Governing Defence

Governing Defence

An iron fist only in name

Give the boys in uniform financial power Governing India’s defence is never an easy task. A quick look at the governance of more...

Governing Defence

Crying out for modernization

Dedication and discipline apart, the three Services need upgradation to arrest the downward slide The Armed Forces of India have undergone a phenomenal...

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Disjointed endeavours

Nearly seven years after the decision, there is only lip service to the need for integration When the Service Headquarters renamed themselves last...

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The post-kargil shakeup

Changes in higher defence management show sincerity but the pace is slow In recent times, India has undertaken a comprehensive review of its...

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The challenge lies in our minds

The nation’s defence planning and strategy need top to bottom overhauling India’s emergence as an economic power of global significance and our essential...

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Albatross aboard the MoD deck

Registering agents without singling out defence purchases is a likely solution The recent cancellation of the Eurocopter deal due to the alleged presence...

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The war within

Civil-political control over the armed forces turned into a bureaucratic stranglehold The decline in the governance of defence has become so stark that...

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Systemic phobias

The process is trapped in the Bofors-HDW-Kargil coffins straitjacket Higher defence management is a complex national governance challenge in most democracies and the...

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Defence scams are used as springboards to elect people to power

Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh was formerly Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and has been a successful lawyer,...