David Miliband is not Right British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, arrived in India on his two-day visit on 13 January, barely a month and a half after the carnage in Mumbai. His visit was controversial... Thomas Mathew | January 22, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Budget Utilisation and Accountability Every year as India approaches the Budget session of Parliament, there are debates in various forums about the adequacy of Budget allocation to meet the modernization plan of the Services... Arvind Kadyan | January 21, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Partisanship can hurt India’s Internal Security Management It is perhaps a truism that issues concerning India’s internal security like terrorism, Naxalism and insurgencies in the North East require a dynamic multi-pronged approach spread across states to manage... Namrata Goswami | January 20, 2009 | IDSA Comments
David Miliband’s visit to India An article by the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, in The Guardian (January 15) in which he suggested, “resolution of the dispute over Kashmir would help deny extremists in the... Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay | January 20, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Keynote Address at Defence Offsets Seminar Offsets are today a common feature of international arms trade. It is estimated that offsets and related forms of counter-trade constitute 5 to 30 per cent of global trade. More... A. K. Antony | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Implementation of Offset Policy in Defence Contracts: Indian Army Perspective The Offset Policy has been articulated in the DPP 2008. The Offset Clause would be applicable for all procurement proposals where indicative cost is above Rs. 300 crores and schemes... S. Sunder | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Industry Perspectives on Defence Offsets Defence offsets are expected to generate business in India of about $10 billion over the next five years. Some would be in the form of tangible product and service exports... S.K. Kaura | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Background Paper Definition, Forms and Types of Offsets Offsets Laxman Kumar Behera | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Gearing up for the Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Pitfalls India has made rapid strides in defence technology in recent past and reached a stage of self-reliance. The objective was to have thrust in indigenous production and exploring possibilities of... B. Khaitan | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Essential Elements of India’s Defence Offset Policy – A Critique Offsets have been variously defined. In essence, offsets in defence, as in civil trade, are compensations that a buyer seeks from the seller for the purchase of goods and/or services.... Thomas Mathew | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
