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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicShort Service Commission

Topic: Short Service Commission

SC ends years of denial & ambiguity, grants military nursing officers ex-servicemen status

Ignored in veteran benefits & job quotas, Military Nursing Service (MNS) officers win SC backing, restoring rights & dignity to women from India’s only all-female military corps.

SC to take up over 400 SSC officers’ plea seeking post-retirement benefits — ‘breach of Article 14′

The Short Service Commissioned officers are demanding pension and contributory provident funds rights. The plea also questions disparity with Permanent Commissioned officers.

MoD forms selection board to promote women officers after they knock SC door

Women officers have accused the Narendra Modi government of overlooking them twice for promotions, while allowing junior male officers to supersede them.

SC cleared way for permanent commission but women must measure up for their armed forces role

The military is a merit-driven organisation and women will have to compete to rise in ranks in a pyramidal set-up.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.