The share of defence expenditure in 2016-17 has gone below the levels it was in 1955-56. In 2017-18 it will go down to 1.557 per cent of GDP.

• Vinay Kaushal
• February 10, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Budget is not just all about figures but also a statement of policy. The Defence Budget for 2017-18 contains no hint of any intention of the government to bring about a paradigm shift in the defence policy.

• Amit Cowshish
• February 02, 2017
• IDSA Comments

There is a need to go beyond stale issues and have a more meaningful and dispassionate discussion on how to make the best use of the allocations made for defence.

• Amit Cowshish
• January 30, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The BEML model of disinvestment needs to be applied to the rest of the Defence Public Sector Undertakings as well as Ordnance Factories.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• January 20, 2017
• IDSA Comments

With some innovative thinking, on-line arrangements with suppliers, including the Canteen Stores Department, could reduce the cost of storage and distribution and, more importantly, help in maintaining a high satisfaction level among troops.

• Amit Cowshish
• January 18, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Higher Defence Management, Civil-military relations and force modernisation were three critical areas in which there was little or no movement in the year gone by.

• Amit Cowshish
• January 02, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The biggest lesson that India can borrow is France’s integrated and centralised procurement structure, which has the dual responsibility of arms acquisition and defence industrial development.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• August 29, 2016
• Special Feature

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) is preparing to undergo a major expansion programme. India can assist in enhancing and developing PNGDF’s capabilities without coming into conflict or competition with the Australian interests.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• June 28, 2016
• IDSA Comments

Should GRSE and GSL deliver satisfactory services to their export customers, there is considerable potential for India to position itself as a competitive supplier of small and medium warships and patrol crafts.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• June 22, 2016
• IDSA Comments

It is rare that a foreign company makes a huge investment to produce major platforms in a third country with a view to make that country an export hub.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• June 22, 2016
• IDSA Comments