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The NDA government has appointed a committee of experts to recommend measures to enhance the combat capabilities of the over 13-lakh strong armed forces and "Re-balance" the overall defence expenditure in view of the escalating salary and pension bills.

The 11-member committee led by Lt Gen D B Shekatkar (retd), which includes several other top military officers as well as civilian experts, has been given three months to chalk out an action plan.

"The overall aim is to ensure India's combat capabilities and potential are enhanced, with a better teeth-to-tail combat ratio, within budgetary constraints. The committee will hold its first meeting with defence minister Manohar Parrikar once he returns from his May 20-23 trip to Oman and UAE," said a source.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday said China was now ready to `favourably act` on terrorist Masood Azhar in the United Nations.

On Thursday, China had said it was in "close" contact with India over its efforts to put Masood Azhar on the UN list of proscribed terrorists.

Swamy informed about the development on Twitter today.

China's yesterday statement was in response to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee's remarks to state-run CCTV channel saying that Beijing joining hands with New Delhi in the fight against terrorism will have "its own impact".

The series production of the Tejas aircraft has already commenced at HAL Bangalore and the IAF intends to form the first squadron of the LCA on 01 July 2016. The IAF has also decided to place an order for an additional 80 Tejas in the advanced LCA MK1A configuration.

The specifications derived for design & development of LCA MK1A are based on the applicable international military standards. Kaizan techniques are being adopted to ensure international standards. The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’ has achieved initial operational clearance.

The South Block has packaged the ritual foray by naval ships in the Indo-Pacific into a flag-waving exercise in South China Sea. Indian warships are similarly engaged in the Gulf. Will this hype be carried over to Modi's US visit?

Indian naval helicopers rehearsing for the International Fleet review in Visakhapatnam in February this year. President Pranab Mukherjee reviewed a fleet of 70 naval ships, including several from foreign countries. PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his fourth visit to the US this June. His joint address to the US Senate and the Congress is being touted as a major milestone in India-US ties. But several developments in the region should dampen his enthusiasm to go ahead with the burgeoning maritime partnership with the US, intended to corral China's growing influence in the South China Sea and the Western Pacific. 

India is one of the early adopters of this technology and has an edge over many other nations in effectively using this for operation planning, at a senior decision making level and for enhanced situational awareness, at a tactical level.

Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, technology startup, VizExperts, has created a Digital Sand Model(DSM) – a solution for operation planning, mission briefing and training, for the Indian paramilitary, police and the armed forces. When compared to the traditional static model, the digital sand model offers improved situational awareness to the armed forces through integrated, true 3D visualization of terrain data and online data from field formations.

NEW DELHI — Only two weeks ago India's purchase of 36 Dassault Rafael fighters was considered imminent, but the deal has since been all but frozen and the country's general director of defense acquisition suddenly forced to step aside. Procurement officials in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) now are taking "a very cautious approach" in the $8.9 billion deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets, said an MoD source.

Early last month, for reasons that are not clear, former director general defense acquisition Smita Nagaraj was involuntarily placed on leave over differences with MoD leaders over Rafale negotiations, said the source.

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