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Section 1
Service Related Information
INDIAN ARMY
Army has approximately 13 lakh men and women in its ranks. It includes about 36000 officers where
there is a shortage of about 14000 officers. President of India is the supreme commander of three
services - Army, Navy and Air Force. The Army headquarters is in New Delhi and it is under the
direction of the Chief of Army Staff. He is a General. He is assisted by eight Lt. Generals (one vice
chief, two deputy chiefs, a military secretary, an adjutant general, the quartermaster general, the
master general of ordnance and the engineer in chief).
The army is divided into following seven commands each headed by a Lt. General:
Northern Command - Udhampur
Western Command - Chandimandir
Central Command - Lucknow
Eastern Command - Kolkata
Southern Command - Pune
South Western Command - Jaipur
Training Command - Shimla
The Corps in the Army are headed by Lt. Generals, Divisions headed by Major General, Brigades
headed by Brigadier and Battalions headed by Colonel. There are twelve corps which are organized
in armored divisions, infantry divisions, mountain infantry brigades, infantry divisions and
independent infantry, artillery brigades and battalions.
The army is organized in two parts - Arms and Services as under.
Arms
