General Dalbir Singh speaks on his last as Army Chief:

- I salute our martyrs who made supreme sacrifices in upholding honour of the nation.

- I express my gratitude to the prime minister and the government for their full support and giving free hand in conduct of operations.

- I also thank the government for granting One Rank One Pension to the armed forces.

- The day I took over, I had said that our response to any action will be more than adequate, immediate, intense. The Indian army delivered that in the last two-and-a-half years.

- I strongly believe that actions must speak louder than words.

- In 2012, we had killed 67 terrorists, 65 in 2013 and killed 141 terrorists alone in Jammu and Kashmir this year.

Earlier, the Chief of Army Staff inspected the guard of honour.

Photograph: ANI