Maj Gen C P Singh, Retd INTRODUCTION India has one of the world's largest armed forces with a strength of over 14.4 lakhs (1.44 million) active personnel, since it has the largest unsettled borders with two nuclear powered neighbours. Also, it has high defence spending for operational readiness of such large force. Hence, the Indian defence budget is the third … [Read more...] about Indian Defence Industry : A glorious path of growth
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Defence Technology and Test Centre: A New Initiative of DRDO
Col Alok Mathur, SM ( Veteran) Raksha Mantri(RM) Shri Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of “ Defence Technology and Test Centre (DTTC)" and ”Brahmos Manufacturing Centre (BMC)" on 26 December, 2021 at a grand ceremony in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh( UP), in the presence of Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath, along with Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Kamal … [Read more...] about Defence Technology and Test Centre: A New Initiative of DRDO
Dominance of Indo-Pacific Region
Maj Gen C P Singh (Retd) It’s a matter of pride for India that Indian Ocean is the only ocean on the planet earth which has been named after a country . The Indian Ocean is the hub of sea trade and logistics routes and India has the longest coastline on this ocean. These geographical features provide India an immense strategic and location advantage in international trade … [Read more...] about Dominance of Indo-Pacific Region
Defence Budget: Designed to meet security challenges
Jasbir Sarai "I specially thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance Minister for increasing the defence budget to 4.78 lakh crore for FY21-22 which includes capital expenditure worth Rs 1.35 lakh crore. It is nearly19 percent increase in defence capital expenditure. This is the highest ever increase in capital outlay for defence in 15 years," said Union Defence … [Read more...] about Defence Budget: Designed to meet security challenges
Union Budget, 2021-22: Fiscal challenges will remain even as growth picks up
Col Alok Mathur The Union Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, will present her annual budget for the financial year 2021-2022 at 1100 hours on Monday, February 1, 2021. Earlier, the budget used to be presented on the last working day of February month but the NDA government decided to present the same of the first day of February to give to the staff an additional … [Read more...] about Union Budget, 2021-22: Fiscal challenges will remain even as growth picks up