A comparison of trajectories of India-Russia and India-US defence ties illustrates how India stands apart from Turkey on the applicability of CAATSA sanctions.
The sanctions bar defence procurement agency SSB from receiving loans from international financial institutions and agencies including the US Export-Import Bank.
Procurement procedures in the armed forces are near perfect. So if sub-standard equipment pass through, it's either because the leadership is corrupt or it is incompetent.
A study of the 101 items put in the negative list shows that over one-fourth are already manufactured in India and have not been imported for a long time.
Most of India’s defence programmes take about two decades before being fielded. For whatever reason this has become the norm, it is no longer sustainable.
Army is in process of procuring armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot ammunition fired by T-72, T-90 main battle tanks, additional Heron drones and mines, among other things.
Draft Defence Procurement Procedure, 2020 also proposes increasing the Indigenous Content stipulated in various categories of procurement, to support the ‘Make in India’ initiative.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
India need to continue its policy of strategic autonomy and maintain its geo political and geo economic goals.The quad can be pursued as an counter foil to china as long as US understands and respects India’s goals. China can not be trusted at all and as such there there is no place for any peace inititive with China.India need to be very watchful and be absolutely prepared for a repeat of Galwan again by China.
The US sees arms sales to India as a higher priority than the Indo-Pacific vision. India should not plead for the US to be more reliable and take the Indo-Pacific more seriously. Instead, make peace with China and forget the Indo-Pacific altogether.
India need to continue its policy of strategic autonomy and maintain its geo political and geo economic goals.The quad can be pursued as an counter foil to china as long as US understands and respects India’s goals. China can not be trusted at all and as such there there is no place for any peace inititive with China.India need to be very watchful and be absolutely prepared for a repeat of Galwan again by China.
The US sees arms sales to India as a higher priority than the Indo-Pacific vision. India should not plead for the US to be more reliable and take the Indo-Pacific more seriously. Instead, make peace with China and forget the Indo-Pacific altogether.