The 1.13 million strong Indian Army, the 2nd largest in the world, now wants its own "fully-empowered and trained" police force to take care of both External as well as Internal crime. As part of an overall transformation in the pipeline to make the Indian Defence force into a lean and mean fighting machine, with a better teeth-to-tail ratio, the top brass led by General V K Singh will also discuss the comprehensive revamp of the Corps of Military Police (CMP) during the annual Army commanders' conference beginning here on Monday, said sources. With just over 9,000 personnel and no dedicated officer cadre, the Corps of Military Police has largely been reduced to ceremonial and traffic management duties over the years. The aim now is to create a "multi-skilled, versatile, flexible and pro-active" Corps of Military Police, which is capable of "genuine policing", investigating the entire spectrum of crime and providing "provost support" to formation commanders both during conflict and peace. It could also help tackle growing corruption within the Indian Army. The army wants a stronger, "fully-empowered" military police. This new force, it is hoped, will also help the Army to better tackle the cancer of corruption which has seeped into the force, with a flurry of land, liquor, meat, cereal, petrol scams besmirching its image. "Growth of crime, including corruption, within the ranks does adversely affect discipline and moral health of a force. Crime is become sophisticated; requisite capability is needed," said an officer. A more organized Corps of Military Police will also be able to take on 'external criminals' working for enemy forces. Army wants own empowered police force - The Times of India
Indian army is considered as the third largest army in the world. We have around 40% men engaged in the army and providing their services for the country. The forces indeed require a great amount of amendments but still we are proud of our indian army the way it is. The army men cares about their country and leave a family behind. this is what they are exactly doing in terms of patriotism.
