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The Government on Saturday ruled out compulsory military service for youths in the country to meet the shortage of recruits in the armed forces, saying there was a need to make jobs in armed forces more attractive.
“Conscription is not a solution,” Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters after visiting the NCC Republic Day camp here.
Terming the suggestion of Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor to this effect as a “passing remark”, Antony said, “We have considered this (conscription) but Indian conditions are not suitable and the Government is not for that … there is no proposal from the Government.”
General Kapoor had recently said conscription could be one of the ways to meet the shortage of officers in the armed forces.
