Manohar Parikkar MOD

Ministry of DefenceGovernment of india

www.mod.nic.in

“To preserve peace and harmony and promote all round development, it is imperative for us to have an effective deterrence and a strong defence. Though as a Nation we are firmly committed to peace, we must be prepared to use our might to safeguard the sovereignty of our Nation, should the need ever arise. *

Our Armed Forces give us the confidence in the nation’s ability to face any aggression and safeguard its interests” **

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* President’s standard awarding ceremony tezpur / ** Air force Day Message

Shri Pranab Mukherjee President of India


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which represent the world’s largest democracy, are second to none in professionalism, valour, commitment, service and duty. The Armed Forces have always vindicated the faith and confidence that people of India placed in them, whether it is for our nation’s security, or for relief in times of natural calamities.

At the combined commanders’ conference

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Ministry of DefenceGovernment of india 2/50

Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India

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The Government of India is responsible for ensuring the Defence of India. The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces vests in the President of India. The responsibility for Defence of the country rests with the Cabinet. This is discharged through the Ministry of Defence, which provides the policy framework and wherewithal to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibilities for defence of the country.

the prime task of the Ministry of Defence is to prepare for Defence of the country by providing required infrastructure, adequate trained Manpower and Defence equipment and Platforms to the Armed Forces. During the last few months, the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces have fast-tracked efforts to enhance defence preparedness and the security of the Nation. This e-Book, the first of its kind, is being launched to provide an easy and quick insight into the initiatives taken by the Ministry of Defence.

PROLOGUE

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Manohar ParrikarRAKSHA MANTRI

Rao Inderjit SinghRAKSHA RAJYA MANTRI

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Ê Indigenisation, development and production of defence equipment and participation of the private sector in the manufacture of defence equipment

Ê Defence exports

Ê Formulation and execution of programmes of scientific research, design, development, test and evaluation, in relevant fields of national security

Ê Scientific aspects of military equipment and logistics and the formulation of research, design and development plans for equipment required by the services

Ê Welfare and resettlement of Armed forces Veterans (ex-servicemen) including pensioners

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Ê Defence of india

Ê Defence Perspective Planning, Policy and strategy

Ê International Defence Cooperation

mandate

(DDR&D)

DEFENCE RESEARCh & DEvElOPMENT

DePArtMent of

(DESW)

Ex-SErvicEmEn WElFARE

DePArtMent of

(DDP)

DEFENCEPRODUCTION

DePArtMent of

(DoD)

DEFENCEDePArtMent of

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1,200isLAnDsMany of which are uninhabited

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SECURING BORDERS TASKS

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7,500kiLoMetrescoast line

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20,00,000sq kiLoMetresexclusive economic Zone

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PREPARATION FOR DEFENCETASKS

Infrastructure1

acquIsItIon of Defence equIpment anD platforms

2Human resource Development

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5,000 12foreIgn armeDforces personnel

countrIes

trained every year1,300 of india’s armed forces personnel stationed

to provide training, medical and technical assistance

regular eeZ surveillance by indian navy

Creation of infrastructure in friendly countries

Participation of Indian Navy vessels in anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden

more than in

91countrIesPresence of indianDefence wings

Defence Wings of indian Mission in 43 countries

Accreditation of these defence wings with 48 other countries

Important actIvItIes

DEFENCE DIPlOMACYTASKS

Defence Wings of 61 countries in india

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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEINTERNAL SECURITY

& DISASTER RELIEF

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establishworld-classscIence anD tecHnology base

establish a world-class science and technology base and provide a decisive edge to the Defence forces

buildDefenceproDuctIonself-reliance

Developing comprehensive production infrastructure to produce weapons/ systems/ platforms/ equipment required in defence of the nation

developDesIgn anD Development of Defence systems

Design and development of defence systems leading to production of world class weapon systems and equipment in accordance with the expressed needs and the qualitative requirements laid down by the three services

PROMOTING SElF RElIANCETASKS

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WElFARE OF vETERANSTASKS

KenDrIya saInIK Board (KsB)

ex-servicemen contrIbutory HealtH scheme (echs)

pensIonpolIcy

DIrectorate general resettlement (dGr)

Ê Formulation and Implementation of policies for welfare of ex-servicemen (esM) and their families

Ê Administration of welfare funds

Ê Healthcare and medical needs of ex-servicemen and their dependants

Ê network of ecHs Polyclinics

Ê Policy related to pensionary matters

Ê Pension reforms

Resettlement/ Rehabilitation of ESM

Ê Pre and post-retirement training

Ê re-employment

Ê self-employment

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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foreign Direct investment limit in the Defence sector increased from 26% to 49%. fDi beyond 49% allowed on case to case basis. Collaborations and tie-ups with foreign manufacturing companies.

in Defence sector

Defence products list for licensing pruned. Most components/ parts/ raw materials taken out of purview of industrial licensing.

LICENSINGFDI DEFENCE EXPORTSrequireMents reLAxeD

Defence Exports Strategy notified. Process for issuing clearances for export of defence items liberalised.

POLICY LIBERALISED

ACHIEVEMENTS MAKE IN INDIA

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MAKE IN INDIAthe MAKE IN INDIA concept is now the cornerstone of the acquisition plans and defence production policy

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ACHIEVEMENTS MAKE IN INDIA

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`65,000crore

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Dornier surVeiLLAnceAircrAft

6 to be built in indiaSuBMARINES

Value of Equipment and platforms to be acquired through the “Make in india” or “Buy & Make” route

384 needed by the Army and Air force to replace the existing Cheetah/Chetak fleets will be made in India with foreign collaboration

LIghT-uTILITY

HeLicoPters

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, embarked on the newly inducted india’s largest Aircraft carrier inS vikramaditya, off the coast of Goa, which was his first visit outside the national capital and to an operational military formation after assuming office as the Prime minister. He dedicated the Aircraft carrier to the nation.

ACHIEVEMENTS CAPABIlITY ENhANCEMENT

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ACHIEVEMENTS

BIGGEST WARSHIPins kolkata, an indigenous destroyer, the biggest warship ever to be built in india to date, at Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, was commissioned by the Prime Minister. it will provide new capability to the indian navy.

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CAPABIlITY ENhANCEMENT

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ACHIEVEMENTSINS KAMORTA & INS SUMITRAins kamorta, an Anti-Submarine Warfare corvette built at Garden reach shipbuilders and engineers Limited, kolkata, was commissioned.

In addition, Offshore Patrol Vessel- INS sumitra- built by Goa shipyard Limited (GsL), was also commissioned.

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Treading on new ground, Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) started a new Joint Venture with “thales” of france, named ‘BEL- Thales System’ at Bangalore for production of new technology radars.

BEL also successfully manufactured Light Weight Portable radars ‘Bharani’ for Army and ‘Ashlesha’ for the Air force.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

RADARS

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Light Combat airCraft (LCa)LcA tejas was inducted into Air force in the presence of the raksha Mantri shri Manohar Parrikar.the LcA programme witnessed another milestone when tejas trainer PV6, the two seater version of Tejas LCA for Air Force, took its first flight. PV6 also has the capability to deliver all ‘air-to-air’ and ‘air-to-ground’ weapons.

in another landmark event, LcA (navy) Prototype 1 (NP1), the first indigenously designed and developed combat aircraft designed to operate from the decks of aircraft carriers, took-off majestically from a Ski-Jump facility.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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The Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) created to replicate the aircraft carrier with a Ski Jump for take-off and arresting gear cable for arrested landing, became operational at INS hansa, goa for R&D as well as for training of LcA and MiG 29k pilots.

SBTF SKI JUMP


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the indian navy’s ability to communicate with deployed ships and submarines on an uninterrupted basis throughout the year got a shot in the arm when a new state-of the-art Very Low frequency (VLf) Transmitting Station was opened. India is among a handful of nations in the world that has such a capability.


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ACHIEVEMENTS MODERNISATION OF AIR FORCE

the indian Air force is transforming itself into a formidable aerospace force with long reach and superior capabilities through various modernisation programmes. the induction of C-130J and C-17 has given the force the long desired strategic and special operations capability.

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MODERNISATION OF AIR FORCE

the induction of a fairly large MI-17 V5 helicopter fleet has filled the gap in the medium heli-lift capability. The Light combat Helicopter (LcH) developed by HAL is also on the anvil.

ACHIEVEMENTS

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ACHIEVEMENTS MODERNISATION OF AIR FORCE

the air defence system in the iAf is in the process of transformation to state-of-the-art network centric system. All ground-based and airborne sensors are being networked to provide a composite picture of the entire air space. The IAF has successfully inducted the Rohini Radars, modern generation Medium Power radars and Low Level transportable radars. Mountain radars are planned to boost our capability in the north and north-eastern regions.

AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS

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Set up by BEL with American software, IMAC will be the nodal centre of the National Command Control Communications and Intelligence Network (nc3i network), with the aim of improving coastal surveillance and tightening coastal security so as to pre-empt/prevent sea-borne terrorist attacks like 26/11 on Mumbai.

INAUGURATION OF THE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND anaLysis Centre (imaC), a joint operations faCiLity OF THE INDIAN NAvY AND COAST GUARD

COASTAl SECURITYACHIEVEMENTS

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ACHIEVEMENTS COASTAl SECURITY

fast Patrol Vessel icGs Abhiraj, which will strengthen coastal surveillance initiatives, commissioned at Tuticorin.

Periodic training to Marine Police in all coastal states.

three services and the coast Guard conduct the Defence of Gujarat exercise.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

A special allocation of ` 5,000 crore made in the current union Budget for speeding up modernisation programmes.

Allocated to set up a technology Development fund to encourage research and development of new Defence systems that enhance cutting-edge technology capability in the country.

`5,000 `100crore crore

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two Advanced early Warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, fitted with the indigenous radars and other equipment such as data links, mission system controller, data handling and display system have been flying.

A wheeled version of nishant uAV named “Panchi” has been realized and performed its maiden flight after a series of high speed taxi trials.

ACHIEVEMENTS

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ACHIEVEMENTS

The first user trial of 4,000 km range road mobile ballistic missile Agni-4 was carried out by the indian Army.

agni-1 & agni-2

agni-4

missiles were successfully test fired from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

AKASH MISSILESsuccessful trials of Akash missiles, the medium range air defence system with multi-target, multi-directional capability were conducted by the Air force and the Army as part of user trials.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

astra - bVr

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ASTRA-BVR (Beyond Visual Range) Air-to-Air Missile was tested successfully from su-30 Mki by the indian Air force, demonstrating interception of an electronically-simulated target at long range.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

the indian navy successfully conducted the flight test of BrahMos from the indigenously-built ins kolkata, the lead ship of the Project 15A class of Destroyers.

BRAHMOSsuccessful trials of Helina, a “Lock-On Before Launch (Fire & Forget)” third generation Anti-tank guided Missile.

HELINAA Long range surface-to-Air Missile was successfully tested against a flying target in Israel. Two static tests of home-on-Target (hOT) semi-verification rocket motor were conducted successfully as pre-requisite to Hot trials.

LRSAM

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ACHIEVEMENTS

indigenously developed Prithvi-ii surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-fired from a test range at chandipur as part of user trials.

PRIThVI-II

user demo trials of Pinaka Mk-ii launcher was conducted successfully.

PINAKA MK-II

user Evaluation Trials of ‘Varunastra’ conducted.

VArunAstrAindian navy successfully test-fired indigenously developed ship-launched ballistic missile ‘Dhanush’ for the first time during the night from a warship ins subhadra anchored about 45 km offshore Puri and Paradip.

DHAnusH

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Meeting stringent requirements of Human space Program (HsP-ii), the system was designed, developed and successfully evaluated by DrDo. the system developed for india’s manned space missions was successfully proven with the recovery of Moon Mission Crew Capsule flown into space by the GsLV Mk-iii. the parachute deployment system functioned perfectly and achieved the required descent rate.

ADVAnceD PArAcHute systeM

the second sea sortie for pre user Evaluation Technical trials of Abhay sonar was successfully conducted.

ABhAY

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ACHIEVEMENTS BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE

DEvElOPMENT

Allocated by the Government for accelerating the development of the railway system in border areas. this will facilitate quick mobilisation of troops and weapon systems in border areas.

` 1,000crore

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DEvElOPMENT

the Government plans to embark on a major road-building exercise to counter security threats both along the india-china border as well as in the hinterland.

More financial and operational powers have been delegated to Dg, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and his officers for faster implementation of the projects.

Roads

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have been included in the Border Roads Development Board programme to facilitate DgBR to approve maintenance grant for roads without any further approval.

4 roads have been approved for outsourcing to cPsus to expedite progress of road construction in border areas.

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tunnel technologyStrengthening tunnel construction capabilities of Border Roads Organisation

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DEvElOPMENT

feasibility study for construction of 6 priority tunnels is under consideration

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20relIefcampssetup

80meDIcal teams DeployeD

RELIEF & RESCUE EFFORTS

2,37,000persons rescueD

4,000of relIef materIal aIr DroppeD

tonnes

J & K Floods - september 2014

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AID TO CIvIl AUThORITIESACHIEVEMENTS

road links restored in record time by Border roads organisation

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75,000patIents treateD

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water fIltratIon facIlItIes establIsHeD

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ACHIEVEMENTS AID TO CIvIl AUThORITIES

5,700borDer roaDs organIsatIon personnel

2,633sortIes

224 armyboats

80transport aIrcraft anD HelIcopters

RESOURCES DEPLOyED30,000army troops

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ACHIEVEMENTS AID TO CIvIl AUThORITIES

CONTROLLING MASSIvE FOREST FIRE

CYCLONE HUDUD

Prime forests near Vishakapatnam were engulfed by forest fires in November 2014. IAF deployed four MI-17 V5 helicopters with Bambi Buckets to douse the fire. Each of these buckets can carry upto 3,500 liters of water. nearly 1,00,000 liters of water was sprinkled to put out the fire.

A very severe cyclonic storm ‘Hudud’ swept through the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and odisha wreaking havoc. the Armed forces moved in swiftly to provide relief and minimize the effects of the cyclone.

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ACHIEVEMENTS DEFEncE cO-OPErATiOn

DRINKING WATERFOR MALDIvESover 2,400 tonnes of water was airlifted and shipped to Maldives following a breakdown of the desalination plant at capital Male’. india deployed ins Deepak, INS Sukanya and C-17 globemaster aircraft for the purpose.

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MAURITIUSfirst ever warship exported by india is an Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘CgS Barracuda’ built by gRSE, Kolkata, to Mauritius.

DEFEncE cO-OPErATiOn

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SEYCHELLESIndia handed over one Fast Attack Craft INS tarasa to seychelles coast Guard as a gesture of good bilateral relations between the Coast Guards of india and seychelles.

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DEFEncE cO-OPErATiOn

JOINT ExERCISES All the wings of the indian Armed forces - Army, navy and Air force, and the coast Guard held joint exercises with militaries of several foreign countries including the united states, uk, russia, Japan, singapore and china. the themes included counter terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief.

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ACHIEVEMENTS WElFARE OF vETERANS

Meeting the long-standing demand of service personnel and ex-servicemen, in principle approval for one rank one Pension for retired defence personnel.

Stepping up of notional full pension of the commissioned officers absorbee pensioners.

Admitted as proof of date of birth/age for payment of additional pension/family pension on completion of 80 years of age and above.

one ranK one pensIon aaDHaar carD full pensIon

PENSION REFORMS

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ACHIEVEMENTS WElFARE OF vETERANS

resettlementof ex-servicemen

otHers

ex-servicemen contriButory health scheme (echs)

KenDrIya saInIK Board (KsB)

250 new hospitals have been empanelled with ecHs, taking the total no of empanelled hospitals to 1,132

on-line bill processing of hospital bills has been implemented in EChS resulting in reduced time taken to process bills

financial powers for approval of medical bills in ecHs have been enhanced

DGr corporate conclave organized

New Mou for Coal Transportation scheme for esM

DGr nominated as nodal agency for monitoring reservation for ESM

Reservation Monitoring Cell has been approved by the MoD

the indian Army launched the Army Veteran Grievance Handling Portal in Delhi. indian Army formally opened a separate Directorate for veterans in August 2014

KSB Secretariat obtained ISO 9001: 2008 Certification for processes and procedures

enhanced War Memorial Hostels grant

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ACHIEVEMENTS WAR hISTORY

DOCUMENTATION OF WAR HISTORYNew initiatives are being taken in documentation of history of war which include writing of the history of the indian Armed forces, production of documentaries on World War-i, World War-ii, 1947-48 operations, Wars of 1962, 1965 and 1971 and the Kargil conflict of 1999. it is also proposed to produce a full length feature film showcasing the efforts and ethos of the Indian Armed Forces.

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ACHIEVEMENTS WAR MEMORIAl & WAR MUSEUM

NATIONAL WAR MEMORIALThe government has decided to build a National War Memorial to honour Defence forces’ personnel who were martyred in wars after Independence in 1947. A War Museum will also be constructed. ` 200 crore has been allocated in the Defence Service Estimates for the year 2014-15 for this purpose.

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ACHIEVEMENTS CANTONMENT ADMINISTRATION

electIons In cantonment boarDs

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Elections in 56 Cantonment Boards were successfully conducted on 11 January 2015 where 7.02 lakh out of 11.87 lakh electorate exercised their franchise and elected 364 members. the last election in these Cantonment Boards was held between 2008 and 2010.

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ACHIEVEMENTS DiGiTAL inDiA - iniTiATivES

e-SAMIKSHAonline system, e-samiksha launched by the cabinet secretariat is being extensively used for monitoring of follow-up action on various issues.

INITIATIvE BY SERvICESKnowledge Management Systemit project on sharing of knowledge between training institutions of all three Services over National Knowledge Network (NKN)

i-AushdhiNetworking of all Medical Stores, Depots & DgAFMS office for online procurements

Hospital Information SystemIntegration of three Services hospital Network

Hospital Smart CardA smart card containing the medical history and prescription of each individual and dependants

HISTORY RECORDSDigitization of records in history Division, Ministry of Defence is in progress

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Digitization of files/records relating to Defence land

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ACHIEVEMENTS SWAChh BhARAT ABhIYAN

CLEAN INDIAresponding to the Prime Minister’s call to the people of india to realize Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of “swachh Bharat” (Clean India) by 2nd October 2019, the Ministry of Defence has undertaken in right earnest an intensive national cleanliness campaign. An elaborate plan to implement “clean india - clean cantonments” programme has been prepared by the Directorate of Defence estates, Ministry of Defence.

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ACHIEVEMENTS lEADING FROM ThE FRONT

Out of 57 medals India bagged in the recently held Asian Games at incheon, south korea, sportsmen from the indian Armed forces got 18 medals.

18MeDALs At AsiAn GAMes

in the commonwealth Games held at Glasgow, scotland in 2014, services sportsmen bagged 08 medals, which include 02 gold, and 05 silver out of the country’s medal tally, which stood at 64.

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India would neither threaten any country, nor be intimidated by any power–but would engage with all Nations as equals.

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Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India

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