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The Indian Army is the world’s second largest army in terms of military personnel. The basic responsibility of the Army is to safeguard the territorial integrity of the nation against external aggressio. In addition, the Army is often required to assist the civil administration during internal security disturbances and in the mainntenance of law and order, in organising relief operations during natural calamities like floods, earthquakes and cyclones and in the maintenance of essential services.
The Indian Army is one of the finest armies in the world. Modernisation and upgradation of Army is a continuous process to keep Armed Forces ready to meet any challenge of tomorrow. It is based on fiver years plans. Focus and core areas of modernisation has been:-

• Improvement in the Fire Power and increased Mobiliy
• All Weather Battle Field Surveillance capability
• Night Fighting capabilities
• Enhace capability of Special Force
• Capability for Network Centric Warfare
• NBC Protection

Army has its headquarters in New Delhi.
It is head by Chief of the Army Staff and assisted by the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff and seven other Principal Staff Officers, namely, two Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Ajutant General, Quarter Master General, Master General of Ordinance, Military Secretary and Engineer-in-Chief. The army has following commands

S.No.	Command	Headquarter
1	Western command	Chandigarh
2	Eastern command	Kolkata
3	Northern command	56 APO
4	Southern command	Pune
5	Central command	Lucknow
6	Army Training Command	Shimla
7	South Western Command	Jaipur

Each under a General officer Commanding-n-Chief of the rank of a Lieutant-General. The Major Static Formation are divided into Areas, Independent Sub-Areas and sub-areas. Area is commanded by a General Officer Commanding of the rank of a Major General and an Independent Sub-Area and sub-area by a Brigadier.
Indian army is divided broadly into two main categories:-

1. Arms
2. Services

Indian Army consists of following ranks:-

1. General
2. Lt. General
3. Major General
4. Brigadier
5. Colonel
6. Lt. Colonel
7. Major
8. Captain
9. Lieutenant

Following are the Military Training Centers in India.

Military Training Centers	Place
National Defence Academy	Khadakvasla (Pune, Maharashtra)
Indian Military Academy	Dehra Dun (Uttaranchal)
Rashtriya Indian Military College	Dehra Dun (Uttaranchal)
National Defence College	New Delhi
Defence Services Staff College	Welliington
Armed Forces Medical College	Pune (Maharashtra)
Officer’s Training School	Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
College of Combat, Mhow (Army War College) Armoured Corps Centre and School	Deolali
College of Military Engineering	Kirkee (Pune) (Maharashtra)
Military College of Telecommunications Engineering	Secunderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
Army Cadet College	Dehra Dun (Uttaranchal)
College of Material Management	Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
High Altitude Warfare School	Gulmarg (J & K)
Army Service Corps School	Bareilly (UP)
EME School	Secunderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
Millitary College of Electronics and Mechnical Engineering, Remount and veterinary Corps Centre and School	Merrut (UP)
Army Educational Corps Training School and Depot	Pune (Maharashtra)
Corpse of Military Police Centre and School	Bengaluru (Karnataka)
Army School of Physical Training	Pune (Maharashtra)
Army/Air Transport Support School	Agra (UP)
Army Clerk Training School	Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
Army School of Mechanical Transport	Bengaluru (Karnataka)
Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School	Vairengte
Institution of Nation Integration	Pune (Maharshtra)