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After IAF, Parrikar Hints at Combat Role for Women in Armed Forces

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stated that his ministry was looking at combat role for women in the armed forces.

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Close on the heels of the Indian Air Force’s proposal to induct women as fighter aircraft pilots, another male bastion may soon give way. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that his ministry was looking at combat role for women in the armed forces.

“My ministry is working out (how) to assign combat role for women in the armed forces, and a policy decision will soon be made,” Parrikar said, addressing a gathering of retired army officers at Welingkar Institute of Management in Mumbai.

Earlier this week, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha had said the IAF had moved a proposal to induct women as fighter aircraft pilots.

It is extremely unfortunate that our Prime Minister’s initiatives such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Selfie With Daughter are not being taken seriously by a few people, especially so-called secular-minded people. When our PM emphasises Selfie with Daughter, it does not only address the issue of gender equality but also the disorder of gender insensitivity prevailing in the current form of society in a larger context.
— Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister

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Parrikar was in the city to pay tribute to late Lt Dilip Gupte on his 50th death anniversary. Gupte died at a young age of 23 in Operation Jura Bridge on October 11, 1965 during the Indo-Pak war.

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