Indian Army Chief General, Bipin Rawat, said that the is not yet ready to have women in combat roles. He said that there are several other fields where the Army was thinking of inducting women.
“We are not yet ready for that (women in combat roles) as facilities have to be created within… Women also need to be prepared for that kind of hardships,” he said.
“It is not easy. Let us not compare ourselves with Western nations, which are more open,” Gen Rawat told reporters on the sidelines of the Passing Out Parade of the 135th course at the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune.