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Do We Need a New Department of Military Affairs and Integrated Theatre Commands?
What is more important is that we urgently correct the imbalances and imperfections that have crept into our higher defence structures.
Representational image of the Indian Army. Photo: Reuters/Mukesh Gupta.
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The recent reforms in our defence structures, beginning with the inadequate and half-baked creation of the post of the Chief of Defence Staff heading a newly created separate Department of Military Affairs (DMA) as well as the current exercise in creating integrated theatre commands are simply not the right way forward for a country of the size and stature of India in general and her Armed Forces in particular.Â
CDS system in India is evolutionary: General Bipin Rawat ANI | Updated: Apr 07, 2021 20:37 IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that the CDS system in the country is evolutionary . CDS system in India is evolutionary and will progressively adopt more means of integration and joint functioning for an integrated system to finally emerge for our armed forces, General Rawat said in a virtual address. The raising of Department of Military Affairs that CDS heads is a pre-cursor to a more integrated ministry of defence with the cross-pollination of service officers and civilian bureaucrats within the DoD (Department of Defence).
China ahead of India only in Cyber Offensive capability: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat ANI | Updated: Apr 08, 2021 02:22 IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that China is ahead of India only in the domain of Cyber Offensive capability.
In his address at the Vivekananda International Foundation Rawat said, China is ahead of India only in the domain of Cyber Offensive capability. But India too is reducing the gap by raising an integrated Defence Cyber Agency. India Cyber agencies can create protective digital shields, but it is important to see how quickly they can react after such an attack , he said.
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has arrived at the Southern Naval Command here for a two-day visit during which he will review the progress of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier being constructed at the Cochin Shipyard, a Defence spokesman said on Sunday. This is his first visit to this southern port city after taking over as Chief of Defence Staff, he said. General Rawat, who arrived on Saturday evening, would visit various professional training schools and witness the Damage Control Training Facility at the naval base before returning on Monday evening, he said. He is scheduled to review the training infrastructure at Southern Naval Command, which is the Training Command of the Indian Navy. The General is scheduled to visit the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, under construction at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi and review its progress, the spokesman said in a release.