Theme :-

  • Military training is compulsory in some countries including North Korea, Norway & Israel.

Pros of compulsory military training :-

  • Compulsory military training helps to form a reserve force which can be of help during the times of war & natural calamities.
  • It also transforms people for good. Military training makes people humble, disciplined and matured.
  • It instils a sense of patriotism.
  • Compulsory military training can also make people stronger physically & emotionally.
  • It promotes equality because people of all classes will be trained in the same manner. This inturn makes people feel united despite having class differences.
  • The threat of terrorist attacks is much higher now than before. So compulsory military training helps in such cases. People can protect themselves and are able to protect those who are in need as well.
  • If anyone want to declare war against India, they will think twice considering the large pool of reserved forces.

Cons of compulsory military training :-

  • India is a democratic country, and hence forcing people to undergo military training is against to the democratic spirit of our nation.
  • Not everyone is interested to be in reserve forces. Some people have family responsibilities and do not afford to lose time to training. Forcing uninterested people is against to morality. And some people are sole bread winners for their families. Forcing them to take part in war is unethical considering the situation of the family in case of death.
  • Some people do not have enough strength to participate in such intense trainings. They may seem normal from outside but may have mental illnesses. Military trainings can be emotionally and physically daunting for them. In such cases compulsory trainings will be a threat to their life.
  • Most of the reserve force will not be utilized, which means huge amounts of expenditure on trainings will go in vain.
  • Those who are forced to be in reserved force may not work well in times of need, because it’s not voluntary.
  • In some countries, military training is compulsory for all and in some other countries it is compulsory for only men. Considering the situation in India, if the compulsory training is imposed, it will be done so only for men. This is very discriminatory for men.
  • Hurting or injuring other people is against to the moral values and religious beliefs of some people. Involving them in such programs causes emotional trauma for them.
  • Even if everyone is trained, they may not be able to take part in military operations like professionals. They may forget the skills with time because of lack of practice. This results in low quality reserve force.
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Conclusion :-

Compulsory military training may not be accepted in a country like India, because of the democratic spirit in Indians. Instead the reserve force can be formed by strengthening NCC (National Cadet Corps), which is open to schools and colleges on a voluntary basis.

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20 Comments

  • Vivek tamori, Dec 27, 2023 @ 8:34 pm Reply

    Jai hind everyone in my opinion military training should be compulsory for a developed nation like India .It avoid the scanty of officers as well as officer in armed forces. milltary training also help to create reserved force which help during the war and national calamity.millitary training makes people mature and disciplined and well behaved .it also make people physically and mentally feet . military training create a sense of patriotism toward our country it promotes equally because every trainer trained by same manner.peple who are physically and mentally feet .ust join milltary training.jai hind jai bharat

  • Akshay garg, Sep 13, 2022 @ 10:47 am Reply

    Like India is a vast country with a population of more than a 1.4billion and it crosses 1.5b by 2029 as per the index. So, it’s very difficult to train every individual even though India is now a developing country only. And if we train every individual in India, it directly affects the defense budget which is increasing day by day. But, there are many pros to training in the Indian Armed Forces like, developing mental and physical stamina, reasoning ability, survival in difficult situations unlikely to happen in future. So, it’s not required to make military training compulsory in India but we can make it as a voluntary training for the youth and working personnel.

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  • Manvendra Mishra, Dec 29, 2020 @ 4:00 pm Reply

    Military training should be compulsory in our school and collage from senior classes
    military training also justify with statement ” A SOUNT MIND RESIDES IN SOUND BODY ” so keeping our body healthy we should have done military training
    Military training teaches us discipline and regularity
    thanks

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  • Ramniwas Godara Bishnoi, Dec 3, 2019 @ 9:41 am Reply

    I think militry trainnig should do complsery because india is a very big country and it is democarcy so we can’t force to anyone

  • Ramkunwar, Nov 22, 2019 @ 9:27 pm Reply

    Milatry training should be compulsory, because defence system is beckbone our country, and our soldiers presently who is in Indian airforce Navy and army will be stronger physically and emotionally, and they can ready for serve the nation ,if our armed forces will be hard physically training then our defence system does not loose and flaxibal, and our country does not depend on other country, it will be self powerfull, due to this GDP and economic stage will be growth, it is good for our developed country,

  • Nitesh, Nov 21, 2019 @ 8:37 am Reply

    India is a vast country.in my opinion it should not given to every citizen of India.
    1. First of all India is a democratic country and every citizen has their rights , no one force them any kind of work if they are not interested.and if we force them it hurts the democratic soul of our country
    2. If we see approx half population of our country is youth.if we compulsory the military training to all then think that we have sufficient resources to train all of them.
    3.some people have his responsibilities.some cases there is only one to earn the livelihood for all the family members.if we force them to go the military teaining,what’s about his family?
    In my opinion rather than give the military training to everyone we should increase the more power of our armed forces.
    Thanks!

    • Gaurav Joshi, Aug 7, 2022 @ 7:39 pm Reply

      Agreed

  • sarvesh tiwari, Sep 10, 2019 @ 3:22 pm Reply

    it should not be compulsory for all because being a democratic country we can not force a single person for military training,but there should be a policy according to which if any one want to do military training voluntarily he can do it.there is a number of people who want to join armed forces but due to minor medically issue and due to some other problem they are rejected.such kind of people easily can do military training and serve the country whenever there is requirment.

    • Vishal singh Jadon, Dec 2, 2019 @ 7:54 am Reply

      Yes Sarvesh, I totally agree with you
      It should be compulsory for them who want to do it.
      Whose dream to be a soldiers can’t fulfill They will obviously join it.

      • Gaurav Joshi, Aug 7, 2022 @ 7:41 pm Reply

        Agreed

  • Kartik, Mar 8, 2019 @ 11:01 am Reply

    Military training in India should not compulsory because there is a big strength of personals in the Indian army . And India is a country in which their youth is always ready to defend their country by joined the defence forces either it is war or any critical issue to our nation

  • Kanchan, Jan 27, 2019 @ 11:03 pm Reply

    India is biggest country by its area and more than biggest by the population. When here the point comes to compulsory military training for everyone so somewhere it shouldn’t be compulsory.
    1. We have enough army strength
    2. India has also the rule that forced people to joining the the Army but it never implemented because of whoever join forces that’s their own choice. It shows how much patriotism fulfill in our youths.
    3. Genuinely compulsory military training may feel some of our country’s citizens against their freedom.
    4. Here could be wasted huge amount of budget of defence forced.
    It’s my personal point of view rather than make compulsory military training for everyone in India defence forces should put efforts for making its Armed forces more powerful than every other in the world.

    • Team GD Ideas, Jan 29, 2019 @ 10:04 am Reply

      That’s right!

  • Manujendera Mamodia, Jan 24, 2019 @ 8:41 pm Reply

    Yes .. I Think it should be made compulsory in India first of all … men and women who are serving in this field will increase their thought about being patriotic about the country …. secondly our youth are dependent on the technology … so this will help them to understand the happiness of being a fit hum being … and At last I wanna compare this with Israel country like thief is a compulsory law of being serve in Israeli army for 3 Year … and people are highly trained that if thief is a terrorist insurgency in the country … people deals with then so iffciently …. and as in our country …. this is must … as our north region is highly terrorist prone area ….

    • Devil, Apr 12, 2021 @ 12:30 am Reply

      India have 1.4 B population.
      It’s a waste of resources. The amount required to train them will take up a huge chunk of our defense budget.
      Moreover even now we have 2.1 M reserved force in Army and as numbers increase it becomes harder to organise them and prepare them for a quick war. Then what is the use of training 1 B.
      U do have a point about the health aspect.
      But for that we must not force men to do military training. Instead NCC or such services and martial arts training must be made compulsory in school and college level. Teaching them to shoot will bankrupt us.
      NCC camps must be conducted often and camping and other outdoor activities must be promoted at a school level.
      These 2 are enough to make people more disciplined and healthy.
      But being disciplined is not cool according to this world so we must focus on trying to teach other aspects like equality, etc.
      Also just read the cons more.
      People will forget this training after some time.
      Moreover people have different dreams in their life. Age is a critical factor in many/all of them.
      A student who completes college will not have 3/2 years to spare cos he will lose his MNC job opportunity or he will lose the opportunity to do POST graduation from a foreign University.
      He will lose 2 years which he could have spent on his carreer or his business.
      So compulsory military training is not possible.
      Peace out.

  • rahul garg, Jan 22, 2019 @ 8:25 pm Reply

    In a vast country like India, the security is of utmost importance. That too in the light of geostrategic location of country.
    The question arises how we can secure the territories of our country. One can think of a military training to individual which can be made compulsory like in Isreal. It shows patriotism, duty to the motherland.
    But the other side of coin needs to be considered:
    1. India has its young population of nearly 50% of its population. Does we have sufficient resources to train them?
    2. For training, huge expenditure will be spent and also it led to increase in fiscal deficit.
    3. Training require physical and mental fitness of an individual. What about those who are not upto that level.
    4. It led to violation of right to adapt any profession which is a fundamental right enshrined in the Indian Constitution.
    5. Further , we already have very capable military personnel who defend us internally as well as externally, Moreoevr in case of emergency, technological weapons comes to our rescue.
    Thus, For the time being the need of hour is to strengthen already existing military personnel and channelise our energy in modernising and upgrading them.

    • Team GD Ideas, Jan 24, 2019 @ 2:21 pm Reply

      Good points Rahul. :)

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