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Arms and the women: On gender barrier in Indian Army.Need a clear essay.Do not or paraphrase article from newspapers.DO NOT WASTE MY ANSWER.IF YOU CANT DO LET OTHERS DO.PLEASE.

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• A hurdle gone: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to all women officers in the 10 non-battlefield services in the army within three months, terming the Centre's argument of “physiological limitations” and “social norms” for denying them command posts “disturbing”.
• Will mindset change? The top court said that the Centre should already have granted permanent commission to women officers and acted on the 2010 Delhi High Court verdict allowing it, especially after the SC on September 2, 2011 clarified that there is no stay on the high court verdict. The court had earlier said: “Two things are required to rid any form of gender discrimination — administrative will and change in mindset.” That was after Centre argued that since the army is predominantly male and from rural areas, soldiers are not yet mentally schooled to accept women officers in command.
• A long fight: Women were first inducted into the army as part of the military nursing service in 1927 and as medical officers in 1943. However, female officers started being hired in other branches of the army only in 1992 and that too only under short service commissions for five years. The service tenure was extended to 10 years in 1996 and 14 years in 2004. Between 1992 and 2001, eight new army branches were opened for women. In 2010, women were granted permanent commission in the army’s legal and education corps (in addition to medical services). The government had a little over a year ago granted permanent commission to newly-recruited women officers, but not those short service commission officers already in the force. The SC verdict extends it to all.