Govt approves inducting women as jawans in Army's Military Police
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has approved induction of women as jawans in the Army's Corps of Military Police. "The women will be inducted in graded manner to eventually comprise 20% of total Corps of Military Police," the ministry stated. Their roles would include probing rape and molestation cases, assisting the Army wherever required, searching or frisking women, among other duties.