EP or emergency procurement power was extended to Army, Navy and Air Force. In case of Army, EP has been instrumental in capital procurement through 140 schemes across 4 tranches.
Change in name to Impairment Relief doesn't affect 'true nature of entitlement or quantum of emoluments', says CDS. Concerns of ex-servicemen were addressed by a panel, he adds.
All-India Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, in statement addressed to defence ministry, says new entitlement rules 'turn medical science on its head and beat logic to death'.
At a time when IAF plans to replace even AN-32s, procurement of C295s is likely to come in handy because of load-carrying capacity & its ability to take off on shorter airstrip.
Rajnath Singh approves increase in funeral expenditure & transportation of mortal remains for casually paid labourers killed while working in challenging terrains to build roads in border areas.
In inaugural SF Rodrigues Memorial Lecture, Gen. Manoj Pande says artillery will undergo structural changes. Ukraine conflict has aptly demonstrated primacy of technology, he adds.
Admiral R. Hari Kumar, speaking at keel-laying ceremony of stitched ship in Goa, said Navy had initiated ‘measures to shed colonial vestiges and reconnect with India’s civilisational values’.
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.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
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.
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