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India to soon allow women to serve on warships

Xinhua, February 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

After the Indian Air Force, the Indian Navy has said that it will soon allow women to serve on warships and as naval pilots.

"Women will soon be on allowed to serve on warships and as pilots," Indian Navy chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan told the media in the southern port city of Visakhapatnam Wednesday.

"A proposal to induct women as pilots is already with the Indian Defense Ministry and the Navy is moving towards making warships conducive for women officers to be posted on them," he said.

The Indian Defense Ministry last year approved the induction of women into the combat stream of the Indian Air Force and that the first woman fighter pilot will be in the cockpit in June 2017.

"The Ministry of Defence has approved the induction of women into the fighter (combat) stream of the IAF," it had said in a statement.

"This progressive step is in keeping with the aspirations of Indian women and in line with contemporary trends in armed forces in developed nations," the Ministry added. Enditem