Over the last 10 years, the share of the defence budget spent on capital outlay has declined, from a high of 30% in 2011-12 to as low as 22% in 2018-19.
India's appeasement policy towards China has ended, former Army chief Gen. Ved Prakash Malik (Retd) tells ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta in the latest edition of...
Addressing Combined Commanders Conference in Gujarat, PM Modi highlighted the need to develop the military into a ‘future force’ taking note of rapidly changing technological landscape.
Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik also tells Rajya Sabha no special allowance is given to families of armed forces personnel posted along China border.
In November, when Army contingent and bands started arriving in the capital, a total of 260 tested positive for Covid, out of about 3,000 who had landed.
While 3,129 healthcare personnel from the Army got the vaccine, the number stood at about 250 for the Navy. The figure for IAF is yet to be ascertained.
Army termed the drone system a disruption technology, which can hit targets 50 km inside enemy territory. The system has been developed in collaboration with a Bengaluru startup.
In a plea in the Supreme Court, Defence Ministry said the 2018 judgment scrapping Section 497 of IPC ‘may cause instability’ within the applicant’s services.
The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
It is better to wind up the Armed Forces Tribunal forthwith as the very purpose of establishing the AFT is frustrated. Further, while almost all the Benches are non functional, why the Registry is open for filing Applications? Although only the Advocates, who are practicing in Armed Forces Tribunals are doing brisk business, out of their honest clients. God save this country. There is law, but who will implement?
While lack of members has certainly had adverse impact on the functioning of AFTs, it’s absolutely misleading to say that pension cases take five years. In fact, wherever members are present, normal cases involving pension, disability, family pension, last pay drawn etc get resolved within one year and AFTs have proved a great boon to the armed forces personnel. For some strange reason, even when the state of members was healthy, there was an attempt to project the AFT as a toothless set up which is totally wrong. The biggest damage to AFT and gross injustice to members of armed forces will be done be if civilians ( read bureaucrats) get themselves posted as ‘expert’ members. They have quietly manipulated the QR to ‘qualify’ for the post and are biding their time to strike !!!
Similar to the majority of articles on The Print, this article is intended to create mistrust, alarm & spread disinformation.
To all the young folk reading this – “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Take up the challenge – do something for India.
For the greater good.
We have 21 years old pending case in AFT lucknow…
It is better to wind up the Armed Forces Tribunal forthwith as the very purpose of establishing the AFT is frustrated. Further, while almost all the Benches are non functional, why the Registry is open for filing Applications? Although only the Advocates, who are practicing in Armed Forces Tribunals are doing brisk business, out of their honest clients. God save this country. There is law, but who will implement?
While lack of members has certainly had adverse impact on the functioning of AFTs, it’s absolutely misleading to say that pension cases take five years. In fact, wherever members are present, normal cases involving pension, disability, family pension, last pay drawn etc get resolved within one year and AFTs have proved a great boon to the armed forces personnel. For some strange reason, even when the state of members was healthy, there was an attempt to project the AFT as a toothless set up which is totally wrong. The biggest damage to AFT and gross injustice to members of armed forces will be done be if civilians ( read bureaucrats) get themselves posted as ‘expert’ members. They have quietly manipulated the QR to ‘qualify’ for the post and are biding their time to strike !!!
Na hoga judge na hoga justice.
Policy of AFT.
No hoga judge no hoga justice.
That’s policy of AFT
One correction:
Armed Forces Tribunal was set up in 2009 and not 2010 as stated.
Similar to the majority of articles on The Print, this article is intended to create mistrust, alarm & spread disinformation.
To all the young folk reading this – “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Take up the challenge – do something for India.
For the greater good.
True dat
Those who are litigants in Armed Forces Tribunal had done more than many thrives on subsidy from school days till death.