Speaking at the MPhil Convocation of the 62nd National Defence College (NDC) course today, Singh urged officers to adapt to a multi-domain battlefield, where conventional and unconventional warfare intersect.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday stressed the importance of adopting unconventional ideas, unseen by the world, as the only path to success in modern unconventional warfare.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday responded to his earlier statement that "Armed Forces need to be prepared for war". The Defence Minister said that he gave that statement so that India's peace cannot be disturbed under any circumstances.
Speaking in the border town of Rajouri, the defence minister asked the soldiers to “win the hearts of countrymen” and ensure that “lapses are not repeated which hurt the countrymen”.
On the sidelines of the ADMM-Plus, Shri Rajnath Singh will hold bilateral meetings with the Defence Ministers of the participating countries and discuss defence cooperation matters to further strengthen mutually-beneficial engagements.
India, Australia, the US and Japan are members of the 'Quad' grouping, which has lately become very active against the backdrop of China's aggressive behaviour.
The defence industry can gainfully utilise this golden opportunity to build robust R & D facilities, capacities and capabilities to meet the futuristic requirements of the armed forces.
The bench sought a response from the centre to a request made by the Delhi government for calling in the army to manage the crisis.
The initiative taken by the Ministry of Defence on procurement seems sound but India will take another two to three years to become self-reliant, for which constant efforts are required and the dependence on the bureaucracy must be reduced.
The 2-hour long meeting comes after the reports said that agitating farmers are planning to block five entry points to Delhi.
