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Reflections on the Defence Budget 2018-19

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

Book Discussion, ‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) arranged a panel discussion on 08 Jan 2018 over a recently published book ‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Doctrine’ (HarperCollins, 2017), authored by eminent defence expert, Brig....

March 22, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament , Book Discussions , Nuclear Deterrence Policy , No First Use Policy , Nuclear Doctrine

Round Table Discussion on India’s Nuclear Diplomacy

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on “India’s Nuclear Diplomacy” on 20 December 2017. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, moderated the session. The speakers of the round table included Amb. Sa....

March 21, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Nuclear and Disarmament , Conferences , Tactical Nuclear Weapons , UN General Assembly , India’s Nuclear Diplomacy

Vimarsha: ‘Changing Security Environment: The Role of Indian Army’, talk by General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff

At a public event, organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 13 Mar 2018 under the Vimarsha lecture series, General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), spoke about India’s changing security e....

March 19, 2018 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Army , CDS , Bipin Rawat , People's Liberation Army , Special Forces’

Discussion on the Rohingya Crisis

Background Rohingyas, with a population of nearly 1.1 million, are mostly Muslims living largely in Myanmar’s western coastal state of Rakhine and also in Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. There are about 40,000 of them also li....

March 19, 2018 Ilegal Immigration , Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , Rohingya crisis , Myanmar Army , Arakan Rohingy

Defence Corridors Notwithstanding, the Real Challenge is "Make in India"

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

The Finance Minister, in his budget speech 2018 announced that two Defence Industrial Production Corridors (DIPC) will be developed in the country. Following this, the Govt., in early this month, announced that the first of this corridor will come up....

March 15, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence Industrial Production Corridors , Make in India

The Maoist Rebellion, in Limp

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

“ … for then only you will be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased …” – Aeschines. Greek statesman The Object of Discussion Much confabulat....

March 06, 2018 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Maoist rebellion , Integrated Action Plan , Counter-Naxal operations

J&K Security Review-2017: State of Conflict Continues

C D Sahay

The Security Situation While recovering from a sense of acute betrayal in 2016 (Pathankot and Uri attacks) by Pakistan, to the various positive overtures and initiatives taken by the NDA government, there still was a faint ray of ....

February 26, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , J&K situation , terror incidents , Kashmir policy

वर्ष के अंत में डीआरडीओ का मिसाइल परीक्षण- एक उल्लेखनीय उपलब्धि

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

गत वर्ष 28 दिसंबर को रक्षा अनुसंधान एवं विकास संगठन (डीआरडीओ) ने सुपरसॉनिक इंटरसेप्टर मिसाइल (जि�....

February 23, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Stone Pelting: Is it an Expression of Anger or a Strategy?

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

No state can survive if it overlooks the collective act of violence by its subjects. It is not only unlawful but a revolt against the constitutionally elected government. Allowing people to take law in their own hands is undermining the authority of ....

February 23, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies