ROLE /DUTY/CONCEPT/OF TERRITORIAL ARMY Continue

Army personnel are posted in TA units according to a carefully planned manning policy so that TA units can in times of war or hostilities be able to provide effective support to the Army.

The Tenure of Officer of Regular Army personnel in TA units is regarded as normal regimental duty and is equated with similar appointments in the Army for the -purpose of promotion, career planning etc. Even the directly recruited personnel of TA are given training at the ARMY REGIMENTAL Centre before they are posted and the training given is in three military infantry units.

Thus the functions and duties of TA are integrally connected with the operational plans and requirements of the ARMED FORCES and the members of TA are "Integral to the Armed Forces".

ROLE /DUTY/CONCEPT/OF TERRITORIAL ARMY

AS PER ARMY ORDER 77/1984 – The Territorial Army is part of the regular Indian Army. The present role of the Territorial Army is to relieve the Regular Army from static duties and assist civil administration in dealing with natural calamities and maintenance of essential services in situations where like of the communities is affected or the security of the country is threatened, and to provide units for the Regular Army as and when required.

As per ARMY order 370/1970- Territorial Army Personnel shall be treated as retrenched Central Govt. Employees for purpose of orders contained in M/O Home Affairs No. 4/13/54/RPS dated 14th Jan 1955 provided they have serviced on the pmt staff of a TA unit or have been embodied for service under TA Rule 33for a continuous period of not less then 6 month for this purpose of Age relaxation their entire period of embodiment (embodied) Service including broken periods in the Territorial Army shall be taken into account.

Organization are similar to those of INDIAN ARMY. In today’s difficult situation theTERRITORIAL ARMY is undoubtedly intended primarily to support the Indian army in its operational requirement. Regular Army personnel are posted in TA units according to a carefully planned manning policy so that TA units can in times of war or hostilities be able to provide effective support to the Army. T.A. is a Force under the direct command of INDIAN ARMY being an integral part of it, & the function\ Role and security and safety of the countrymen is not only into the hands of valiant men of Indian Army.

TERRITORIAL ARMY HISTORY

The modern Territorial Army was formally inaugurated by the first Indian Governor General Shri C. Rajagopalachari on October 9, 1949 after the Independence Territorial Army Act was passed in 1948. October 9 is celebrated as Prime Minister’s Territorial Army Day Parade The Territorial Army initially had various types of units such as Armoured Regiment, Infantry Battalion, Air Defence, Medical Regiment, Engineers Field Park Coy, Signal Regiment, EME Workshop, Coast Battery, ASC GT Coy, ASC Compo Pl, and AMC Field Ambulance.

By 1972 these units were either disbanded or converted to Regular Army units with theexception of Infantry Battalions. Territorial Army units were actively involved in militaryoperations in 1962, 1965 and 1971 . The “Terriers” have also taken part in OperationPawan in Srilanka, Operation Rakshak in Punjab & J&K, Operation Rhino and OperationBajrang in the North East.

Departmental units came to the aid of the civil authorities during industrial unrest and natural calamities, most famous being earthquake in Latoor (Maharastra), Uttarkashi in Garhwal Himalaya and the super cyclone in Orissa. The Ecological units have arrested man made environmental degradation by planting 2.5 crore trees over 20,000 hectare of land in Mussoori Hills & Pithoragarh (UP), Bikaner & Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) and ravines of Chambal in Madhya Pradesh.