The Union Government is looking to have all-woman marching and band contingents, tableaux, and other performances at the Republic Day Parade 2024 on Kartavya Path. An Office Memorandum (OM) issued on March 1 in this regard has since undergone several changes but effort is on to have contingents with mostly women participants, defence sources said.
However, this has raised several questions within the military fraternity as it is not clear how infantry and armoured regiments of the Army will be able to have all-women marching contingents as neither division has women — be it as officers or in the ranks.
The decision was made in February at the de-brief session on the Republic Day Parade 2023, chaired by Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane and attended by members of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), services and other Ministries and departments.
