About two years ago, on July, 18, 2011, www.defenceinfo.com had raised the issue of vesting operational control of ITBP with the Indian Army, along the Line of Actual Control. The article is reproduced in view of the recent incident. Jasbir Sarai Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was raised on October 24, 1962, under the CRPF Act. It was about thirty years later, in 1992, … [Read more...] about One border, one force – A concept whose time has arrived
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Jaibans on Indo China Relations Part 2
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Good words cannot substitute for defence modernisation and training
Defenceinfo Bureau Report The Chief of the Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, chaired the proceedings of the fifth Biennial Mechanised Forces Conference at the Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmadnagar, on February, 26, 2013. From his mechanised forces the army chief demanded effective training and adherence to traditional norms of trust, discipline, human resource … [Read more...] about Good words cannot substitute for defence modernisation and training
Throw the Defence Procurement Procedure manual in the dustbin
Jaibans Singh The Italian government had instituted an inquiry into its state owned aerospace company, Finmeccanica, on the suspicion of having paid a bribe to get a contract for the supply of 12 Augusta Westland helicopters to the Indian Air Force. Defence Minister AK Antony has ordered a CBI enquiry into the deal and has put on hold the delivery of nine out of the twelve … [Read more...] about Throw the Defence Procurement Procedure manual in the dustbin