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A Review of Atmanirbharta Policies
Aayush Mohanty Article

The year 2020 can be described as an extraordinary year. COVID-19 wreaked havoc in all policy arenas, severely affecting public, economic, international relations. The Government of India meanwhile, has taken significant steps to promote the ‘Atman....

January 04, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , agriculture , Defence , Policy , Self-reliance , Manufacturing
Indonesian Defence Minister’s visit to India
Amruta Karambelkar Article

The defence minister of Indonesia, General Prabowo Subianto was on a three day-visit to India from 26-28 July. The meeting was aimed at strengthening bilateral defence relationship. Two years ago, both countries elevated their relationship to a compr....

August 22, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , India , Indo-Pacific , Defence , Indian Ocean , Indonesia , Maritime , Natuna , Navy
Drone Swarms: Bracing up with The New Threat
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

(This article linked with a previous article titled, Drone Swarms - a Growing Lethality. Where is the world? Where are we? published on the VIF portal on 06 Apr 20201.While the said article highlighted the growing lethality of th....

April 27, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence , Missiles , Hypersonic weapons , Drone swarms , Driven crafts , Swarm Threat
Reflections on the Defence Budget 2018-19
G. Mohan Kumar

The general features of the Defence Budget for 2018-19 are not different from those of the past. With a total outlay of Rs 4,04,365 cr, including Rs 1,08,853 cr towards pension liabilities, the defence outlay is 16.6 percent of the budgeted central g....

April 02, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , national security , Defence budget , military modernisation , defence financing , Strategic Studies , Defence
Securing India : VIF Perspective | Issues & Trends | 2017

Geopolitics is witnessing a flux not seen in decades, treading an uncertain path in the hope to arrive at a new equilibrium. India's status in this equipoise, as and when it is achieved will be decided by how deftly it deals with the changes the worl....

July 31, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Book Published , Security scenario , Defence professionals
New Blacklisting Policy - Some Thoughts
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

While the new blacklisting policy issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 21 Nov 16 under the caption "Guidelines of the MoD for Penalties in Business Dealings with Entities" is indeed a forward looking document that moves miles ahead ....

February 03, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , MoD , Blacklisting Policy
Defence Minister’s One Year Positive Record
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

During his first year in office, Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar gave a free hand to the army to act pro-actively on the LoC. He led from the front and worked closely with the leadership of the armed forces, the bureaucracy and his counterparts in....

November 14, 2015 Defence , India , Defence Minister , Defence , LoC
Nehru Era’s Defence and Security Policies and Their Legacy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction During the nationalist movement and struggle for independence, there was little attention paid to articulation of India’s defence and security policies by the Indian National Congress (INC). Allusions to concepts and precepts....

March 19, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Pakistan , China , Defence , Kashmir , Security Policies , Tibet , Nehru Era , Kashmir Conflict
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