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As Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar begins his first official visit to China on Monday, his focus will be on keeping the military to military cooperation between India and China on an even keel and find new ways to take defence cooperation to the next stage between the two neighbours.
One of the ways to enhance defence ties is to perhaps increase cooperation in professional military education by offering more vacancies to each other’s officers in higher defence institutions like the National Defence College (NDC) and the College of Defence Management (CDM) in India and the National Defence University (NDU) in China. India with its extensive experience in UN Peacekeeping operations could also offer inputs to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which has now started participating frequently in peacekeeping tasks internationally.
But Parrikar, a keen observer and a fast learner may want to try and understand the recently unveiled major transformation and reforms in the PLA unleashed by President Xi Jinping. One of the main objectives of the reforms is to equip the PLA for ‘Theatre battles’ to replace the old military regions with Theatre Commands. Simultaneously, a joint operational command system has been established and military-civilian integration has been promoted.
The Indian Defence Minister having worked hard for putting in place a pathbreaking procedure for defence acquisitions must now focus his energy in initiating major structural reforms in the way the Indian military functions. Rooted in 19th century traditions, equipped with mid-20th century weaponry with aspirations of a 21st century force, the Indian military is currently crying for drastic changes. Parrikar must therefore begin consultations to usher in Indian Defence Reforms 2.0.
The current NDA government has the political heft to complete the half-hearted reforms that were sought to be implemented in 2001-02 as a follow up to the recommendations of the Kargil Review Committee (KRC).
The CDS, recommended by the KRC formed by the previous NDA government at the turn of the century, is long overdue. But successive governments since then have either lacked the political courage to ram through the change or have been too timid to overcome the opposition from the civil bureaucracy and resistance by the largely conservative military leadership in ushering in far-reaching changes.
The result: creation of a mishmash called the Headquarter IDS (Integrated Defence Staff) and an alphabet soup called the CISC, which is short for Chief of Integrated Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee! Under this system, the senior most amongst the three service chiefs chairs the committee by rotation. All decisions are supposed to be taken by consensus in this committee with contentious issues generally kept on the back burner or left to the Defence Minister to resolve!
More than a decade READ MORE AT:> http://www.indiandaily.in/india-create-theatre-commands-usher-military-reforms-quickly/
One of the ways to enhance defence ties is to perhaps increase cooperation in professional military education by offering more vacancies to each other’s officers in higher defence institutions like the National Defence College (NDC) and the College of Defence Management (CDM) in India and the National Defence University (NDU) in China. India with its extensive experience in UN Peacekeeping operations could also offer inputs to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which has now started participating frequently in peacekeeping tasks internationally.
But Parrikar, a keen observer and a fast learner may want to try and understand the recently unveiled major transformation and reforms in the PLA unleashed by President Xi Jinping. One of the main objectives of the reforms is to equip the PLA for ‘Theatre battles’ to replace the old military regions with Theatre Commands. Simultaneously, a joint operational command system has been established and military-civilian integration has been promoted.
The Indian Defence Minister having worked hard for putting in place a pathbreaking procedure for defence acquisitions must now focus his energy in initiating major structural reforms in the way the Indian military functions. Rooted in 19th century traditions, equipped with mid-20th century weaponry with aspirations of a 21st century force, the Indian military is currently crying for drastic changes. Parrikar must therefore begin consultations to usher in Indian Defence Reforms 2.0.
The current NDA government has the political heft to complete the half-hearted reforms that were sought to be implemented in 2001-02 as a follow up to the recommendations of the Kargil Review Committee (KRC).
The CDS, recommended by the KRC formed by the previous NDA government at the turn of the century, is long overdue. But successive governments since then have either lacked the political courage to ram through the change or have been too timid to overcome the opposition from the civil bureaucracy and resistance by the largely conservative military leadership in ushering in far-reaching changes.
The result: creation of a mishmash called the Headquarter IDS (Integrated Defence Staff) and an alphabet soup called the CISC, which is short for Chief of Integrated Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee! Under this system, the senior most amongst the three service chiefs chairs the committee by rotation. All decisions are supposed to be taken by consensus in this committee with contentious issues generally kept on the back burner or left to the Defence Minister to resolve!
More than a decade READ MORE AT:> http://www.indiandaily.in/india-create-theatre-commands-usher-military-reforms-quickly/
