NEW DELHI: No proposal for doing away with the Sahayak system in the Army is under consideration, the Government today said, notwithstanding several jawans strongly coming out of the colonial-era provision.
Replying to a question on the issue, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said a new complaint redressal mechanism has been put in place under which soldiers can communicate their grievances to the Chief of Army Staff through WhatsApp message after exhausting all other laid down procedures.
To a separate system, Bhamre said a total of 32,550 complaints were received through the online Centralised Public Grievance Redress System (CPGRAMS) from Armed Forces personnel in the last two years.
“No proposal for doing away with system of Sahayaks or Buddies for Commissioned Officers and even Junior Commissioned Officers in the Army is under consideration of the Ministry at present,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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