Give the boys in uniform financial power Governing India’s defence is never an easy task. A quick look at the governance of more...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008Dedication and discipline apart, the three Services need upgradation to arrest the downward slide The Armed Forces of India have undergone a phenomenal...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008Nearly seven years after the decision, there is only lip service to the need for integration When the Service Headquarters renamed themselves last...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008Changes in higher defence management show sincerity but the pace is slow In recent times, India has undertaken a comprehensive review of its...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008The nation’s defence planning and strategy need top to bottom overhauling India’s emergence as an economic power of global significance and our essential...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008Registering agents without singling out defence purchases is a likely solution The recent cancellation of the Eurocopter deal due to the alleged presence...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008Civil-political control over the armed forces turned into a bureaucratic stranglehold The decline in the governance of defence has become so stark that...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008The process is trapped in the Bofors-HDW-Kargil coffins straitjacket Higher defence management is a complex national governance challenge in most democracies and the...
ByTeamFebruary 7, 2008Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh was formerly Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and has been a successful lawyer,...
ByRashme SehgalFebruary 7, 2008