'I am stressed too... It can result in good work', says Gen Naravane in lighter vein while trashing report on stress in Army

 "I am stressed too. Stress is t a b thing," army chief Gen MM Naravane said in a lighter vein on Tuesday, dismissing a recently reported survey that claimed that more than half of Indian Army personnel seem to be under severe stress.

Chief of Army Staff said that report was based on an inequate sample size of 400.

He said said that several steps were being taken to reduce stress among personnel, and ted that number of suicides in force has been coming down.

Based on a sample of 400, we can t say re is stress or stress.re could be stress. I am stressed too. Stress is t a b thing. It can result in good work,Gen Naravane said while replying to a query at a press conference. report published by leing military think-tank United Service Institution of India (USI) said that more than half of Indian Army personnel seemed to be under severe stress and force has been losing more personnel every year in suicides, fratricides and untoward incidents than in any enemy action. report was removed from website of USI last week.

"I too re report. I would like to say that sample size for report was only 400. I think it was t an equate sample size. If you want a 99 percent accuracy with 1 percent margin of error, n size of samples should have been 19,000 for such a study," Gen Naravane said.

"And if you were looking for 95 percent accuracy, it will come down to 7,000-8,000 sample sizes," he said.

To deal with problem of stress, Chief of Army Staff said several initiatives were being taken, including sending visories.

“We have taken te of factors that can le to stress. For example, somebody might t be having children, someone might t be getting married, someone's child is in class 12th and it also results in stress; wher child's result will come or t, where child will get mission," Gen Naravane listed as possible reasons for stress.

“We have analysed all se factors. Keeping this in mind, we have been in constant touch with officers in level of company commanders and commanding officers" to help those requiring assistance, he said.

Gen Naravane said figure of suicides has come down year-on-year. 

(IM CREDITS:PTI)