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If We Must, ‘Fight with What We Have’!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

It may be Chinese belligerence territorially, in the battle space or geopolitically, and Pakistani obstinacy in continuing proxy war in J&K and preparations for conventional war with nuclear threat, war can be thrust on India without tell-tale signs.....

February 10, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Defence budget , Defence Acquisition Council , Defence Capability
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (16-31 August 2024)

Defence
  1. Indian Naval Ship Tabar Reaches Denmark for a Two-Day Visit
  2. SHAURYA SAMPRAVAH 1.0: Indian Army Enhances Veteran Coordination
  3. Visit of Russian Federation....

    October 03, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Defence budget , Indian Air Force , Indian Army , Africa , Terrorism , J&K , LWE , MoD , Bangladesh , Indian Navy , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Bharat , Cyber , AlQaida , FICN , Amritpal , Narcotic , ABT , Indian Coast Guard , Drug , Salaya , SFJ
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01-15 August 2024)

Defence
  1. 14th India-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue held in New Delhi
  2. Indian Naval Ship Tabar Conducts Maritime Partnership Exercise with Russian Naval Ship
  3. September 02, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Defence budget , Indian Air Force , Indian Army , Africa , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , MoD , Indian Navy , PFI , Bharat , FICN , Kerala , BKI , Coastal Security , Aatmanirbhar Bharat
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-31 July 2024)

Defence
  1. Aatmanirbhartain defence: MoD notifies fifth Positive Indigenisation List of 346 items for DPSUs.
  2. Indian Naval Ship TabarArrives in Hamburg, Germany.
    3. August 08, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , US , Defence budget , Indian Air Force , Radicalisation , Indian Army , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , LWE , MoD , Indian Navy , Radicalism , UK , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Baluchistan , Bharat , FICN , Coastal Security , Islamic , Anjem Choudary
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest 16-29 February 2024, Issue 32

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. Digital Flight Control Computer for Tejas Mk1A Flown
  2. DRDO Flight Tests Very Short Range Air Defence System
  3. DAC....

    March 15, 2024 Defence budget , Science & Technology , SMIC , semiconductor , ASML , StartUps , Space Economy , INDUS-X , Applied Materials , India Stack , Nvidia , NQM , Huawei Technologies , AI Chips , AI Startups , Air Defence System , iCreate , Quantum Research , Tejas Mk1A , T-Hubs
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest 1-15 February 2024, Issue 31

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. Defence Budget Crossed over Rs 6.21 lakh crore in FY 2024-25
  2. INS Sandhayak, first Survey Vessel Large Ship, Commissioned into IN
    3. ....

    March 14, 2024 Defence budget , DRDO , AI , MSMEs , ISRO , Science & Technology , NASA , PLI scheme , SMRs , semiconductor , StartUps , Nuclear Reactors , AgroTech , Defence Space Ecosystem , Digital India FutureLABS , DLI Scheme , Huawei Technologies , Quantum Sensing , Vyommitra
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 February 2023

DEFENCE
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest, 01-15 February 2023, Issue 7

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security
  1. Defence Budget for the Financial Year 2023-24
  2. Mission Mode Projects of the DRDO
  3. PM Modi Inaugurates HAL’s Helico....

    February 22, 2023 Make in India , Defence budget , UAVs , 5G , AI , Science & Technology , Nuclear Power , Drone , semiconductor , EVs , Gaganyaan , Aero India , SSLV , TRAI , AK-203 , ASML , Bard , Chatbots , ChatGPT , eCourts , eGovernance , Ernie Bot , Generative AI , Greenfield Airports , HAL , Modular Bridges , Startup
A Perspective on Defence Budget 2023-24
Amit Cowshish Article

At Rs 5,93,538, the overall defence budget for the financial year (FY) 2023-24 is one of the largest constituents of the union budget, trailing behind interest payments (Rs 10,79,971 crore) and capital expenditure (Rs 10,09,961 crore). This sounds pr....

February 13, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Army , Defence budget , DRDO , Air Force , GDP , Border Roads Organisation , Capital expenditure , revenue
A Budgetary Farce in Pakistan
Tilak Devasher Article

The expectation from the second full-year budget presented by the Imran Khan government was out-of-the-box thinking to tackle immediate and long term issues. These included the COVID-19 pandemic, economic slowdown and mounting debt on the one hand an....

June 24, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Economic Survey , Defence budget , COVID-19 , negative growth , deficit , Debt & liabilities , IMF conditions , revenue targets
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