Indian Armed Forces Fully Prepared ; No Slackness in Defence Deals : Defence Minister Arun Jaitley

[Stephen Cohen]

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has assured Parliament, “armed forces are fully prepared to meet any challenge” while cautioning Opposition parties against giving the impression that the forces were unprepared due to lack of procurement.

Intervening in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on demands for grants of the defense ministry, Jaitley said: “This impression should not go out that procurement is not happening... our Army is not prepared.

Our defense forces are fully prepared to meet any challenge... the matter of preparedness of defense forces should be bipartisan and not politicized.”

Rejecting the opposition charge that the government had ignored the needs of the defense forces and not allocated adequate budget,
Jaitley said that the Modi government had signed 147 procurement contracts worth over Rs 2.96 lakh crore in three years.

He cited contracts to procure weapons and equipment for all three wings of the forces — including 155 mm ultralight howitzer guns and Brahmos missiles for the Army, deep sea rescue missions for the Navy and Apache attack helicopters for the Air Force — to make his point.

He rejected the charge that the ambitious ‘Make in India’ scheme had failed in the defense sector, saying 134 proposals worth over Rs 4.45 lakh crore were signed and 100 of them were aimed at buy and make in India.

“In the self-critical analysis, we should not exaggerate... The government has worked to speed up the procurement process and make it more transparent,” he said. The third round of One Rank One Pension arrears will be released shortly, the minister said.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...repared-arun-jaitley/articleshow/57697091.cms

 

[Hassan Guy]

Ok.

 

[The BrOkEn HeArT]

BTW who is the Finance minister now??

 

[Turingsage]

It is foolish to continue making self serving statements that bear little resemblance to the truth. India with 1.2 billion population needs not one but several finance ministers to carry through a modicum of REAL reforms, to make him a defence minister as well clearly shows there is no depth and width to BJP hierarchy.
It continues the idiocy of CHALTA HEH .
Everything is fine and dandy
Things are going according to plan
Morons
Defence under Parrikar after considerable effort managed a bare minimum of reforms, because the entrenched, all pervasive special interests want no change and Jaitly does not have the time, the wherewithal, or serious intent to challenge and force through reforms.
Its sad sad sad to watch the BJP that came on the platform of reform revert to Kangress 2 with religious baggage.

Unfortunately just like in Pakistan there is a unquestioning vocal group of unthinking morons who equate questioning competence with anti nationalism or support of congress or others.

 

[bigly]

It is foolish to continue making self serving statements that bear little resemblance to the truth. India with 1.2 billion population needs not one but several finance ministers to carry through a modicum of REAL reforms, to make him a defence minister as well clearly shows there is no depth and width to BJP hierarchy.
It continues the idiocy of CHALTA HEH .
Everything is fine and dandy
Things are going according to plan
Morons
Defence under Parrikar after considerable effort managed a bare minimum of reforms, because the entrenched, all pervasive special interests want no change and Jaitly does not have the time, the wherewithal, or serious intent to challenge and force through reforms.
Its sad sad sad to watch the BJP that came on the platform of reform revert to Kangress 2 with religious baggage.

Unfortunately just like in Pakistan there is a unquestioning vocal group of unthinking morons who equate questioning competence with anti nationalism or support of congress or others.

Any fool like u can find faults .
As usual you blabber on without giving one concrete suggestion.
Only practical suggestions , not generic ones like u are a expert at making.