Jhansi: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday the participation of women has increased in all security forces, including the police and paramiliters, because the MOD Government came to power in 2014.
The Minister of Defense spoke at the inauguration of ‘Rashtra three-day events’ Raksha Samarpan Parv’ who would see Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched several new ministry initiatives on November 19 marking the birthday of Freedom Fighter Rani Lakshmi Bai.
“When I was an interior minister, I had issued an advisor to all countries that representation of 33 percent must be given to women in security forces.
The situation has changed now.
In all police and paramilitary forces, women’s participation has increased,” Singh said in a series of tweets in Hindi on his official handle.
“After independence, women did not get the opportunity to participate very actively in the national defense work.
Now, the doors are open to women in the Army.
We have increased women’s participation in the three army wings,” he added.
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“The prestigious national defense academy in Pune has also been opened for women.
You will all be surprised to learn that around two Lakh girls from all over the country have appeared to enter in NDA,” Defense Minister said, adding that the army had decided that women’s officers were eligible What will be eligible in the service will be given a fixed commission in this service.
About the three-day event, he said it gave everyone to prote and connect us with the struggle to achieve the country’s independence.
Given the courage of Rani Lakshmi Bai, Singh said the first queen of Jhansi would always be remembered for his patriotism, courage, and sacrifice.
“The contribution of Maharani Lakshmi Bai in the struggle of India’s first freedom has been comparable.
When the prince countries kneel one by one in front of England, he has said that ‘I will not give Jhansi,” he said.
He put his life but did not give up his pride and fight for the honor, said Singh.
“For Maharani Laxmi Bai, being a woman has never been an obstacle in the battlefield,” he said, adding that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had formed Azad Hind Fauj in 1942 with regiments named after respect.
He said the country faced a variety of “conventional and non-conventional” challenges in the space and cyberspace.
“Previously, there was a border threat.
Then, we see terrorism to grow and now there is a threat in cyberspace and space too,” Defense Minister said.
The Defense Minister said Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) had been ordered by Rs 50,000 Crore from the Armed Forces.
“There is time when 65-70 percent of defense equipment is imported.
The image has changed now.
Only 35 percent of defense items imported and 65 percent are being produced in India,” he said.
Spilling light on other results seen, the Defense Minister said the defense exports from India had crossed a sign of Rs 38,000 Crore in the past seven years.
He described structural reform and organizations in the defense sector, including the corporation of the armor board, establishing a defense corridor in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, increasing direct foreign investment and draft defense production and export promotion policy 2020.
Singh expressed confidence that these steps did not It will only increase the strength of the state but also provides a road map for the manufacture of Indian defense in the future.
The Chairman of the Yogi Adityanath Minister also discussed the event and highlighted the work carried out by the government for the Bundelkhand region.