India’s Territorial Army is active in numerous fields of activity. It has following types of units.
• Ecological Task Forces.
• Infantry Battalions including Home & Hearth.
• Railway Engineer Units.
• Oil Sector Units.
• General Hospitals.
TERRITORIAL ARMY ECOLOGICAL WARRIORS
Eco Task Forces were raised under the aegis of Ministry of Environment and Forests and Ministry of Defense in conjunction with states on priority tasks for challenging assignments in the ecologically fragile and sensitive areas. The objective behind starting ETFs was to solve the twin problems of eco - regeneration and rehabilitation of ex- servicemen.
The Ecological Task Forces of Territorial Army are located at Dehradun,
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Samba (J&K), Sri Mohangarh (Rajasthan),
Kufri (HP), Delhi and Tezpur, Rangia (Assam). They are making significant contribution in checking ecological degradation and environment protection in the assigned project areas. These units have won many prestigious national level awards including Guinness book of world records,for planting maximum number of trees in a day.
TERRITORIAL ARMY INFANTRY
The Infantry Territorial Army Battalion relieves
Regular Army of static duties & Aid to Civil Authorities
dealing with natural calamities and maintenance of essential services.
TERRITORIAL ARMY RAILWAY
The units of Railway Engineer (TA) are deployed during war and peace to
keep the rail communications going in designated areas.
These units have also been embodied in the past to help the
Railways during the Railway strike and during Flood Relief Operations.
Entry to these units is open to Indian Railway employees only.
TERRITORIAL ARMY OIL SECTOR
Territorial Army Oil Sector units help in extraction, refining and
distribution of oil during national emergencies.
The officers & men of these units come from ONGC, IOC, BPCL & HPCL.