Applying for govt job? May have to first serve 5 yrs in Army: Facts to know

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has advised the government to make the five-year service with armed forces mandatory for those who seek government jobs

In case you are applying for a government job either with the state or the central government, take note. Irrespective of your job profile, you might have to serve in the armed forces for the first five years. This has been recommended to the government by the Parliamentary Standing Committee. The Committee while recommending five years compulsory military service to such aspirants wanting directly to join central and state government gazetted services have taken into account the fact that there are perennial and alarming shortages of officers and men in the Armed Forces, which needs to correct, a recently tabled