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Tour of Duty – Army Internship For three-year
Two days after the Prime Minister’s 5th address to the nation in which he talked about how India has taken COVID-19 as an opportunity by making two lakh Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Kit every-day, Indian Army has proposed a three-year internship for young people.
Citing that “there is resurgence of nationalism and patriotism” and accepting that “unemployment in our country is a reality” therefore, Indian Army is planning to recruit interns as Officers and Soldiers.
Taking the advice of the Prime Minister, the Army is making apada (disaster) into an avasar (opportunity), by giving chance to the young people who does not want to make a career in defence but want to experience the adventure and thriller of “military professionalism” and that’s why it is named “Tour of Duty”.
Indian Army has also suggested for tax-free stipend and they will also be given preference in public sector jobs and post-graduate courses. Although, Army also said that this short service will save them with some salaries and pensions and will release the “frustration of soldiers” who got release in short service. So accordingly, the cost of a three-year service per officer will be a fraction of the cost earned by a Short Service Commissioner (SSC) Officer.
Generally, Army expends between 5 to 6.8 crore on these Short Service Commissioners (SSC) which includes the pay, allowances, training commission, etc. For this three-year service, Army is thinking of spending 80 lakh to 85 lakh.
However, the reducing the cost is the primary concern of the army but the proposal says “that India will benefit from trained, disciplined, confident, diligent and committed young men or women after their military tenure.” They will be given preference over fresh graduates in corporate sectors.
Army also thinks that it will “channelize the young energy into positive utilization of potential”. And this will increase the feeling of patriotism in younger generation.
If the proposal accepted, the army will start scheme with limited vacancies and if it sustained then will think of increasing vacancies.
