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Defence Ministry to place orders with Indian firms for equipment on negati
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Having put 216 pieces of military equipment on the negative import list, the Department of Military Affairs is now working with the three armed forces and other stakeholders to place orders for these items with Indian industry.
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COVID-19, situation on northern borders created complex challenges, Navy r
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Highlighting that the situation on the country's northern borders and COVID-19 have created two complex challenges, Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Friday said that the Navy is ready to tackle both challenges.
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In a fresh push, Defence Ministry asks defence forces to submit theatre co
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), November 2 (ANI): In a fresh push towards the creation of theatre commands to fight the next wars in an integrated manner, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) under the Defence Ministry has asked the three services to conduct studies on the structures of the new forma
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DMA to first seek govt nod for initiating process for creation of theatre
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Amid the ongoing process for the creation of new integrated theatre commands, the Defence Ministry would be first seeking approval from the government to initiate the process for the creation of new formations.
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CDS' new defence import ban list to push indigenous ammunition, weapon sys
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Mar 24 (ANI): The next list of 101 defence-related items whose import would be banned to push 'Make in India' in the military hardware sector is expected to include ammunition for major weapon systems and integrated systems such as aircraft.
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DMA plans to implement proposal to increase retirement age of officers by
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI) The Department of Military Affairs (DMA) under Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat is planning to implement the proposal to increase the retirement age for officers by one to three years by April next year.
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Efforts underway for restructuring forces for optimum utilisation of resou
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Lieutenant General Taranjit Singh, Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) on Thursday, while speaking about the jointness among three defence services under present security challenges said that efforts are underway for the restructuring
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Defence Ministry working to announce new air defence command by October
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 27 (ANI) Amid the ongoing conflict with China, the Department of Military Affairs has hastened the process of restructuring the armed forces as the new air defence command under the Indian Air Force (IAF) may come up at Prayagraj around the second week of October th
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Second negative arms import list likely by year-end
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 26 (ANI): Seeking to further promote indigenisation in the military sector, the Defence Ministry is working on the preparation of the second negative arms import list, which is likely to be issued by the end of this year and is expected to include more equipment that w
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PM reviewed indigenous defence capabilities before release of negative imp
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi took extensive review meetings of the defence ministry departments dealing with indigenous defence production and development before the release of the negative import list by the government under which 101 items and equipment
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CDS regularises absence period of military personnel on account of lockdow
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Department of Military Affairs has regularised the absence period of the defence personnel who were absent from work due to the lockdown measures announced by the government in March onwards.
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With creation of CDS, synergy between three services will get a fillip: Ar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Army Chief General MM Naravane on Thursday expressed confidence that with the creation of Department of Military Affairs, which is headed by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the synergy between three services will get a fillip and India will be much better pr
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