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India will give a befitting reply if anyone cast evil eye on us: Rajnath

He was addressing the participants of the 28th Joint Civil-Military Training Programme at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie.

India will give a befitting reply if anyone cast evil eye on us: Rajnath

Photo: Defence Minister/Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said India was a peace-loving nation but asserted it would give a befitting reply if anybody cast an “evil eye” on the country.

“India is a peace-loving nation which does not want war. It has never attacked any country, nor has it captured an inch of anyone’s land. However, if anyone casts an evil eye on us, we will give a befitting reply,” he said.

Observing that the Russia-Ukraine conflict exemplified that the world was witnessing challenges far beyond conventional warfare, Rajnath called for greater jointness between the civil administration and the armed forces to further strengthen national security and deal with future challenges that may emanate from the ever-evolving global situation.

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He was addressing the participants of the 28th Joint Civil-Military Training Programme at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie.

He pointed out that the concept of national security has broadened as many non-military dimensions have been added to the more general aspect of protection from military attacks.

“War and peace are no longer two exclusive states, but a continuum. Even during peace, war continues on many fronts. A full-scale war is lethal to a country as much as it is for its enemies. Therefore, full-scale wars have been avoided in the last few decades. They have been replaced by proxies and non-combat wars,” the minister said.

Rajnath added; “Technology, supply line, information, energy, trade system, finance system etc. are being weaponised which can be used as a weapon against us in the coming times. People’s cooperation is needed to deal with this widened scope of security challenges.” He emphasised the need to adopt ‘Whole of the Nation’ and ‘Whole of the Government’ approaches to overcome these challenges.

The minister asserted that the full-fledged process of civil-military jointness has been started by the government with the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff and the establishment of the Department of Military Affairs. He said these decisions were proving to be helpful in making the country ready for future challenges.

The steps taken to modernise the armed forces and make the defence sector ‘Aatmanirbhar’ have started to yield results. Now, India was not only manufacturing equipment for its armed forces but was meeting the needs of friendly countries as well in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Make in India, Make for the World’, he said.

Rajnath was of the view that unless the silos of the civil administration and armed forces were broken to deal with hybrid threats, the nation could not expect adequate preparedness to respond to future challenges.

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