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1.) @PMOIndia @DefenceMinIndia Shortages of Officer. Making Short Service Commission (SSC) attractive for suitable youth to volunteer for Mil Profession. Shortage of offrs joining military had been observed since 2000. Govt had continuously be kept informed by d Service HQs.
2.) Press Information Bureau, Govt of India Min of Def dt 30 Nov 2009 in response to question and answer in the Parliament published the following details regarding shortage of officers and Govt decisions to make Short Service Commission (SSC) more attractive :-
3.) Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Ministry of Defence, 30-November, 2009 14:12 IST Officers Training Academies
2. Though the measure were announced in Nov 2009, these were not fully implemented inspite of numerous representation & meetings with the then RMO
4.) Shri AK Antony.

3. The issue remained where it was.
4. The SSC to be more attractive again came up when the present Govt took over were in May 2014. When Late Sh. Manohar Parrikar became Defence Minister he again flagged the issue of making SSC more attractive.
5.) He himself worked out the proposal which included lum-sum grant of two months’ pay per year for 10 years and 4 months pay per year for 4 year from 11 years to 14th years and ensuring re-settlement in central serving, public and Private sectors.
6.) He discussed the proposal with Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) during a meeting. IESM had suggested Assured Second Career for all SSC Officers who were not given permanent commission. Proposal was forwarded to Finance Ministry where it seems still lie buried till date.
7.) It was not implemented for past 5 years. CDS has now on 21st may 2020, announced the intention of the govt to make SSC more attractive. We hope the govt is serious this time. The decision must be implemented in shortest possible time say within 6 months.
5. Chinese have.....
8.) stated implementing their offensive designs across your borders, we should ensure all measures are in place to carry out offensive defence operation and not allowed Chinese their way. An additional corps which was planned to be raised must come up earliest.
9.) Hon'ble @PMOIndia and @DefenceMinIndia for your consideration please. Jai hind ! jai Bharat!
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