New Delhi: The Army is now actively considering recruiting civilian staff in peace stations to do away with the colonial-era Sahayak system, in the wake of rising cases of jawans coming out openly against it. “We are looking at getting civilian staff to replace Sahayaks in peace stations,” the official said. The official said the option of deploying civilian staff at peace stations instead of Sahayaks will help the Army in economising on its man power as well. In March, the government had strongly defended the Sahayak system in the Army, saying it provides an “essential support” to officers in “fully” attending to their duties in times of peace and war. Days later, a sepoy also posted a video online criticising the Sahayak system and accused the senior officers of treating them as “slaves”.

Source: Mint June 25, 2017 09:45 UTC