| ID | 164125 |
| Title Proper | Defence reforms in india need strategic direction |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kumar, Narender |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Is there a clarity about what exactly is required from the Armed Forces in a changing regional and global security environment when national interests are spread across the continent? Big question is that, have we developed capabilities to secure India’s interests that are so varied and dispersed strategically and geographically? If India has to break out of the claustrophobic confines of South Asia, it needs certain capabilities that can propel it to be a net security provider at least in Northern Indian Ocean Region.1 However, the defence reforms or absence of these tells a different story; that India may desire to be there but the capabilities are not commensurate with the desired mandate. The Government of India has appointed the Defence Planning Committee (DPC) that would be a permanent body mandated to prepare a draft national security strategy, undertake a strategic defence review, and formulate an international defence engagement strategy.2 It will be premature to pass the judgement on DPC but a doubt remains that is it duplication and add-on to the existing cumbersome national security structure? Appointment of DPC should not be confused with the defence reforms as these are two different aspects. |
| `In' analytical Note | USI Journal Vol. 148, No.613; Jul-Sep 2018: p.369-80 |
| Journal Source | USI Journal 2018-09 148, 613 |
| Key Words | India ; Defence Reforms ; Strategic Direction |