Five things Modi 3.0 should focus on for Bharatiya Military

“Five things Modi 3.0 should focus on for Indian Military”, Swarajyamag, June 7, 2024:

“The general elections are over, and the results are out. With 293 seats, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is almost certain to come to power for the third straight term. For the last 10 years, Indian armed forces have seen multiple tenuous phases.

From the tense phase in 2020 where Indian and Chinese troops clashed at Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh to the subsequent four-year-long standoff, the 2016 surgical strikes inside the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), and the 2019 bombing strikes in Balakot inside Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, the Indian armed forces have seen dramatic changes. It has seen an increase in its readiness from the early 2010s when it was reported that India did not have ammunition for 20 days of full-scale war, and for some equipment even a week.

The forces have seen the introduction of five positive indigenisation lists in the last five years, which have now begun to bear fruit, so much so that the Indian Army says it will not import any foreign ammunition from next year, barring some that are required in limited quantities. It also saw the army ordering 118 made-in-India Arjun Mk-1A main battle tanks (MBT), the Indian Air Force ordering an additional 97 Tejas Mk-1A jets, and the government acquiescing to the Indian Navy’s demand to induct a third aircraft carrier, buying French Rafales for the navy and air force, and many more. However, this is not enough…..”

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