The order follows a Delhi High Court observation that said the previous retirement policy created two classes in the service with certain rank of officials retiring at 57 years and others at 60.
A new order by the Modi government puts a price cap on the vehicles that can be bought by the armed forces from the subsidised Canteen Stores Department.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
While I broadly agreed with the article, I feel the author’s contention that the CDS needs to be a 5 Star ranked officer, overseeing the MoD and Service HQs are both misplaced and impractical.
For any constructive security structure, there needs to be complete synergy in the Civil-Military structure. Herein, the CDS should remain in the specialist role as the Principal Advisor to the Govt, instead of running the MoD. The template could be either the Australian way, where both the CDF and Secy Def work in tandem and advice the Minister. Even in the US concept, the CJC does not run the Services, who work through their respective Secretaries Nor does he control the Combatant Commanders. He
To start with HQ IDS and the Service HQs should form part of the Ministry as its fifth department in the First Schedule of AoB Rules, 1961. Till such time, the internal restructuring of the Services take place, with reallocation of Roles from Service specific domains to a Jt Organisation (HQ IDS), the CDS will have to function like a permanent Chairman COSC. He will be in charge of all Jt structures and Ops (at a later stage).
The aim should be to have an integrated functioning between the Service HQs, Dept of Def Prod and DRDO. The org structure will need a change, wherein the dept would need to work like the COSC, with the Service Chiefs, Def Secy, Secy DP and Secy DRDO being part of the collegiate.
Well articulated sir. The point to note here is not supremacy of one cadre over the other. It’s all about domain expertise STUPID. Here we have a generalized bureaucracy lording over everything from defense, aviation, health and what not and the result is there for all to see. It’s time that the present dispensation takes stock of things and implement measures that aim to bring the nation’s interest to the fore rather than succumbing to narrow interests of the bureaucracy or the armed forces for that matter.
If wishes were horses beggars would ride!
However Your proposals are exactly what is needed if India is not to lose the next war!
The sorry state of India’s armed forces if not rectified will result in a future catastrophe.
There is not doubt Your proposals if implemented in their entirety could start a chain reaction of reform in other parts of our Government too.
BUT
Your article is going to be belittled by our entrenched self serving bureaucracy.
The CDS a five star General equivalent to the Cabinet Secretary! This idea Will get a big laugh from the IAS Association.
According to them the supremacy of the IAS cadre over everything must be maintained. The cabinet secretary is paramount over the Army..
They will ensure the new CDS will have no teeth, he will be four star, Our inter service empire building and rivalry will continue unabated . There will be no jointness no future overall defence strategy.
AND
The Indian army’s performance will continue to be measured by how well the Army can bully the docile Kashmiri people and how many insurgents it can shoot dead.
Medals will be distributed from time to time. But In future combat with an opposing army, like the PLA or even Pakistan, out army’s AFSPA will offer no protection. Our WW2 Army needs modernisation at present it’s little more than a militia killing militants, civilians and infiltrators.
It is a well known fact that armed forces used constantly against civilian popular uprisings. become degraded both morally and operationally. The Israeli Army is a case in point, while it’s happy to fight civilians in Gaza it is hesitant to fight the revamped Hizbollah in the South.
National Interest Is ALWAYS Supreme!! Petty Personal Interests Shouldn’t Have NO VALUE!! Any Indian/Bureaucrat Who Creates Obstacles To National Objectives, Should See A Physiologist Or RESIGN!!
MoD baboos will definitely find a way to sabotage PM’s directive, if it hinders their power status quo. Modi needs to set a deadline and fire few baboos on either side to put in place what he wants. He needs to set their tailgate on fire!
What’s wrong with you? You mean to say that an army officer must be superior to bureaucrats ? Army officers might be good at combat skills but maintaining bureaucracy isn’t their cup of tea. Even our Constitution says that civil administration has to be always above military.
While I broadly agreed with the article, I feel the author’s contention that the CDS needs to be a 5 Star ranked officer, overseeing the MoD and Service HQs are both misplaced and impractical.
For any constructive security structure, there needs to be complete synergy in the Civil-Military structure. Herein, the CDS should remain in the specialist role as the Principal Advisor to the Govt, instead of running the MoD. The template could be either the Australian way, where both the CDF and Secy Def work in tandem and advice the Minister. Even in the US concept, the CJC does not run the Services, who work through their respective Secretaries Nor does he control the Combatant Commanders. He
To start with HQ IDS and the Service HQs should form part of the Ministry as its fifth department in the First Schedule of AoB Rules, 1961. Till such time, the internal restructuring of the Services take place, with reallocation of Roles from Service specific domains to a Jt Organisation (HQ IDS), the CDS will have to function like a permanent Chairman COSC. He will be in charge of all Jt structures and Ops (at a later stage).
The aim should be to have an integrated functioning between the Service HQs, Dept of Def Prod and DRDO. The org structure will need a change, wherein the dept would need to work like the COSC, with the Service Chiefs, Def Secy, Secy DP and Secy DRDO being part of the collegiate.
Well articulated sir. The point to note here is not supremacy of one cadre over the other. It’s all about domain expertise STUPID. Here we have a generalized bureaucracy lording over everything from defense, aviation, health and what not and the result is there for all to see. It’s time that the present dispensation takes stock of things and implement measures that aim to bring the nation’s interest to the fore rather than succumbing to narrow interests of the bureaucracy or the armed forces for that matter.
If wishes were horses beggars would ride!
However Your proposals are exactly what is needed if India is not to lose the next war!
The sorry state of India’s armed forces if not rectified will result in a future catastrophe.
There is not doubt Your proposals if implemented in their entirety could start a chain reaction of reform in other parts of our Government too.
BUT
Your article is going to be belittled by our entrenched self serving bureaucracy.
The CDS a five star General equivalent to the Cabinet Secretary! This idea Will get a big laugh from the IAS Association.
According to them the supremacy of the IAS cadre over everything must be maintained. The cabinet secretary is paramount over the Army..
They will ensure the new CDS will have no teeth, he will be four star, Our inter service empire building and rivalry will continue unabated . There will be no jointness no future overall defence strategy.
AND
The Indian army’s performance will continue to be measured by how well the Army can bully the docile Kashmiri people and how many insurgents it can shoot dead.
Medals will be distributed from time to time. But In future combat with an opposing army, like the PLA or even Pakistan, out army’s AFSPA will offer no protection. Our WW2 Army needs modernisation at present it’s little more than a militia killing militants, civilians and infiltrators.
It is a well known fact that armed forces used constantly against civilian popular uprisings. become degraded both morally and operationally. The Israeli Army is a case in point, while it’s happy to fight civilians in Gaza it is hesitant to fight the revamped Hizbollah in the South.
National Interest Is ALWAYS Supreme!! Petty Personal Interests Shouldn’t Have NO VALUE!! Any Indian/Bureaucrat Who Creates Obstacles To National Objectives, Should See A Physiologist Or RESIGN!!
If there is inter service rivalry, Raksha Mantri is the best person to convert it into synergy and harmony.
MoD baboos will definitely find a way to sabotage PM’s directive, if it hinders their power status quo. Modi needs to set a deadline and fire few baboos on either side to put in place what he wants. He needs to set their tailgate on fire!
What’s wrong with you? You mean to say that an army officer must be superior to bureaucrats ? Army officers might be good at combat skills but maintaining bureaucracy isn’t their cup of tea. Even our Constitution says that civil administration has to be always above military.