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Swamitva Yojana: Another Crucial Instrument of Rural Empowerment in India
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

The Government of India launched the Swamitva Yojana, also known as the "Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas" scheme. With the intention of giving rural property owners legal papers and facilitating the developm....

July 12, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Women empowerment , Panchayat , Drones , Positive Bharat , Survey of India , rural development , land records
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16-30 Jun 2023)

Defence

  1. Raksha Mantri (RM) to hold talks with Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence in New Delhi.
  2. MoD to hold two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’.
  3. Multinational Pea....

    July 05, 2023 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , Terrorism , USA , MoD , Egypt , Vietnam , Thailand , Kenya , Tanzania , Bharat , Drones , Khalistan , Chintan Shivir , Ex Khaan Quest 2023 , Cap-UG , INDUS X , Defence ecosystem , MQ-9B drones , INS Kirpan
Neighbourhood News Digest - 15 June 2023

Afghanistan

Pakistan Deports More Than 530 Afghan Refugees to Afghanistan - Latestly
After the Taliban assumed power in August 2021, thousands of Afghans fearing persecution and death threats fled Afghanistan and entered nei....

June 15, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Tourism , Economic crisis , India-Pakistan , Drones , Nepal-China , Nepal-India , India-Afghanistan , Maldives-Seychelles , Cyclone Biparjoy , Sri Lanka Presidential elections
Drone Threat is Real: India Needs a Comprehensive Counter Drone Strategy
Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd) Article

The Drone Threat
Unmanned vehicles, referred to as drones in this paper for ease, are unquestionably useful, but the problem is that this is true even for bad guys. The million-dollar question in the billion-dollar unmanned industry is ho....

June 09, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , India , DRDO , NATO , Ukraine , 5G , Drones , Counter Drone Strategy
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest 16-30 April 2023, Issue 12

Defence and Security

  1. DRDO & Indian Navy Conduct Trial of BMD Interceptor from Naval Platform
  2. Industry-Friendly Reforms in AHSP to further Promote Ease of Doing Business
  3. May 19, 2023 DRDO , NITI Aayog , G20 , AI , G7 , blockchain , MRO , ISRO , Science & Technology , Aerospace , IOT , TikTok , Cyber , Drones , EVs , HAL , Startup , DEWA , AHSP , BMD , Harpoon Missile , Klub Missile , MBRSC , NPCIL , NTPC , OFC , PSLV , QT , QTA , RLV , Space Economy , Safran , SpaceX
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest, 1-15April 2023, Issue 11

In this Issue

Defence and Security
  1. Defence Exports Reaches an All-Time High of Rs. 15,920 crore in FY 2022-23
  2. India’s Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs)
  3. May 04, 2023 DRDO , Cyber Security , STEM , space technology , AI , Defence Exports , Biotechnology , ISRO , Science & Technology , EV , NASA , Drones , semiconductor , PLI , Quantum Technology , TRAI , HAL , Startup , IN-SPACe , NISAR , Micron , Advanced Wireless , Artemis II , Chips , DEWA , DICs , Geosciences , GSFC , IC , SEMI , Space Policy , Space Tourism
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest, 01-15 January 2023, Issue 5

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security
  1. DAC Approves AoN for Three Capital Acquisition Proposals
  2. Keel Laying of the Two Warships of Anti-submarine Warfare Shallow Craft
    3. January 19, 2023 BrahMos , STEM , 5G , G20 , AI , blockchain , Emerging technologies , Science & Technology , IOT , Quantum Computing , Drones , Biotech , semiconductor , Start-Ups , Advanced Engineering , Anti-submarine Warfare , Chandrayaan-3 , Digital Divide , Emagia , Geospatial Policy , Geospatial Hackathon , Helina , ML , PayRup , Prithvi-II , Synthetic Biology , Vshorad , Web3
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 December 2022

DEFENCE
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border Clash: An Analysis
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Background
On September 14, border guards from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan exchanged fire at a disputed border section. The violent confrontation escalated and lasted for two days, with drones, tanks, aircraft, and exchange of rocket fire. ....

September 23, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , SCO , Central Asia , nationalism , CSTO , Drones , border clash , enclaves , collar revolution
The Future of Ground Based Air Defence
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Setting the Perspective

Introduction
This work carries the author’s perception of the required ‘future face of the nation’s Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) which will be capable of countering the futuristic threats from our....

August 17, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , Missiles , Drones , GBAD , hypersonic
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