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    'Parivartan Chintan', a tri-service brainstorming to propel jointness and integration in the Armed Forces was organised

    Posted 11 Apr 2024

    Updated 12 Apr 2024

    2 min read

    • Jointness of defence forces implies synergised use of the resources of the three Services while respecting the uniqueness of each to achieve optimum results and avoid duplication. 
    • Jointness can further lead to the integration of defence forces i.e., formal combining of constituent elements into a single structure.
      • For example, theaterisation seeks to integrate the capabilities of the three services.

     

    • Importance of integration 
      • Improve the culture of cooperation among defence forces and promote integrated warfighting capacities. 
      • Modernizing forces and making them future-ready by streamlining defence budget spending and addressing defence funding shortages.
      • Facilitating India to become a regional power and one of the global powers. 

     

    • Challenges in integration 
      • Lack of a Joint Services Doctrine 
      • Absence of a coherent National Security Strategy
      • Institutional inertia of different wings 

     

    • Initiatives taken for integration 
      • Appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff who is mandated to bring about jointness in the operation, logistics, transport, training etc. of three armed services.
      • Creation of two Joint Commands, the Andaman and Nicobar Command (A&NC) and the Strategic Forces Command (looks after nuclear assets.).
      • Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) to provide a single point, tri-Service, military advice to the government.
    • Tags :
    • Integration of Armed Forces
    • Theaterisation
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