Tag: Defence Ministry

India, Japan to conduct joint military exercise from 19 October

Twenty-five soldiers each from the Indian Army and Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces (JGSDF) will participate in the exercise with an aim to share experience gained during various counter-terrorism operations in respective countries, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday.

October 12, 2019

Defence Ministry approves four-fold hike in compensation for battle casualties

Currently the amount granted to the next kin of all categories of battle causalities is Rs 2 lakh which will be increased to Rs 8 lakh.

October 6, 2019

Defence Ministry issues tenders worth Rs 1500 crore for next generation warships

While no specifications have been mentioned, these warships are reported to be fitted with Point Defence Missile System (PDMS) and have 'stealth features' with a range of over 15 km.

July 3, 2019

Bite the bullet

Without getting bogged down in a minefield speculating over who will head the defence ministry in the next government, it would be prudent to suggest that there is urgent need for a minister who appreciates the need for sincere and sustained efforts to keep the military machine well-oiled, not be so “political” as to assume that rhetoric will scare potential adversaries into submission.

May 16, 2019

Defence Ministry says Rafale case petitioners presenting ‘selective and incomplete’ picture

The Supreme Court admitted three documents connected to the Dassault Rafale fighter jet deal as evidence in the review petitions and dismissed the Centre’s “preliminary objections”.

April 10, 2019

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh appointed new Navy chief

Before taking over as FOC-in-C Eastern Naval Command in October 2017, he was Director General Project Seabird, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.

March 23, 2019

Defence Ministry objected to PMO role in Rafale deal, says report; Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi

The note accessed is a shot in the arm for the Congress which has has been accusing massive irregularities in the deal, alleging that the government was procuring each aircraft at a cost of over Rs 1,670 crore as against Rs 526 crore finalised by the UPA.

February 8, 2019

Bureaucracy targets another military institution

The MoD, ignoring service HQs had unilaterally amended the gazette notification containing recruitment rules for the GMBOA in 2017, opening doors for a Joint Secretary-ranked bureaucrat to be appointed.

December 25, 2018

India-Japan begin joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian 2018’

Both sides will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well-developed tactical drills for neutralization of likely threats that may be encountered in urban warfare scenario, said the statement.

November 2, 2018

Poonch army camp explosion caused by Pakistan shelling: Official

"Initial analysis indicates that caliber 105/106 mm remote-controlled launcher was used by Pakistan troops to target the shelter." No casualty was caused in this incident.

October 24, 2018

Bengaluru after all

Professional and technical considerations have, fortunately, taken precedence over political pressures and the move to shift the 2019 edition of Aero India away from IAF Yelahanka (on the outskirts of Bengaluru) has been junked ~ at least for now. The overdue statement from the Defence Ministry confirming the venue amounts to a snub to the …

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September 11, 2018

Defence Ministry confirms Aero India will stay in Bengaluru

Following the controversy over a proposed move to shift the venue of the Aero India, the Ministry of Defence confirmed on Saturday that the mega airshow will be held in its traditional venue of Bengaluru in Karnataka.

September 8, 2018

Musharraf seeks presidential-level security to appear before court

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sought presidential security to appear before a court here in a high treason case citing threats to his life.

August 20, 2018

Army gets austere

Since the orders slashing the frills in the Army’s lifestyle emanated from the Chief’s office and not the defence ministry, there is likely to be little of the open resentment provoked by the waiving of most of the restrictions on civilian traffic in the Cantonments. Yet the pique of many of the “uniforms” ~ the …

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July 15, 2018

Armed forces deserve greater respect

In their obituary of Admiral J.G. Nadkarni, VSM, NSM, AVSM, PVSM, the former Chief of the Naval Staff who sadly passed away on 2 July 2018, the Ministry of Defence has used the readily available picture of his son, Rear Admiral Ravi Nadkarni, a serving Naval Officer. This is indeed symptomatic of the cavalier manner …

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July 9, 2018

Lateral recruitments in Defence ministry

The government last week issued an advertisement inviting talented and motivated citizens in specific fields to be directly recruited as Joint Secretaries in the government of India. They would be on initial contract for a period of three years, extendable to five. The fields chosen were financial services, economic affairs, agriculture, cooperation and farmers’ welfare, …

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June 19, 2018

Opened cantonment roads that were closed without following due procedure: Sitharaman

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman justified the government’s decision of throwing open the roads in the cantonments, stating that many of them had been closed without following proper procedure.

June 5, 2018