When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%1 it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in India. It was simultaneously reported....
Tags : Article , Make in India , FDI , Defence sector , technologies , ROI
हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....
Tags : Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
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On 16 May 2020, the Ministry of Finance announced the fourth tranche of Centre's ₹20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus1 for India. Unlike previous declarations which had addressed the needs of agriculture sector, urban poor, MSME, etc t....
Tags : Article , Indigenization , Civil Military Partnership aviation , MRO , Financial package , ac tyre tubes , ac batteries , aerolubes.
Recently, a distinguished author in an article in a prominent Indian newspaper while giving a detailed account of the India China border dispute has brought out some pertinent and relevant facts. However, while the facts may be appropriate, these hav....
Tags : Article , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , Differing Perceptions , Nakula
Technological disruptions led by Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies are now a common feature among the advanced navies. Smart, intelligent, predictive and cognitive technologies are being added to the menu of naval warfare. The military/....
Tags : Commentary , 4IR technologies , Drone Mothership , UAV , UUV) , Indian Navy , Make in India , Atma Nirbhar Bharat , FDI , DTIS
On 30 Apr 2020 the Prime Minister (PM) held a meeting with various stakeholders to discuss ways to boost the Defence and Aerospace sector1. Within a fortnight of this important meeting, the Defence Minister has launched the Defence Testing....
The social media is bulging at seams in making unending predictions by the hour related to the ‘life after Covid’. The continuum ranges from a ‘total doomsday’ scenario painted by the naysayersto the ‘we will win’ and how the life will be....
Tags : Article , Defence industry , COVID-19 , Challenges of Services , Defence and aerospace sector , Post covid world
What is Biotechnology? The technology which is based on biology is known as biotechnology which harnesses cellular and bio molecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet.....
Tags : Article , applications , Biotechnology , Biological , Delivery
(This article linked with a previous article titled, Drone Swarms - a Growing Lethality. Where is the world? Where are we? published on the VIF portal on 06 Apr 20201.While the said article highlighted the growing lethality of th....
Tags : Article , Defence , Missiles , Hypersonic weapons , Drone swarms , Driven crafts , Swarm Threat
COVID-19 has tested healthcare and associated infrastructure of nations like nothing else before. There are precedents e.g. the Spanish Flu, but none on the scale of COVID-19. Under such a catastrophic environment, the role of the Armed Forces in ass....
Tags : Article , Army , Indian Navy , CDS , COVID-19 , Quarantine , IAF , Force preservation , Assistance Civil authorities , logistics