SP's MAI Issue No. 3 | February 1-15, 2017 - Military Updates
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MILITARY / EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Resurgent Indian defence industryIn a rare media interaction with SP’s M.A.I., Ashok Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Defence Production, outlined his vision for defence manufacturing in India and addressed a wide range of subjects including ‘Make in India’, DPP 2016, defence offsets...
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Make in India: Quo Vadis?
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)Only with a major overhaul of the bureaucratic establishment and the government machinery as a whole, will the highly mechanised lion representing the spirit...
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MILITARY / REPORT
India's Defence Budget 2017-18
By Laxman Kumar BeheraThe Finance Minister’s overall stated figure of Rs. 2,74,114 crore is, however, not what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) considers as India’s official defence budget.
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Defence budget 2017-18
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Defence has been allocated Rs. 2,74,114 crore ($42.17 billion) for fiscal year 2017-18. This does not include the pensions bill which itself is close to Rs. 85,000 crore per annum.
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MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
Admiral Sunil Lanba visits Andaman & Nicobar CommandAdmiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) accompanied by Mrs. Reena Lanba...
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MILITARY
CNS Admiral Sunil Lanba reviews Tropex 2017Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba embarked ships of the Indian Fleet (both Western and Eastern) to review the ongoing Annual Theatre level Readiness and Operational Exercise (Tropex) 2017 which is presently underway since January 24, 2017.
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MILITARY
Visit of Commander of the Sri Lankan NavyVice Admiral R.C. Wijegunaratne, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, was on official visit to India from January 29 to February 2, 2017. The visit was aimed at consolidating bilateral naval relations between India and Sri Lanka and to explore new avenues...
