India on Wednesday declared 2025 as the year of defence reforms and that the focus will be to roll out integrated theatre commands to boost tri-services synergy and ensure simpler and time-sensitive military procurement with a broader aim to transform the military into a technologically-advanced force.<\/p>\n
The overall aim of the nine-point reforms planned by the defence ministry would be to ensure deeper collaboration among key stakeholders, break silos, eliminate inefficiencies and optimise utilisation of resources.<\/p>\n
The reforms would lay the foundation for “unprecedented” advancements in defence preparedness and ensure India’s security and sovereignty amidst challenges of 21st century, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.<\/p>\n
The defence ministry’s aim on theatre commands assumes significance as it virtually indicated a resolve to unveil the ambitious reform measure in 2025.<\/p>\n
Under the theaterisation model, the government seeks to integrate the capabilities of the Army, the Air Force and the Navy and optimally utilise their resources for wars and operations.<\/p>\n
As per the theaterisation plan, each of the theatre commands will have units of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force and all of them will work as a single entity looking after security challenges in a specified geographical territory.<\/p>\n
At present, the Army, Navy and the Air Force have separate commands.<\/p>\n
The decision on observing 2025 as year of reforms and the broad objectives under it were finalised at a high-level meeting chaired by Singh. It was attended by all the secretaries of the defence ministry.<\/p>\n
One of the nine points listed by the ministry following the deliberations was to take initiative to instil a “sense of pride” in Indian culture and ideas, fostering confidence in achieving global standards through indigenous capabilities, while imbibing best practices from modern militaries that suit the nation’s conditions.<\/p>\n
“(The) ‘year of reforms’ will be a momentous step in modernisation journey of the armed forces,” Mr Singh said.<\/p>\n
The defence ministry said the focus in 2025 will also be on new domains such as cyber and space, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, hypersonic and robotics.<\/p>\n
In order to give impetus to the ongoing and future reforms, it was unanimously decided to observe 2025 as the ‘year of reforms’, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The reforms would aim at transforming the armed forces into a technologically-advanced combat-ready force capable of multi-domain integrated operations, the ministry added.<\/p>\n
The Singh-led meeting held that the reforms should aim to further bolster jointness and integration initiatives and facilitate establishment of the integrated theatre commands, it said.<\/p>\n
During the deliberations, it was decided that the reforms should focus on new domains such as cyber and space, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, hypersonic and robotics.<\/p>\n
It was agreed that associated tactics, techniques and procedures required to win future wars should also be developed.<\/p>\n
The meeting also called for developing a shared understanding of operational requirements and joint operational capabilities through inter-service cooperation and training.<\/p>\n
It also emphasised on the need to make acquisition procedures simpler and time-sensitive to facilitate swifter and robust capability development.<\/p>\n
The aim of the defence reforms also includes rolling out steps to facilitate technology transfer and knowledge sharing between the defence sector and civil industries and promoting public-private partnerships by improving ease of doing business.<\/p>\n
The meeting also underlined the need for focusing on collaboration across various stakeholders in the defence ecosystem and breaking silos.<\/p>\n
It said the ministry should work towards positioning India as a credible exporter of defence products, fostering R&D and partnerships between Indian industries and foreign original equipment manufacturers.<\/p>\n
The meeting also pitched for ensuring welfare of the veterans while leveraging their expertise. Efforts will be made towards optimisation of welfare measures for veterans, the ministry said.<\/p>\n
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