Category: DEFENCE BUDGETS
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A Perspective on the Defense Budget by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Our growth and role as a power of consequence and our attempts to achieve strategic independence is predicated on how the defense establishment grows. Published In the Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/a-perspective-on-the-defense-budget/2974379/ It is my firm belief that the Indian Armed Forces are ready and strong enough to guard the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the nation.…
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The Best And Worst Of Times By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
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MAKING THE BEST OUT THE DEFENCE BUDGET by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Refs:- Politico Military Fusion for a Future Ready India @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/03/blog-post_10.html Politico Military Leadership Challenges of 2021 @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/01/politico-military-leadership-challenges.html Corporatisation of OFB: High Time for Action @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/corporatisation-of-ofb-high-time-for.html Undissuasive Leadership, Undeterred China @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/undissuasive-leadership-undeterred.html Preamble Economists told me that I was making fundamental sense in my article : Chinese and Indian Defence Budgets – Comparative Hype and…
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Chinese and Indian Defence Budgets – Comparative Hype and Reality by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
One should be careful what one wishes for. China’s ambition to make the Yuan the reserve currency is likely to haunt them. Recently the news that China increased their defence budget by 6.8% set alarm bells ringing. The hue and cry was that our defence allocation was pale in comparison. Even the Global Times took a…
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MODERNISING ARMED FORCES ON CONTRACTING BUDGETS by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R )
BITE THE BULLET BOYS TIME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT Smell the Anasthesia As per Economic Times, the outlay for defense in the budget has been hiked by 5.8 % over the last year’s budget outlay. It is…
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MODERNISING ARMED FORCES ON TIGHT DEFENSE BUDGETS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Reality Check Is the Indian Economy in a slump or on a slow growth path? We could debate it. Either way the consequential reality will be that Armed Forces are up against tighter budgetary constraints. The other reality is that China and Pakistan seem to have no constraints on their defense allocations irrespective of their…
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