Strength of Indian Armed Forces - Tabular Comparision (For SSB lecturette and interviews)

 Strength of Indian Armed Forces

Tabular Comparision

Aspect	Army	Navy	Air Force
Total Personnel	14,00,000	67,000	1,70,000
Officers	50,000	9,500	12,000
Jawans	13,50,000	-	-
Sailors	-	57,500	-
Airmen	-	-	1,58,000
Role	Land-based military operations and defense	Naval operations, maritime security, and defense	Aerial warfare and defense, air transport, and support operations
Head of Service	Chief of Army Staff (COAS)	Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)	Chief of Air Staff (CAS)
Present Name	General Manoj Mukund Naravane	Admiral Karambir Singh	Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria
Chief of defence staff	GENERAL ANIL CHAUHAN, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM
Budget Allocation (2021-2022)	INR 2,18,998 crore (approx.)	INR 1,64,415 crore (approx.)	INR 1,56,344 crore (approx.)
Famous Operations	Operation Vijay (Kargil War), Operation Rhino (Counter-insurgency operations in Assam), Operation Meghdoot (Siachen Glacier conflict)	Operation Trident (1971 Indo-Pak War), Operation Talwar (Anti-piracy operation in Gulf of Aden), Operation Rakshak (Counter-insurgency operations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands)	Operation Safed Sagar (Kargil War), Operation Cactus (Maldives crisis), Operation Meghdoot (Siachen Glacier conflict)
Famous Weapons Used	Bofors FH-77B Howitzers (Kargil War), AK-47 rifles (Counter-insurgency operations), INS Vikrant (1971 Indo-Pak War), BrahMos cruise missiles (Anti-piracy operations), Mirage 2000 aircraft (Kargil War)	INS Viraat (Anti-piracy operations), Sea Harrier aircraft (Gulf of Aden), Kalvari-class submarines (Counter-insurgency operations),	Mirage 2000 aircraft (Kargil War), Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft (Kargil War), MiG-21 Bison aircraft (Kargil War)
PVC Holders	Subedar Major Bana Singh, Major Somnath Sharma, Major Shaitan Singh, Lance Naik Karam Singh, Major Dhan Singh Thapa, Naib Subedar Sanjay Kumar, Captain Vikram Batra, Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, Havildar Sanjay Kumar, Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey, Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, Lieutenant Colonel Hoshiar Singh, Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja, Flying Officer Nirmal Kumar Pandey, Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, Flying Officer K. N. Bajpai, Wing Commander Vishwanath Sharma, Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal	Able Seaman Albert Ekka	Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Squadron Leader Harjinder Singh, Flight Lieutenant Sudhir Kumar Tomar, Squadron Leader Mohinder Kumar Puri, Squadron Leader Rakes
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