Voluntary Retirement Service in Defence Services in India (Army, Navy, Air Force)
Ministry of Defence
Attrition Rate in Armed Forces
Details of officers who left the services voluntarily from three Defence Services in the last three years are as under:-
| Year | Army | Navy | Air Force |
| 2016 | 353 | 138 | 186 |
| 2017 | 383 | 137 | 205 |
| 2018 | 412 | 102 | 184 |
Recruitment in the Armed Forces is a continuous process. The Government has taken a number of measures to reduce the shortages. These include sustained image projection, participation in career fairs and exhibitions and publicity campaign to create awareness among the youth on the advantages of taking up a challenging and satisfying career.
Further, Government has taken various steps to make jobs in the Armed Forces attractive including improvement in promotion prospects.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri A. Vijayakumar in Rajya Sabha today.
Source: PIB
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