commission should not be continued ,as it is , these personel are looked down upon. We need to trim the total strength to 40%. This restructuring process needs to be out sourced to foreign experts say Japanese, Singapore or US or even Taiwanese. Because our own generals or admirals will not be able to take hard decisions so as not to annoy fellow serving collegues.
Th supervisory ranks , like inspectors in police, MCD, revenue, irrigation, electricity services, are legacy of colonial era, They have corrupted the national character and system ever since independence, hence should be done away with.
KB Singh agree with you
How can an gd soldier can apply for this
Please to Joob
Plz give the responsibility to those JCO who are already serving in Indian Army and physically and mentally fit. This leads high morale of the presently serving Junior Commissioned Officer in Indian Army.
If leadership is not developed at all the levels of an organisation, this situation arises. Who stopped the top brass from revising the qualification for JCOs or from encouraging the NCOs to acquire education and become JCOs? I suspect that complacency is the cause. “What has worked for a century will work in future too.”
Another important factor is that service in the armed forces is no longer an attractive career for the youth. Patriotic speeches alone won’t do. Pay and career prospects should be made attractive.
For the last 4 decades or more ,Army had been facing shortage of officers ,& unfortunately this defficency could not be made good.,from among 133 crore population.
No Brainer. Another faux pas to overcome officer shortage.better to commission short service officers with a fixed tenure of 5 years extendable by 2 years.
Change your stupid recruitment policy. WHAT criterta do you use to select/reject people in SSB? I have seen hatte khatte mushdande fut fut ke rote hue, just because they got rejected in SSB. This for people who have set their heart out for a army commission. Do you even check the motivation levels? I met thousands of cadets during my NCC days who couldnt think anythin outside of a career in the army. shortage of officers, my ass !!!!!
How can the ability to lead depend on the ability to follow. You might as well say that the ability to float depends on the ability to sink. Direct entry jcos will be a dampener in the unit morale and administration. You are buying chalk to replace cheese.
A I’ll thought of and dangerous action to reduce officers shortage . The serving JCOS will disregard the young recruited JCOs who invariably will be selected from candidates rejected during officer selection . If direct JCos are to be recruited than existing JCos rank be abolished as in any case men over 40 with family dependant parents and children are risk averse and unsuitable to fight on glacial heights or high altitude . Like the British army the army must learn to fight with NCos after grooming , training them in leadership and section and platioon skills . The age profile of Indian solders is high and unsuitable for combat operations .
Chance should be given to serving solider having graduation and NCC C certificate
The good General, fails to mention one major, in fact The Major reason, for this shortfall in numbers of officers in the Army. One wonders why he did not do so, surely it must be obvious to him, as it is to most educated and thinking persons. And he certainly is one.
The reason for this shortfall is that a career in the Armed Forces is no longer attractive enough for the youth of India. It does not attract the best, most talented, intelligent and dynamic youth of India who can see the perverse degradation of the Armed Forces officer cadre as compared to the bureaucracy and babus of the government, to say nothing of what the private sectors offer the youngsters in terms of a career.
No amount of propaganda and appeal to patriotic fervour by the Recruiting Directorate is sufficient to overcome this, till such time, the Armed Forces are brought back to their original status as existed .
This the good General needs to emphasise to all who would listen to his words… And act on them.
Slowly and quietly, over a period of time, the Armed Forces’ ranking in the hierarchy of Govt has been degraded
So convenient to say that candidates appearing before SSB are poor. Recommendations have been far too few and merit in candidates are even lesser than The vacancies. On top of that academy drop out is at a all time high. Maybe instead of blaming the candidates or the army, selection procedures and transparency needs to be boosted to address the leadership crisis.
For JCO ‘s recruitment of post which types of candidates are eligible. The age limit and qualifications for that post could you please provide the details.
If the direct entry JCO after their induction in Indian Army later assume the rank of young commissioned officer to fulfill the efficiency of officers. In that case the JCOs those who are already serving in the Army has to loose their superiority and obey to work directly under the newly commissioned officers. Why should this chance given to young JCO those who are already serving in Indian Army and physically and mentally fit and having the high morale of the Army? We should also give apprutinunities to even to serving JCOs.
If the direct entry JCO after their induction in Indian Army later assume the rank of young commissioned officer to fulfill the efficiency of officers. In that case the JCOs those who are already serving in the Army has to loose their superiority and obey to work directly under the newly commissioned officers. Why should this chance given to young JCO those who are already serving in Indian Army and physically and mentally fit and having the high morale of the Army?
***** The only permanence is change. Yet, we have to be aware that change for change’s sake or if the expected result of the change is not commensurate with the implementation of the change, there is a problem. I have an issue with the aim to induct JCOs directly to overcome the shortfall of officers. The aim may have to be restated like “…..to improve the efficiency of the fighting machine..” or some such.
Induction of qualified persons as JCOs directly, of course after prescribed military training, for specific roles in technical arms like Engineers, Signals and services like EME (maintenance engineers again), Services Corps (supply chain management), Education, Judiciary etc. makes immense sense as it means adoption of latest technologies and methods in the respective areas faster.
Direct induction of JCOs into leadership intensive Infantry, Armoured Corps etc. may not get us the desired results.
With all these changes and reorganization of AHQ etc. there is but one chink in the Military armour of India. Successive Governments have been shying away from revamping the MOD. As in all democracies, there is a requirement to have a mix of uniformed and non-uniformed persons manning the MOD. This is an essential prerequisite for smoother interaction between Defence and the Government (politicians). Wil the present dispensation bite the bullet?
Tailpiece: I hope the bureaucrats, who I feel do not want to part with part of their turf see reason and realise this absolute necessity.