The Adjutant-General of the

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is the senior administration officer who reports to the Chief of Army Staff and is also the Colonel of the Corps of Military Police and Judge Advocate General.

Role, organisation and function

The office of the Adjutant General deals with a wide spectrum of issues relating to Army, which includes manpower planning, human resource policy, recruitment, discipline, matters relating to Judge Advocate General's Department, Provost Marshal Directorate ( Corps of Military Police), missing defence personnel, service matters relating to personnel and welfare of serving soldiers. The Adjutant-General's office is organised as follows: *Director General (Manpower Planning and Personnel Services) **Additional Directorate General Manpower **Additional Directorate General of Recruiting **Additional Directorate General Personnel and Services *Director General (Discipline, Ceremonial and Welfare) **Additional Directorate General (Discipline and Vigilance) **Additional Directorate General (Ceremonial and Welfare) **Provost Marshal **Judge Advocate General's Department **Managing Director, Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) *Director General Medical Services *Director General Dental Services *Army Group Insurance *Directorate of Indian Army Veterans, which itself has four sections- **Policy and Outreach **Pension and Entitlements **Benefits and Services **Career Transition Planning Sections *Army Welfare Education Society *Army Welfare Housing Organisation

Adjutants-General prior to Independence

Adjutants-General before the independence of India have included:

Adjutants-General after Independence

Adjutants-General after independence have included:

References

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