Altogether 30 women have been enrolled and can start coaching on the institute in Might, Lt Gen Singh mentioned in an interview to PTI, on the eve of the Southern Command celebrating its one hundred and thirtieth Elevating Day on April 1.
The military’s initiative will contribute considerably to the holistic improvement of the sports activities panorama in India and in addition underscores the importance of gender equality and inclusivity in sports activities, Lt Gen Singh mentioned.
The newly-established Military Women Sports activities Firm goals at nurturing lady expertise in archery, athletics, boxing and weightlifting, the highest military commander mentioned.
The Military Sports activities Institute is without doubt one of the two centres of excellence recognized for this initiative.
The opposite centre is Military Marksmanship Unit in Mhow. The chosen women will bear rigorous coaching and compete at each nationwide and worldwide ranges, providing them the chance to reveal their prowess and produce honour to the nation. The chosen women will even be eligible for recruitment as direct entry Non-Commissioned Officers and Junior Commissioned Officers, along with enrolment as Agniveers, he mentioned. “Progressive steps to reinforce deployment avenues for ladies officers are being taken. Girls officers being commissioned from OTA Chennai will now move out together with their male batchmates with frequent benefit. Everlasting fee to ladies officers has additionally commenced after being thought-about by gender impartial choice boards,” he mentioned.
The Southern Command has carried out varied actions in keeping with the federal government’s schemes, together with creation of 75 Amrit Sarovars with a catchment space of 485 lakh cubic litres, adoption of 75 faculties underneath mission Vidyanjali, millet provision for Southern Command Zone, proposal for Nagar Van and Yojana and Jal Shakti Abhiyan, he mentioned.
The Southern Command has at all times been the primary responder in instances of disaster, be it the Bhuj earthquake of January 2001 or the floods in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, he mentioned.
The Command performed a big function throughout Cyclone Tauktae aid operations in Might 2021.
The cyclone had affected areas of Kerala, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli areas. The Southern Command was additionally on the forefront throughout aid and rescue work in the course of the Morbi bridge collapse in October 2022 and Cyclone Michaung, he mentioned.
Throughout cyclones Biparjoy and Michaung, aid columns of Southern Command had been actively deployed, establishing shut liaison and synergy with the civil administration.
They supplied aid to hundreds of civilians and evacuated them to security.
The military columns had been the primary to succeed in quite a few cut-off villages like Kalvai village in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district with aid, he mentioned.
The Command’s valiant troopers with out caring for their very own lives, have stood by the individuals and shall proceed to take action always as a part of Humanitarian Help and Catastrophe Aid operations, he mentioned.
The Command space contains catchment basin of rivers like Narmada, Krishna, Godavari and Cauvery.
The Southern Command, headquartered in Pune since its formation in 1895, has round 7 lakh ex-servicemen and a pair of.5 lakhs Veer Naris (widows of armed forces personnel who laid down their life for the nation).
“The welfare of those veterans and Veer Naris is a crucial accountability of the Southern Command. Efforts are underway for establishing outdated age houses the place the veterans might spend the golden years of their life with cheap consolation and hospice look after palliative necessities,” Lt Gen Singh mentioned.
Two such outdated age houses have been arrange at Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram. Round 3,000 veterans attended the mega ex-servicemen’s rally in Pune in February. Round 45,000 veterans attended on-line.
“Actions like decision of grievances pertaining to pension and medical checkup had been held. Employment certificates had been additionally awarded to veterans and Veer Naris, offering them a possibility for his or her second innings,” he mentioned.
A Prakriti Wellness Centre has been established at Pune providing holistic therapeutic via multi-disciplinary avenues corresponding to naturopathy, ayurveda and yoga remedy to advertise internal wellness and holistic well being for serving personnel, dependents and veterans of the armed forces, he mentioned.
A counter providing Jan Aushadhi merchandise and millets produce has additionally been arrange within the Command. Two various therapeutic centres – Aarogyashala Centre at Nasirabad and Konark Aarogya Wellness Centre at Jodhpur – have been established in Southern Command.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with AIIMS Jodhpur for availability of fifty per cent of essential care sources to Army Hospital Jodhpur throughout hostilities and pure calamities.
To make sure higher training of the wards of serving personnel and veterans, three totally residential teaching institutes are being established via CSR and coaching companions at Pune, Jodhpur and Secunderabad within the subsequent two months.
The primary such facility for 40 college students for NEET/ JEE teaching has been arrange at Armoured Centre and Faculty, Ahmednagar in collaboration with Axis Bank and Nationwide Integrity Academic Improvement Organisation.
“On its Elevating Day, the Southern Command rededicates itself to the nation and appears ahead in the direction of the long run with skilled confidence,” Lt Gen Singh mentioned.
