Do We Need a New Department of Military Affairs and Integrated Theatre Commands?
What is more important is that we urgently correct the imbalances and imperfections that have crept into our higher defence structures.
Representational image of the Indian Army. Photo: Reuters/Mukesh Gupta.
Security17 hours ago
The recent reforms in our defence structures, beginning with the inadequate and half-baked creation of the post of the Chief of Defence Staff heading a newly created separate Department of Military Affairs (DMA) as well as the current exercise in creating integrated theatre commands are simply not the right way forward for a country of the size and stature of India in general and her Armed Forces in particular.Â