Armed Forces facing shortage of over 9,000 officers
The three Armed Forces face a shortage of 9,096 officers with the Army topping the list, MoS, Defence, Subhash Bhamre said. The Army has 42,635 officers, which is 7,298 short of the sanctioned strength of 49,933. The authorised strength for Navy is 11,352 officers as against the existing number of 9,746 officers, while Air Force is short of 192 officers.