Sources said that under the new policy India could declassify certain aspects of past military operations and wars sooner than the 25-year cutoff period
India has for the first time formed a policy to compile, archive, declassify, and publish military operations and war histories.Earlier there was no such provision. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved the policy on .
“Timely publication of war histories would give people accurate account of the events, provide authentic material for academic research and counter the unfounded rumours,” the MoD’s statement noted.
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the policy on archiving, declassification, and compilation, publication of war and operations histories by the Ministry of Defence.