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Over half of Army personnel under severe stress: Study
Why is it in news?
- The Service think tank United Service Institution of India (USI), published the findings of its study regarding stress levels amongst Indian Army personnel.
- The research was undertaken during 2019-20 by Col. AK Mor, Senior Research Fellow at the USI.
Key Findings of the Study:
- More than half of Indian Army personnel seem to be under severe stress.
- The Army has been losing more personnel every year due to suicides, fratricides and untoward incidents than in response to any enemy or terrorist activities.
- Prolonged exposure of Indian Army personnel to Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorism (CI/CT) environment has been one of the contributory factors for increased stress levels.
- The officers experience comparatively much higher cumulative stress levels, compared to the Junior Commissioned Officers (JCO) and Other Ranks (OR).
- Overall job satisfaction and pride in uniform remains high amongst JCOs and ORs.
- Various management measures implemented by the Army and Defence Ministry in the last 15 years have not been able to achieve the desired results.