The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence can bring much needed clarity on India's national security that Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget didn’t answer.
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The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation.
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
The wrong notion is spread all across the nation about rising pension bill in defence . Very few know the ex servicemen accounts for a fraction of it . Majority is paid for civil employees employed in defence PSU & Defence units , hq etc.
Being a vote bank no one questions them who enjoys salary with promotions till 60 years of age , late Robert get handsome pension And also get their dependent a govt job . Demarcate separate bills for defence and defence PSU and associated parasites in defence
Deja but all the way!!! Any line item in the budget, outside of pensions for combatants, not directly contributing to operational readiness needs to be refactoring out of the defence heads. This includes pay and pensions for estates, CDA, etc (four lakh civilians approx), and non-combat related research. FYI. Not one of the 13 mission mode projects of DRDO met the deadlines for delivery (MOD ref , visit URL 164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/16_Estimates_29.pdf)
Valid questions must be asked. Good article with analysis.
Things should be more transparent.
The wrong notion is spread all across the nation about rising pension bill in defence . Very few know the ex servicemen accounts for a fraction of it . Majority is paid for civil employees employed in defence PSU & Defence units , hq etc.
Being a vote bank no one questions them who enjoys salary with promotions till 60 years of age , late Robert get handsome pension And also get their dependent a govt job . Demarcate separate bills for defence and defence PSU and associated parasites in defence
Deja but all the way!!! Any line item in the budget, outside of pensions for combatants, not directly contributing to operational readiness needs to be refactoring out of the defence heads. This includes pay and pensions for estates, CDA, etc (four lakh civilians approx), and non-combat related research. FYI. Not one of the 13 mission mode projects of DRDO met the deadlines for delivery (MOD ref , visit URL 164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/16_Estimates_29.pdf)