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BSF
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ITBP
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CISF
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CRPF
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ans: The ITBP’s first women officers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force were inducted in August 2001 through the UPSC examinations of the year 2016. Their names are Prakriti, an engineer, and Diksha, the daughter of a serving inspector of ITBP. They have joined as the Assistant commandants, an entry-level rank.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in the border guarding force, ITBP.
Detailed explanation-3: -The experimental scheme to induct women officers in all combat roles, initiated by the IAF in 2015 has now been regularised into a permanent scheme.
Detailed explanation-4: -How many women serve in the Indian armed forces? The Army, being the largest of the three services, has the largest number of women officers at 1, 705, followed by 1, 640 women officers in the IAF, and 559 in the Navy.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Indian Air Force has a maximum of 13.69 per cent women officers followed by six per cent in the Navy and 3.97 per cent in the Army, according to details provided by the government in Lok Sabha on Friday.