The government is responsible for ensuring that armed forces possess the requisite capabilities to deter the enemy.
May 3, 2022The event ‘Celebrating Women’, on the theme ‘Women Transforming India’ was organised as part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ being celebrated across the country to commemorate 75 years of Independence.
March 15, 2022CDS Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other armed forces personnel lost their lives in the crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
December 10, 2021All of these proposals are under the ‘Make in India’ initiative with the focus on design, development and manufacturing in India.
November 2, 2021"It has now moved to inducting women officers in most of the branches of the Army. Women are now being accepted for permanent commission and shall be commanding army units and battalions in near future",
October 14, 2021Justice Kaul said that the court has been periodically nudging the authorities to do it themselves, and sometimes things only move when the court steps in. "Armed forces are respected forces of this country. But on gender equality, they have to do more",
September 8, 2021"An enabling provision of Emergency Financial Powers to the field formations below Command level for the defence services has now been incorporated in the Emergency Powers Schedule which till present was available to Vice Chiefs and C-in-Cs/equivalent,"
September 7, 2021In November 2017, Shubhangi Swaroop became the first woman pilot in the Indian Navy. Given proper scope, suitable infrastructure and training, women can prove themselves.
August 27, 2021President Kovind said that India is passing through challenging times, which is full of changes and the concepts of National Security and Defence are also changing.
August 4, 2021The modernization projects are being progressed as per the approved capital acquisition plan and in terms of extant Defence Procurement Procedure.
August 3, 2021In addition, teams have been kept on standby in ICG’s ashore units for providing assistance at other locations.
May 27, 2021The meeting was attended by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria, Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane, Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Additional Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjay Jaju, ADG Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) and other senior officials of MoD.
May 18, 2021The bench sought a response from the centre to a request made by the Delhi government for calling in the army to manage the crisis.
May 3, 2021The petition titled as Manish Gupta Vs. GNCTD & Ors. has been filed by advocates Praveen K Sharma, Dhananjay Grover and Kamil Khan
May 3, 2021Rajnath Singh was briefed on the measures taken by various units under the defence ministry in providing aid to the civil administration in this hour of crisis.
April 21, 2021These cadets are paid a lumpsum amount based on their disability percentage which was attributed to military service. They are also given a small ex-gratia payment monthly. However, they are not entitled to any other benefit despite being trainees for a Group A service.
January 12, 2021But the military standoff with China at eastern Ladakh that began in April- May is perhaps the biggest challenge the Indian Army has faced in the last few decades. With China continuing with its aggressive posturing against India, the face-off is unlikely to end any time soon.
January 3, 2021