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Corps of Engineers

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In News

  • Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been appointed as the next chief of the Indian Army (COAS). 
    • He will be the first officer from the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) to be named as the COAS. 

The Army’s system of Corps and Regiments

  •  It is divided into two broad categories — Arms and Services.
  • ‘Arms’ category: 
    • Infantry, Armoured Corps, Artillery, Engineers, Signals, Army Air Defence, Army Aviation Corps and Military Intelligence fall .
  • ‘Services’:
    • Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering and several other minor Corps.

What is Corps of Engineers and its role in India’s defence?

  • The Indian Army Corps of Engineers is one of the oldest arms of the Indian Army. 
  • The Corps of Engineers bestowed with the task of providing combat engineering support, developing infrastructure for armed forces and other defence organisations.
  •  It is also responsible for maintaining connectivity along the borders, besides helping the civil authorities during natural disasters and calamities.
  • College of Military Engineering (CME) in Pune is the premier technical and tactical training institution of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers.
  • The Corps of Engineers has three groups, i.e. Madras Sappers, Bengal Sappers and Bombay Sappers. 
    • These three groups were amalgamated into the Corps on November 18, 1932.
  •  Roles played by it  :
    • The tasks of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers are executed through four pillars of the Corps 
      • Combat Engineers.
      • Military Engineer Service
      • Border Road Organisation 
      • Military Survey.

Source:Times Now

 
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