(a) whether IAF has revised the HRD norms to make easier for the
people to leave the forces and completely abolished re-employment of
retired personnel;
(b) if so, whether IAF has decided to appoint fresh graduates from IITs
and Professional Institutions; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and strategy chalked out by IAF to fill up the
vacancies of professionals in the IAF?
MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI GEORGE FERNANDES)
(a) Norms have been liberalised for Personnel Below Officer Rank
(PBOR) to leave the service. At present there is no re-employment of
retired personnel.
(b) & (c): Appointment of fresh graduates from IITs and other
professional institutions meeting the eligibility criteria is part of the
recruitment process. Apart from this, awareness campaign, recruitment
rallies, advertisement in media, information dissemination through internet,
visits to educational institutions etc. are undertaken by IAF to attract
professionals.