General

I DO NOT HESITATE TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE RANKS IN INDIAN ARMY GAZETTED OFFICERS CADRE CREATE SOME SORT OF ILLUSION AND OVERLAPPING OF DUTIES CONFUSIONS,SEE INDIAN ARMY HAS TWO RANKS ONE OF LT/COLONEL AND COLONEL RANKS ONE RANK IS HIGHER AND OTHER IS ONE STEP LOWER,NOW I LAY EMPHASIS ON ARMY OFFICERS CADRE RESTRUCTRING AFTER COLONEL THE NEXT HIGHER RANK IS BRIGADIER,MY SUBMISSION IS PLEASE CONSIDER ONLY ONE RANK OF COLONEL AND THE LT/COL POST MAY BE SURRENDERED OR ABOLISHED JUST LIKE 2ND LIEUTENANT POST SO AT PRESENT NDA GENTLEMEN CADETS BECOME DIRECT LIEUTENANTS AFTER THEIR PASSING OUT PARADE AND JOIN THEIR FIRST POSTINGS,NOW SUPPOSE IF THIS TREND IS CONTINUED IN INDIAN ARMY THEN WE CAN ALSO HAVE BRIGADIER GRADE 1ST POST BRIGADIER GRADE 2ND POST, BRIGADIER GRADE 3RD,THEN MAJ/GEN GRADE IST POST THEN MAJ/GEN GRADE 2ND POST ,THEN LT /GEN GRADE IST POST, LT/GEN GRADE 2ND POST ,AND L/GEN GRADE 3RD POST,THEN WE CAN HAVE GENERAL GRADE 1ST POST,GENERAL GRADE 2ND POST,TWO CHIEFS OF ARMY STAFFS OF INDIAN ARMY ONE RANK HIGHER THAN THE OTHER ONE, CONSIDERING THE SENIORITY OF THE SUPERIOR OFFICERS, MY GUT FEELING SAYS IT IS BETTER TO ABOLISH THE LT/COL RANK JUST LIKE 2ND LIEUTENANT RANK WAS ABOLISHED FOR BETTER AND EFFICIENT ROUTINE WORKINGS OF DEFENCE FORCES FURTHERMORE ONLY AFTER THE RANK OF MAJOR NEXT POST TO BE MAINTAINED IS ONLY THE RANK OF FULL COLONEL WHO HAS TO BEAR MORE BATTLE FIELD RESPONSIBILITIES IN ACTUAL WAR CONDITIONS OR PEACE TIMES, SO MY MIND SAYS FOR BETTER LOGISTICAL CONTROLS ,QUICK ARMY MOVEMENTS FROM ONE PLACE TO OTHER IN LONG INDIAN BORDERING TERRITORIES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES LT/COL RANK MAY BE ABOLISHED FOR EVER IN ORDER TO SHARE AND ALLOCATE COMPLETE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN INDIAN ARMY TO AVOID DUPLICATION AND OVERLAPPING OF REGULAR DUTIES BY CREATION OF TWO RANKS ONE IS LT/COL AND OTHER IS COLONEL,THOSE GAZETTED OFFICERS WHO HAD ALREADY SERVED THE INDIAN ARMY AND RETIRED AT LEAST 10 YEARS AGO, THEY MAY BE GIVEN PROMOTIONAL HONORARY RANK OF COLONEL FROM LT/COL IN SUCH CASES MONETORY BENIFITS MAY NOT BE GIVEN JUST AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE AND HONOUR TO THE RETIRED LT/COL OF INDIAN ARMY PENSIONERS WHO HAD SERVED BHARAT MAATA WITH DEDICATION AND PRIDE PREVIOUSLY WHILE IN ACTIVE DEFENCE SERVICES