India’s Central Armed Police Forces Are in Urgent Need of Overhaul

India’s Central Armed Police Forces Are in Urgent Need of Overhaul

  December 30, 2017    Praveen

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CAPFs face infrastructural deficiencies, poor personnel management, lack of medical facilities and inadequate promotional opportunities, which affects the morale of officers and leads to a high attrition rate. Whenever there is a public debate on the state of policing in India, the members of the Indian Police Service (IPS) offer excuses of political interference and bureaucratic machinations...

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India’s Membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: An Appraisal

India’s Membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: An Appraisal

  December 28, 2017    Praveen

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On June 9, 2017, India became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation – a grouping one of whose primary objectives is to ensure stability on the borders of its members.1 This development came amidst India’s border standoff with China in the Sikkim sector and on-going ceasefire violations on the Line-of-Control with Pakistan, the two other members of the SCO. In the wake of these...

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Does India Need Thermonuclear Weapons

Does India Need Thermonuclear Weapons

  December 28, 2017    Praveen

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In the aftermath of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) testing a “thermonuclear” weapon on 3 September 2017, the focus upon that country’s nuclear capability has been on the yield of the said test. Estimates for the yield vary widely – between 50 kilotons1 and 250 kilotons2  – reflecting the usual lack of consensus among seismologists in interpreting seismic data from suspected...

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Defence Reforms: Why is it Critical to Bite the Proverbial Bullet?

Defence Reforms: Why is it Critical to Bite the Proverbial Bullet?

  December 28, 2017    Praveen

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On August 30, 2017, the then Defence Minister, Arun Jaitley announced a series of defence reforms which will result in the ‘redeployment and restructuring of approximately 57,000 posts of officers/JCOs/ORs and civilians.’ The reforms are aimed at ‘enhancing Combat Capability & Rebalancing Defence Expenditure of the armed forces with an aim to increase the “teeth to tail ratio”.’ Initial approval...

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