Indian Defence Current Affairs – January 2019

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Defence Current Affairs – January 2019

In this we have given, January Month Indian Defence Current Affairs and their other details. This is very important for all Competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, RRB, and all PSC Examinations.

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Indian Forces (Defence)

Women to get 20% jobs in Military Police

  • The government has decided to induct women for the first time in Personnel Below Officer Rank, PBOR, role in Corps of Military Police. The women will be inducted in graded manner to eventually comprise 20 per cent of total Corps of Military Police.
  • Currently, women are allowed in select areas such as medical, legal, educational, signals and engineering wings of the Army.

Exercise SEA VIGIL

  • Ten years after “26/11”, the Indian Navy commenced the largest coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast.
  • Exercise SEA VIGIL, a first of its kind, is being undertaken along the entire 7516.6 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India and is involving all the 13 coastal States and Union Territories along with all maritime stakeholders, including the fishing and coastal communities.

 ‘INS Kohassa’

  • Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba commissioned the new Naval Air Base ‘INS Kohassa’ at Diglipur in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Disability, war injury pension for armed forces

  • Defence Ministry has said, the disability or war injury pension for armed forces personnel shall be minimum Rs. 18,000 per month.

Defence Minister confers Raksha Mantri Padak

  • Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman conferred Raksha Mantri Padak and Commendation Cards to NCC Cadets for their exemplary performance and devotion to duty.

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