Today, Centre told Supreme Court that a historic decision has been taken to allow the induction of female candidates in the National Defence Academy (NDA) for Permanent Commission in the Indian armed forces."We are extremely glad to know that the armed forces themselves took the decision to induct women into the NDA. We know that reforms cannot happen in a day... The government will place timelines of the process and the course of action," the Supreme Court said today while hearing a petition for allowing women to take NDA and Naval Academy exams.