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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicIntegrated Theatre Commands (ITC)

Topic: Integrated Theatre Commands (ITC)

Theaterisation reform is stuck on ranks and roles — India’s military needs clarity

On paper, the idea of theaterisation is elegant. In practice, it is paralysed by ambiguities of rank and command.

CISC Air Marshal Dixit sums up Op Sindoor lessons—traditional battlefield ideas ‘irrelevant’

CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit says modern surveillance must allow military to detect, track & identify threats while still in staging areas, airfields or bases deep in enemy territory.

Indian armed forces need functional integration, not geographic theaterisation scheme

Five years after establishing the CDS, India's geographic theaterisation model remains stalled because it's built on outdated warfare concepts.

Armed forces to finalise blueprint for theatre commands by end of September, CDS Gen Chauhan says

The Army, Navy & Air Force are looking at working out the plans for the military reform before the air chief retires on 30 September, after which the govt will step in.

‘Joint culture needed first’ — CDS Gen Chauhan outlines first steps on the road to theaterisation

ThePrint had reported earlier this month that while theaterisation is the ultimate goal, set to be rolled out one year from now, the focus is on structured jointness initiatives by 2024-end.

Parliamentary panel greenlights bill on disciplinary powers for future theatre commanders

If it becomes a law, bill will allow in-charge of inter-services organisations to exercise disciplinary powers over personnel of any service serving under or attached to 'his' command.

Military must read govt’s cryptic signals. Get on with integrating theatre commands

Once the Modi govt approves the framework of tri-Services integration and theatre commands, the new system must be superimposed on the existing one for a transitory phase of four to five years.

On Camera

Shillong men behaved as a woman tourist danced. It shouldn’t make headlines

Much of the praise has focused on the ‘protective’ men in the crowd. It recentres male authority over public space. Do women require guardianship simply to exist outside?

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

India’s defence sky gets a solar boost: Army orders iDEX solar-electric drone 

Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.