From: Archana kumari

SYBA political science ilsass college

Josefin Sans Thin

Title: Information about Indian army every responsible

citizen should know.
 Introduction
At present India has 1,237,117 (1.4 million) active personnel and 960,000 reserved
soldiers. Making it the second largest millitary force and it has the largest volunteer army
in the world. With the third largest defense budget in the world India is the fourth most
powerful millitary in the world as per the reports of the golobal firepower index.
Organization of the Indian army
Indian army is divided in 21 branches all of them are listed below.

Armoured corps Army Medical Corps

The Regiment of Artillery Army Dental Corps
Army Air Defense Army Ordnance Corps (clothing and all equipment)
Corps of EME
Army Aviation Corps
Remount And Veterinary Corps
The Corps of Engineers
Military Farms Service
The Corps of Signals Army Educational Corps
Mechanised Infantry Corps of Military Police
Infantry Pioneer Corps
The Intelligence Corps Army Postal Services Corps
Territorial Army
Defense Security Corps
Army Services Corps (ration,transport and clerk)
Non-Technical Branches (Fighting Branches):
These are the fighting branches of the Indian army. Without these branches, the
army cannot survive. These branches are the front line fighting formation of our
army. They face the enemy, fight them, and defeat them. They are:

Infantry:
Infantry basically attacks and defends. All the other branches and arms support
these soldiers on foot. The soldiers of Infantry usually are at the first always.
Armoured Corps:
The love of a die-hard tank enthusiast. This branch consists of the armoured
regiments of the Indian Army. It was formed in 1947. Consisting of 63 armoured
regiments, the corps celebrates 1 May as the corps raising day.
Artillery:
Artillery is the second largest arm of the Indian Army. It constitutes almost one-
sixth of Army’s total strength. It consists of guns, mortars, rocket launchers,
unmanned aerial vehicles, surveillance systems, missiles and artillery firepower.

It is subdivided into Field Artillery and Corps of Army Air Defence.

Field Artillery consists of mortars and guns to tackle enemy ground troops.
Army Air Defence consists of rockets and guns to tackle airborne enemy threats.
Army Aviation Corps:
Apart from attacking the enemy from the sky, the AAC provides logistical support for the Indian
Army in remote and inaccessible areas, especially in the Siachen Glacier. They also perform
tasks like Combat search and rescue (CSAR), artillery lift, Combat transportation, logistics relief,
military prisoner transportation and Medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) during a war and in the
case of natural calamities.
Technical Branches:

Corps of Signals:

Corps of Signals handles army’s military communications. The Corps works closely with the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop command and control
software.
Corps of Engineers:

This branch is for the tech savvy guys of the Indian Army. All the engineer-related tasks are
handled by these men. Combat Engineers, MES, BRO, MAP and Survey of India comes under
this branch.

Combat Engineers consists of three groups: Madras Sappers, Bengal Sappers and Bombay
Sappers. They undertake construction works during wartime like building bridges to transport
armoured tanks, etc.

Military Engineering Service (MES) is the only

construction agency in the country which carries out all
construction related tasks like the construction of
residential and office buildings, hospitals, roads and
runways, a marine structure like docks and harbours
across the country including border areas.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) develops and maintains road networks in India’s border
areas and friendly neighbouring countries.

Married Accommodation Project (MAP) begun to construct married accommodation for the
service personnel of the Indian Armed Forces.

Survey of India is India’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying.
Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME):

The Corps of EME has varying responsibilities related to the design, development, trial,
inspection and refit of weapon systems and equipment. They also provide technical advice to
units and conduct recovery operations in peace and war.
Service Branches (Support Branches):
These are the branches that provide support to the men fighting the war in terms of logistics,
medical education, lawyers, etc

Army Service Corps:

The ASC is mainly responsible for the provisioning, procurement and distribution of Supplies
of food ration, fresh & dry eatable items, FOL(Fuels, oil, lubricants), Hygiene Chemicals,
carriage & distribution of ammunition, and items of Hospital Comforts to Army, Air Force and
when required for Navy and other paramilitary forces.
Army Ordnance Corps:

AOC’s main responsibility is to provide material and logistics support to the Indian Army
and, if required, to the Navy and Air Force during war and peace. The inventory includes
all the material required by the troops ranging from clothes to weapons including tanks,
missiles etc., except fuel, fodder, and medicines which are maintained by the Army
Service Corps, the Military Farms Service/Army Remount and Veterinary Corps and the
Army Medical Corps respectively.
Remount and Veterinary Corps:

RVC is responsible for breeding, rearing and training of all animals used in the army.
RVC established the Zanskar Pony Breeding and Training Centre in Ladakh, which at
3146 m above sea level has been declared as the highest Stud farm in the world by
the Limca Book of Records. The Centre is involved in breeding Zaniskari ponies for
use by the army in high altitudes.
Military Farms:

The military farms were started nearly 130 years ago by the British to supply the
Indian Army with milk products. Over the years, however, the utility of the farms
have diminished. They now contribute a mere 14 percent of about 210 million litres
of milk annually consumed by 1.3 million-strong Indian Army. As of August 2017, the
Government has ordered closing down of all the 39 Military Farms.
Army Education Corps:

The Army Education Corps develops soldiers and officers of all ranks in a variety of
educational disciplines. The centre provides education in both combat and non-
combat operations. It also provides education in various military academies like
IMA, INA, AFA, NDA, ACC, etc and post-commission courses like YO course. As of
now, there is a proposal to close the AEC to redeploy the men for other roles.

Corps of Military Police:

CMP is trained to handle prisoners of war and to regulate traffic, as well as to

handle basic telecommunication equipment such as telephone exchanges. They
can be identified by their red berets, white lanyards and belts, and they also wear a
black brassard with the letters MP imprinted in red.
Army Medical Corps:

Basically, the AMC is a specialist corps in the Indian Army which provides medical
services to all Army personnel. The AMC has seen a lot of revamps to the corps
starting from Indian Medical Service, Indian Medical Department, Indian Hospital
Corps, Army Hospital Corps, Army Bearer Corps, Indian Army Medical Corps (IAMC).
The IAMC was re-designated as Army Medical Corps with effect from 26 January
1950.
Organization of Corps
The indian corps are controlled and
managed by commands at present India
has seven commands six for operational
purposes and one for training. The head
of all seven commands is the chief of
army staff who is a four star general
moreover each command has is lead by
the army commander as well.
Each command has two or more corps
under it, approximately 12,000
soldiers are there in corps adding up
which makes the number of trained
men in commands are around 24,000
men.
Seven commands and their locations.

Eastern Command based at Kolkata

Western Command based at Chandimandir
South Western Command based at Jaipur
Northern Command based at Udhampur
Southern Command based at Pune
Central Command based at Lucknow
Training Command based at Shimla
Command:- around 1lakh and 40,000 soldiers
usually two or more corps under a command.
Corps:- 12,000 to around 40,000 soldiers there
are three to four divisions in a corp.
Division:- It is made up of 15,000 combat troops
and around 8,000 support elements
Brigade:- around 3,000 to 5,000 men in a
brigade.
Battalion/regiment:- It is the most active part of
an army can consist from 450 to 1000 men
Rifle company:- consists around 90 to 145
soldiers
Platoon:- around 30 men lead by junior
commissioned officers.
Section:- smallest military outfit consisting 10 to
15 men lead by havaldar