Military training should be made compulsory in India.

Military training should be made compulsory in India.

Have you ever heard word Conscription? Well it is a form of compulsory enlistment of local people in national service or military service. It is something that is going on from ages in some places, and really helped people. In India also, some people are in favor of compulsory military training. They want the central government to seriously consider the proposal of military training in educational institutes. Can you think of Indians attending two - three months of compulsory military training? Some countries like Switzerland have it. So, should it be made compulsory in India?

Yes

• India faces the shortage of military officers, and the step could help the government to get the required number.

• It will provide a morale boost and a stronger representation to the army brigade of Himachal Pradesh.

• The restructuring of regiments by making military training compulsory will lower down the walls of differences between rural and urban India, the different states and the communities.

• The compulsory military training will be a form of vocational training that will utilize some years of youth life for constructive purposes.

• Military training will instill much needed discipline and patriotism in the hearts of young blood that are just blindly walking on the path of westernization.

• It will provide a means to many young people who want to be a part of public enterprise but sometimes cannot fulfill the entrance criteria.

• The past has shown that conscription has helped the countries like Israel and Switzerland during the tough times.

• It will help the women to protect themselves from the illicit elements who want to take undue advantage of females.

No

• The compulsory military training will create more and more powerful regiments divided on regional basis. India is not a place to implement such law.

• The compulsory military training that is worth anything will come with a cost, and the problem is who will bear the cost? The taxpayers’ money cannot be wasted like this.

• Anything that is made compulsory or forced is not liked by the people, no matter it is interesting or useful.

• The prime years of youth cannot be forced to spend in vocational training as these are the years to have fun in life.

• Forcing military training in India is like violation of individual rights as it will be like providing the service for any government whether the person supports it or not.

• The idea of compulsory military training is feasible only in countries that have a small population base.

• Many a times women are not made a part of such programs and then all the burden comes solely on men.

• It will not foster the national pride in people but will be considered as involuntary servitude and slavery.

• The efforts, time and money will be totally wasted as an unwilling and forced training will be inefficient.

• The simple decisions in India cannot be implemented due to political problems. How do you expect the populist politicians to take such a hard decision?

Conclusion

Military training in India has to be perceived in many parameters. It has to be analyzed in terms of social, economic, political and national factors. The idea of compulsory military training at first idea seems good but the problem is the country is not ready to implement such training at this level. It will give one more reason to politicians to divide the country. Instead of encouraging the national spirit it will provide the people with an extra tool to make illegal forces. Moreover, Indians have the right to select, and therefore in any case government cannot force the decision on people.