The PLA would be smarting at how they were forced to backtrack from their strident public posture during Doklam and may now step up their provocative actions along the LAC.
Eyebrows have been raised over Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat’s statements on Kashmir and Pakistan. While some are cheering him, others say that an Indian Army chief should not make provocative statements. Is the chatter of TV channels and digital India changing the culture of the military leadership? We ask experts about the pros and cons of having an outspoken military chief in a democratic India.
Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
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.
Implementation should also be required for downlevel who are actually struggling and fighting for our country. Their promotion, daily life style as well as their service dignity is actually as Labour because they are totally engaged in senior officer accomodation work and their offices. So now required to implement/alteration as revolutionary for our Sepoy service profile as well their welfare like promotion training and daily life cycle.
Cost cutting within the Army will hardly solve the Budgetory Constraints of Army because the problem lies somewhere else. There are white elephants who are the biggest liabilities on the exchequer; Ordnanace Factories, DRDO, large civilian work force in the MOD, a very large Defence Accounts Department, MES, Defence Estate Deptt,a very large CAPF under Home Ministry and huge loss of public money in the form of Bank NPAs are a few to name. In case of Armed Forces, the tail and the indirect support system has become bigger than the biting teeth and hence the problem.The financial problem is required to be addressed holistically so that required funds can be made available for the Army.
Cuttings down the liquor quota of all ranks, serving and veterans as also limiting the sale of grocery stocks would bring down the profit earnings of the unit canteens and station based csd.Low profit earnings would have adverse impact on welfare oriented schemes and programs planned by commanders at all level.
Please look into functioning of ECHS also. The people sitting there take no responsibility. If the medicines are not available then the officer in charge must be held responsible for the same. They just palm off there responsibility to others by saying that we can’t help it the medicines are being purchased by Military Hospital/ AFMSD. Or the beneficiary be allowed to purchase medicine from local market in case of NA in ECHS.
the same old stufff…which everyone knows in uniform but no one acknowledges…however no quantifiable points given by chief…dont think such things would actually change the situation
At last some good measures being taken by army cheif to plug corruption in army, increase adherence to SOPs and genuine grievances related to promotion and career beyond army shelf life. Kudos!
Excluding what may be served to civilian guests, an officer who consumes 16 or even 10 bottles of hard liquor in a month would find it difficult to report sober for work at 0700 hours each day. 2. With salaries and pensions each at about one trillion a year, weapon purchases would get squeezed out. This issue cannot be resolved in the tenure of one army chief, but the process needs to be planned and seen through in phases.
Implementation should also be required for downlevel who are actually struggling and fighting for our country. Their promotion, daily life style as well as their service dignity is actually as Labour because they are totally engaged in senior officer accomodation work and their offices. So now required to implement/alteration as revolutionary for our Sepoy service profile as well their welfare like promotion training and daily life cycle.
Cost cutting within the Army will hardly solve the Budgetory Constraints of Army because the problem lies somewhere else. There are white elephants who are the biggest liabilities on the exchequer; Ordnanace Factories, DRDO, large civilian work force in the MOD, a very large Defence Accounts Department, MES, Defence Estate Deptt,a very large CAPF under Home Ministry and huge loss of public money in the form of Bank NPAs are a few to name. In case of Armed Forces, the tail and the indirect support system has become bigger than the biting teeth and hence the problem.The financial problem is required to be addressed holistically so that required funds can be made available for the Army.
Cuttings down the liquor quota of all ranks, serving and veterans as also limiting the sale of grocery stocks would bring down the profit earnings of the unit canteens and station based csd.Low profit earnings would have adverse impact on welfare oriented schemes and programs planned by commanders at all level.
Please look into functioning of ECHS also. The people sitting there take no responsibility. If the medicines are not available then the officer in charge must be held responsible for the same. They just palm off there responsibility to others by saying that we can’t help it the medicines are being purchased by Military Hospital/ AFMSD. Or the beneficiary be allowed to purchase medicine from local market in case of NA in ECHS.
the same old stufff…which everyone knows in uniform but no one acknowledges…however no quantifiable points given by chief…dont think such things would actually change the situation
At last some good measures being taken by army cheif to plug corruption in army, increase adherence to SOPs and genuine grievances related to promotion and career beyond army shelf life. Kudos!
Excluding what may be served to civilian guests, an officer who consumes 16 or even 10 bottles of hard liquor in a month would find it difficult to report sober for work at 0700 hours each day. 2. With salaries and pensions each at about one trillion a year, weapon purchases would get squeezed out. This issue cannot be resolved in the tenure of one army chief, but the process needs to be planned and seen through in phases.
Why is army always in NEWS these days…..it’s time we stop…..