As Officers Secure Civilian Ranks in the DMA, the Military s Goal of Assimilation Moves Ahead
Those who support the move believe that more such appointments would advance Indiaâs long-deferred defence modernisation, but is the militaryâs bureaucracy better positioned than their civilian counterparts?
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Combined Commandersâ Conference at Kevadia in Narmada district of Gujarat, Friday, March 5, 2021. Also seen are Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh. Photo: PTI.
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A bizarre paradox has emerged in recent decades in Indiaâs higher military circles, especially the Army, of not only seeking all-round one-upmanship over their civilian counterparts but also of completing the circle and striving doggedly for bureaucratic rank structures.