7322 Indian Army personnel are presently deployed in various United Nations Peacekeeping Missions.

Indian Army is presently participating in 07 (Sevn) UN Peacekeeping Missions. They are : UNIFIL (Lebanon), UNDOF (Golan Heights Israel/Syria), MONUSCO (Democratic Republic of Congo), UNMIS – (Sudan), UNOCI (Ivory Coast Cote’d Ivoire), MINUSTAH (Haiti) and UNMIT (East Timor).

The duration of service after which personnel are de-inducted follow norms which depend upon the rank of the person deployed and duty assigned in deployment.

Delays, if any, in the rotation of personnel is due to administrative reasons such as arrangement of flights by the UN.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Dilip Singh Judev in Lok Sabha today.

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