TY - BOOK TI - India's army: unfit for service PY - 2008/// KW - INDIA KW - OFFICERS KW - RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION N2 - As India's economy booms the Army (and to a lesser extent the Navy and Air Force) cannot recruit and retain enough officers. The Army shortfall is reported to be 11,000 and the Indian Military Academy has only 86 cadets where there should be 250. This short article considers what can be done to improve the situation ER -