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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicArmed forces

Topic: armed forces

Naval Commanders’ Conference begins with focus on enhancing indigenisation, 15-yr infra plan unveiled

At Naval Commanders’ Conference, Admiral R. Hari Kumar says force is working with Chief of Defence Staff, army & air force for jointness & integration to meet future challenges.

Modi govt to revamp DRDO, sets up committee with members from services and industry

Panel's primary task is to offer recommendations for restructuring & redefining DRDO's role, as well as ways to recruit & retain high-quality manpower, and rationalise number of laboratories.

Army, Air Force to take turns at helming 2 of India’s proposed theatre commands, Navy to head third

Headquarters for theatre command focusing on Pakistan to come up first in Jaipur. Another will watch borders with China, while the maritime theatre command will come up in Karwar.

Armed forces to have common annual confidential reports for senior officers from this year

A common confidential report for two and three-star officers of the armed forces will be implemented in the next three to four months.

How indigenous is ‘indigenous’ in India’s defence production? Lines are blurred in globalised world

Platforms such as INS Vikrant, LCH Prachand & ALH Dhruv aren't exclusively made in India and do rely on imports, which is a reality even for major defence producers such as US.

Army, Navy, IAF get 6 more months for emergency procurement, MoD rushes to wrap up contracts

Under emergency powers, which were first given to the forces after 2016 Uri attack, the three services can on their own ink contracts worth Rs 300 crore each.

SubscriberWrites: India’s young women need role models in armed forces to look up to

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Budget 2023: Defence gets 13% more than last yr. Pensions & salaries almost half of funds pie

Capital budget increased to Rs 1.62 lakh crore from 1.52 lakh crore. Navy, Army see substantial increase but allocation for procuring aircraft, aero engines goes down.

Budget 2023: Defence eyes big boost for more firepower, submarines, drones

Private sector is also hoping for a high budgetary allocation for defence capital expenditure since it will translate into more acquisition programmes fructifying.

SC grants Centre time till 15 March to clear One Rank-One Pension arrears to armed forces

The apex court Monday granted liberty to ex-servicemen association to file an application, if they feel aggrieved by any action of the Centre on payment of OROP arrears.

On Camera

Why the VB-GRAMG Bill strikes at the heart of MGNREGA

MGNREGA’s core strength was: if you needed work, you got work. VB-GRAMG’s funding model means work will only be available if a state has the budget and the Centre has approved the allocation.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.