More Officers Quitting Armed Forces

New Delhi: The trend among armed forces officers and defence scientists seeking voluntary retirement is on the rise, the Lok Sabha was told on Thursday. Over the years, more personnel are being discharged from service on account of mental disorders, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in written responses to queties.

As many as 1,275 officers from the Army, the Air Force and the Navy wanted to quit the services last year against 996 in 2005 and 435 in 2004. The trend had been steadily raising in the Army and the Navy while it had shown a dip last year in the case of the Air Force.

In the Army, the largest service, 811, officers sought to quit the uniform last year and more than half of them were allowed to leave.

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