The authorities advised Parliament on Monday that just about a 3rd of the functions for the doorway examination of the National Defense Academy, held this 12 months, are from ladies.
The Supreme Court in September advised the Center that after growth comes Women candidates must be allowed to take NDA entrance take a look at This 12 months on November 14. The apex courtroom had in August opened the doorways of the academy to ladies.
Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt stated in a written reply that out of a complete of 5,75,856 candidates, 1,77,654 ladies candidates opted to look within the examination. He was replying to a query in Rajya Sabha by Amar Patnaik of BJD.
“The necessary infrastructure and facilities are in place for the training of women candidates,” Bhatt stated. “The medical standards have been notified in the UPSC notification,” he stated.
Till now ladies can serve in choose branches of Army, Air Force and Navy.
The minister stated that the bodily requirements of the ladies cadets could be finalized earlier than the coaching commences.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
