Q 15. What are the rules regarding employment of Women officers in the Indian Navy?

Ans. Women officers in the Navy are accorded equality in all aspects of the service. The duties and job specification, training, working conditions, promotion prospects, pay and allowances and service conditions of these officers is exactly the same as that of their male counterparts and there is no gender discrimination whatsoever. The appointment of these officers is planned with the aim of best utilising their qualifications, talent, expertise, aptitude and experience gained during various tenures. However, the employment of women in the Indian Navy is, for the time being, restricted to non-combat areas and to shore-billets only.

At the present juncture, women-officers are being inducted as SSC officers into the ‘Law’, ‘Logistics’, ‘Observers’ and ‘ATC’ Cadres of the ‘Executive Branch’, in the ‘Naval Constructor’ Cadre of the ‘Engineering Branch’, and, in the ‘Education Branch’. The Government has approved grant of PC prospectively to women officers in Education Branch and Law and Naval Constructor Cadres for batches commencing Oct 08.