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THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

Vigil at Siachen

1 India remains fully committed to maintain peace and stability with its neighbours in the region and in the global context through effective diplomacy, backed by credible military deterrence.

1.1 India has taken suitable steps Iraq, the nuclear stalemate on the to meet the challenges and Korean Peninsula, and the opportunities arising out of its rapidly unsatisfactory situation regarding the changing security environment. proliferation activities of the past While our peace effort with Pakistan have made Indian planners take into has maintained strategic stability in account these unsavoury aspects. our west, developments in Nepal and The Indian Ocean Region has Bangladesh during the course of the assumed enormous importance year have caused concern, mainly in considering our energy the border regions with these requirements. The oil flow in this countries. A concerted diplomatic region is estimated at 15.5 million effort with the two governments has barrels per day through the Persian brought about a degree of Gulf, 10.3 million barrels per day understanding and India continues through the Malacca Straits and 3.3 to work together with all its million barrels per day through the neighbours in ensuring peace and Babel-Mandab (Gulf of Aden). This stability in our region. The global traffic raises security as well as situation has mirrored our regional environmental concerns. The position. Concerns regarding Ministry of Defence has contributed terrorism, including state sponsored to India’s overall reaction to these terrorism, proliferation of weapons of growing challenges by keeping its mass destruction, trafficking of armed forces at the highest levels of narcotics, small arms and human defence preparedness and the ability beings, and the increasing profile of to react with swift counter measures. non-state actors willing to use violence under the garb of religious 1.2 Progress towards a truly multi- fundamentalism to press ahead with polar world, with India as one of the their political agenda has increased poles has been slow but steady. in the year under review. The multiple China’s emergence during the year terrorist bomb blasts in London and as a major importer and influencing Delhi, the continuing instability in factor in the volatile energy markets

2 India continues to and as a country that situation. The change of leadership is looking to park its in Palestine and Israel’s increasing keep its armed excess capital in closeness to Egypt and Jordan were forces at the highest various projects across expected to reduce tensions in the levels of defence the globe, including in Middle East. However, internal preparedness with the US have made an politics and instability in Israel, the the ability to react initial impact, inability of the former Palestinian swifty. especially in the US. regime to fully control its sub- Our region is also structures and the growing tension influenced by such developments. between Syria and Lebanon have The difficulties emerging in the negated most of the positive enlargement and consolidation developments in the region. The process of the European Union security situation in Iraq continues caused some set back in its effort at to be worrisome despite significant providing leadership in Europe. political steps taken such as the Russia’s emergence as a major adoption of the Constitution and energy supplier and its willingness elections to Parliament conducted to protect its interests in its ‘near recently. The promise of the abroad’ have also impacted on the Gleneagles Summit to help the global security and strategic poorest of the poor, most located in

INS Beas patrolling high seas

3 Africa remains to be transparency has made significant The global transmitted into progress during the year. The Right community needs to effective results. Much to Information Act is being focus more on the of the year was implemented and is a major problems faced by turmoiled by the revolutionary change in the the least developed intransigence of the accountability of India’s public countries, or else it developed countries to delivery systems. In the Ministry of will only add to reduce their huge Defence, a transparent and fair global security and agricultural subsidies. procurement procedure has been However, the 2005 further strengthened in the form of stability concerns. year-end Hong Kong Defence Procurement Procedure meeting of the WTO (DPP) 2005. Appreciation of India’s showed promise that the Doha emerging economic, political and Round of Talks may yet conclude military capabilities and its position with some forward movement. The as a responsible power, including in global community needs to focus the areas of nuclear capability has more on the problems faced by the led to a significant upscale of India’s least developed countries, or else it ties with the global community, will only add to global security and including in the field of defence. stability concerns. 1.4 A significant feature of the year 1.3 Economic growth and all-round under review was the substantial up development are an important scaling of international cooperation component to India’s overall security in mitigating disasters, natural or and stability. India enjoyed another man-made. The Asian tsunami havoc year of handsome growth at over would have been far more painful for 7%. Trends in the second half of the those affected had not the global year indicate that the country is likely and regional powers joined hands to to achieve a rate of 8% in 2005-06. reach relief, succour and Despite some initial concerns about rehabilitation to those in need in an a monsoon deficit and subsequent efficient and timely fashion. The use floods in the northern, western and of national defence forces and assets southern parts of the country, in a joint manner, on a massive scale agriculture has recorded significant has triggered new political and growth to match India’s good defence dimensions. India’s role in performance in the industrial sector quickly mobilizing its defence and and its double digit growth in the civilian assets, not only for those services sector. Social development affected in the country but also for in the areas of health, education, the millions in nearby Sri Lanka, empowerment of women and Maldives and other neighbours in

4 India’s emerging Asia has catapulted the UK and the USA. Significantly, country to a leading Raksha Mantri Shri Pranab economic, political seat in major global Mukherjee, visited both Russia and and military disaster relief initiatives. the USA during this period leading to capabilities and its Such ‘jointness’ and new levels in our defence relations position as a global response to with the two strategic partners. The responsible power, disasters was signing of agreements for the P-75 including in the witnessed repeatedly submarine contract in October 2005 areas of nuclear through the year, most and subsequent operationalisation of significantly after capability has led to the project was a major achievement Hurricane Katrina in the with France. The Hawk Advance Jet a significant United States and the Trainer (AJT) project with the UK is upscale of India’s horrifying earthquake in proceeding smoothly and as per ties with the global parts of Pakistan and schedule. Projects under community, India. implementation with Israel are including in the field 1.5 Intensive continuing and the two sides are of defence. interaction took place looking at means to step up their between India and its defence partnership. In tune with its major defence partners, including philosophy of maintaining and France, Israel, Russia, South Africa, strengthening defence relationships

INS Aditya and INS Mysore with USS Chafee during Joint Exercise

5 Strategic defence with international partnership towards preparations for dialogue has partners as part of a globally coordinated initiative to assumed a India’s contribution to fight against the menace of terrorism, significant role in the global peace, security proliferation, trafficking, piracy and defence partnership and strategic stability, the nefarious activities of non-state between India and a the Ministry of Defence actors. India’s commitment to UN-led number of countries has significantly peacekeeping operations remains leading to greater stepped up its defence unwavering and we have expanded joint partnership ties with a wide range our role by agreeing to contribute towards of countries across the troops towards the UN operations in preparations for a globe. While the middle-east. globally coordinated concentrating on the 1.6 The process of attaining peace initiative to fight immediate and and stability with Pakistan has against the menace neighbouring continued with the completion of the of terrorism, countries, as also second round of the composite proliferation, countries in the Indian dialogue and the third round which trafficking, piracy Ocean Region (IOR), has commenced. The ceasefire and the nefarious the Ministry has also along the International Boundary activities of non- encouraged further (IB), the Line of Control (LOC) and state actors. development of our the Actual Ground Position Line nascent ties with the (AGPL) in Siachen in force since countries of Africa, Latin America, November 2003 has held for over Central Asia, Southeast Asia and two years, setting a new milestone in Northeast Asia. During the course of the process. The year saw significant the year Ministry of Defence signed progress in people to people five defence related agreements and oriented confidence building Memorandum of Understandings measures, such as the start of the (MOU), with its international partners, Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service in addition to various working level despite violent terrorist attacks documents, including Protocols against the service in the initial negotiated and signed by the MOD stages. A new service on the and the three Services for holding Amritsar-Lahore sector was also joint exercises, training programmes, started subsequently. The Thar equipment supply, etc. Strategic Express train service on the defence dialogue has assumed a Monabao-Khokrapar sector started significant role in the defence on February 18, 2006. In the wake of partnership between India and a the earthquake in parts of Jammu number of countries. Such and Kashmir, India and Pakistan exchanges have led to greater joint cooperated to open crossing points

6 Vigilant Soldier at the International Borders for movement of people and relief to taking the process forward. During material over the LOC. On the the visit of the External Affairs technical side the agreement on pre- Minister, the two sides agreed to notification of missile tests close to continue their discussions so as to the border signed during the External arrive at a common understanding. Affairs Minister’s visit to Islamabad in India’s peace and tranquillity effort October 2005 and the agreement with Pakistan on the border, has between the two Coast Guards to however failed to significantly alter establish a communication link in the situation on the ground in the order to quickly mitigate issues rest of Jammu and Kashmir. There concerning fishermen who stray has been some decrease in the across each other’s maritime number of infiltration attempts from boundaries and to prevent across the border, mainly due to smuggling activities, constitute heightened vigilance on the part of building blocks in the process of our military forces deployed, the confidence and trust building. On completion of fencing and lighting the Siachen issue, the Defence along the LOC and related Secretaries of the two countries met measures. Attempts at infiltration in May 2005 and held frank and continue and the infrastructure in constructive discussions with a view Pakistan has not been dismantled.

7 The level of violence in Jammu and under discussion. India stands ready Kashmir, which is resonating in other to do more to assist Afghanistan, parts of the country, such as the including in the defence sector. In October-end serial bomb blasts in keeping with India’s stated policy of Delhi, continues to be a matter of assistance to neighbouring utmost concern. countries, India will limit the same to what the recipient is comfortable 1.7 Developments in Afghanistan, with. The Indian Border Roads where peace and security outside of Organisation (BRO) is building a 218 the Kabul region remains elusive, are km road in Afghanistan from Zaranj a matter of direct concern to India. to Delaram. Work on the project The inability of the authorities on the commenced in November 2004 and ground to stem the growing trade in is planned for completion in three narcotics emanating out of this years. region and reportedly funding of 1.8 The security situation in Nepal terrorist activities, which impact has not taken a turn for the better directly on India, is also of serious despite the Nepalese Monarch’s concern. The admittance of takeover in February 2005, Afghanistan in to the SAARC fold is apparently in order to check the acknowledgment of the reality that growth of the Maoist movement in the country has always been a Nepal and the negative effect on significant and vibrant member of trade and business due to this region. India’s continuing misadministration. India’s consistent commitment towards the position has been that the rehabilitation and rebuilding of constitutional framework adopted in Afghanistan was forcefully Nepal, consisting of the Monarch enunciated by the and a multiparty democracy should Prime Minister Dr. be strengthened. India’s ties with the India is closely Manmohan Singh, Royal Nepalese Army in areas such monitoring the rise of during his visit to as defence training continue. The Islamic Kabul. India has only a question of supply of lethal weapons fundamentalism as small role in defence to Nepal, which were halted after well as the increasing cooperation with the February 1, 2005, remains under constant review. incidents of terrorism completion of the and political violence supply of 300 vehicles 1.9 The rise of Islamic with its attendant to the Afghan Army. fundamentalism in Bangladesh as repercussions on the Some training well as the increasing incidents of security of India. measures to be availed terrorism and political violence with of in India are also its attendant repercussions on the

8 India continues to security of India is and intimate dialogue with the new support a peaceful being closely Government of Sri Lanka. India monitored. India’s remains committed to the unity, and negotiated desire to have a stable, sovereignty and territorial integrity of settlement of the friendly and Sri Lanka. India continues to support ethnic issue that cooperative a peaceful and negotiated settlement meets the just relationship with of the ethnic issue that meets the just aspirations of all Bangladesh as well as aspirations of all communities. We communities of Sri our concerns have have an abiding interest in the Lanka. been articulated at the security of Sri Lanka. The ambivalent highest political level. stand displayed by the leadership of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh the LTTE and its refusal to back a held talks with the Bangladesh Prime clear-cut peace and development Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on the formula does not contribute towards sidelines of the SAARC Summit in Sri Lanka’s peace and security effort. Dhaka. Our Ministers of Petroleum It is India’s hope that all sides will and Natural Gas, External Affairs, display the political maturity needed Water Resources and Commerce to bring about lasting peace and and Industry have all travelled to prosperity in Sri Lanka. Dhaka within the year, expressing 1.11 With frequent high level our desire to address in concrete exchanges between the two terms, issues of concern to countries, including the visit of the Bangladesh and our own economic Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to and energy interests in that country. India in April 2005, the process of A stable, prosperous, democratic building mutual trust and and secular Bangladesh is as much understanding gained momentum in India’s interest as it is in and India-China relations diversified Bangladesh’s own interest. The across a wide range of areas. The Bangladesh Government has been rapidly growing trade and economic requested to seriously address our exchanges between the two concerns on illegal migration and countries pointed towards the activities of Indian insurgent groups potential for mutually beneficial (IIGs), which impact significantly on cooperation. The signing of the our security scenario in those “Protocol on Modalities for the regions, which share a common Implementation of Confidence border with Bangladesh. Building Measures in the Military 1.10 Our existing close and friendly Field along the Line of Actual ties with Sri Lanka have been Control in the India-China Border reinforced through close contacts Areas” has contributed to the

9 maintenance of peace and 1.13 With Myanmar, military ties tranquillity in the border areas. have been stepped up during the Military exchanges maintained a course of the year, to keep in positive momentum with the visit of tandem with our growing political the Chinese Chief of General Staff, and economic ties, including in the several functional visits, training development of major infrastructure delegations and a joint naval projects in that country. The Chief of exercise off Kochi. India sent Army Staff visited Myanmar towards observers to the China-Russia joint end of the year and the Chief of exercises in October 2005 at the Naval Staff in January 2006, which invitation of China. While positive gave a further fillip to our defence trends of India-China relations are relationship with the country. encouraging, the two sides need to Myanmar’s cooperation in proactively address all outstanding combating Indian insurgent groups issues, including the boundary (IIGs) operating in its territory is question, through peaceful means. useful in maintaining the security The agreement on political situation in the northeastern parts of parameters and guiding principles for a settlement of the boundary the country where several insurgent question, signed during the Chinese groups operate and move rapidly Premier’s visit and the on-going towards neighbouring countries talks between the Special when counter insurgency operations Representatives on the boundary are held by the Indian armed forces question are important steps in that and local authorities. direction. China’s military 1.14 At the regional level, India modernisation, with sustained reiterated with renewed vigour, its double digit growth in its defence budget for over a decade, as also commitment to the SAARC process. development of infrastructure in the India’s entry as an observer in the India-China border areas, continues Shanghai Cooperation to be monitored. Close defence Organisation (SCO) shows its exchanges and nuclear and missile ability to integrate with its cooperation between China and neighbourhood. India has also Pakistan continue to elicit concern. taken the lead in giving concrete shape to economic and social 1.12 Our close relations with Bhutan cooperation by its role in the Bay of were maintained during the year. The Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Crown Prince of Bhutan participated in a ten-month senior military-civil Technical and Economic officials programme held in the Cooperation (BIMSTEC), a regional National Defence College (NDC), bridge between South Asia and New Delhi. Southeast Asia. We have pursued

10 purposefully dialogue and sophisticated weapons, equipment confidence building through and destructive capabilities have cooperative security at the ASEAN kept our armed forces engaged with Regional Forum (ARF). their civil counterpart. INTERNAL THREAT TO PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR SECURITY ENERGY 1.15 India also continues to face 1.16 India has embarked on a internal threats from insurgencies deliberate mission to enlarge the fanned by ethnic and tribal scope of use of nuclear energy for chauvinists’ desire to achieve peaceful purposes, including for autonomy, left wing radicalism and generation of power. Driven by our extremism motivated by prevailing energy needs, India entered into a socio-economic deprivation and dialogue with the United States and communal conflict encouraged by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) religious fundamentalism and caste for unhindered access to nuclear conflicts. In the year under review, technology and material for peaceful the rise of left wing radicalism, and purposes like generation of their use of increasingly electricity. The US Administration has

IAF Aircraft at Siachen

11 India is fully initiated steps to legally to be achieved through a facilitate transfer of combination of defence committed to the twin nuclear technology and preparedness, unilateral restraint, policies of no material to India. Talks confidence building dialogue, and territorial ambition, on this issue and steps expanding bilateral and multilateral and no export of needed to be taken in interaction. Effective diplomacy, ideology. order to facilitate such backed by credible military power is transfers continue. India’s preferred means to meet the India has also approached the NSG multiple threats and growing to relax its regime against such challenges in the region and globally. transfers to India. During the course The country’s force postures remain of the year, talks were held with a defensive in orientation, while its number of countries, including nuclear policy is characterised by a Russia to make further progress in commitment to no-first-use, the matter. moratorium on nuclear testing, minimum credible nuclear deterrent CONCLUSION and rejection of entering into an arms 1.17 India remains fully committed to race. India remains fully committed maintaining peace and stability with to the twin policies of (a) no territorial its neighbours, in the region and in ambition, and (b) no export of the global context too. This is sought ideology.

12 2

ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

President with Naval Commanders

13 A new Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare has been set up to give focussed attention to the welfare programmes for ex-sevicemen and their dependents.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND administrative and financial matters of the Army and other (the 2.1 The Government of the East Commander-in-Chief) responsible India Company, with Headquarters at for Military operations, represented Calcutta, created the Military the affairs of the army in the Department in 1776. Its main Council. The Army Department function was to sift and record orders was renamed as Defence relating to Army, issued by various Department in January 1938, which Departments of East India Company in turn became Ministry of Defence and to maintain a list of Army under a Cabinet Minister in personnel. independent India in August, 1947. 2.2 After Charter Act of 1833 came POST-INDEPENDENCE into force, the Secretariat of Government of East India was ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP AND reorganised into four Departments, FUNCTIONS of which Military Department was 2.4 On August 15, 1947, each one. The Army in the Presidencies of Service was placed under its own Bengal, Bombay and Madras was Commander-in-Chief. Under the unified in 1895. For administrative Constitution, the Supreme Command convenience, it was divided into four of the Armed Forces vests in the Commands viz. Punjab (including President. In 1955, the title of the North West Frontier), Bengal, Commander-in-Chief was abolished Madras (including Burma) and and the three Service Chiefs were Bombay (including Sind, Quetta and designated as the Chief of the Army Aden). Staff, the Chief of the Naval Staff and 2.3 Crown of England exercised the Chief of the Air Staff. In the control over Indian Army November 1962, a Department of through Secretary of State for India Defence Production was set up to and Governor General-in-Council. deal with research, development and Two Members, one supervising the production of defence equipment.

14 The principal task of In November 1965, the implementation to the Services Department of Defence Headquarters, Inter-Service the Ministry is to Supplies was created Organisations, Production obtain policy for planning and Establishments and Research & directions of the execution of schemes Development Organisations. It is Government on all for import substitution also required to ensure effective defence and security of requirements for implementation of the Government’s related matters and defence purposes. policy directions and the execution of communicate them These two approved programmes within the for implementation to Departments were later allocated resources. merged to form the the Services 2.7 The Ministry of Defence now Department of Defence Headquarters, Inter consists of four Departments, Production and namely, Department of Defence, Service Organistions, Supplies. In 2004, the Department of Defence Production, Production name of Department of Department of Defence Research Establishments and Defence Production and Development, and Department Research & and Supplies was of Ex-Servicemen Welfare. The changed to Development Defence Secretary functions as head Department of Defence Organisations. of the Department of Defence and is Production. In 1980, additionally responsible for co- the Department of Defence Research ordinating the activities of the four and Development was created. Departments in the Ministry. The Further, the Department of Ex- principal functions of the Servicemen Welfare was created in Departments are as follows: 2004. (i) The Department of Defence 2.5 The Armed Forces are primarily deals with the Integrated responsible for ensuring the territorial Defence Staff (IDS) and three integrity of the nation. The Ministry Services and various Inter- of Defence provides policy Service Organisations. It is also framework and wherewithal to the responsible for the Defence Armed Forces to discharge their Budget, establishment matters, responsibility. defence policy, matters relating DEPARTMENTS to Parliament, defence co- operation with foreign countries 2.6 The principal task of the and co-ordination of all activities. Ministry is to obtain policy directions of the Government on all defence (ii) The Department of Defence and security related matters and Production is headed by a communicate them for Secretary and deals with matters

15 pertaining to defence Ministry of Defence is given in production, indigenisation of Appendix-I to this report. imported stores, equipment and 2.9 The three Services spares, planning and control of Headquarters, viz., the Army departmental production units of Headquarters, the Naval the Ordnance Factory Board and Headquarters and the Air Defence Public Sector Headquarters function under the Undertakings (DPSUs). Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), the (iii) The Department of Defence Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) and Research and Development is the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) headed by a Secretary, who is respectively. They are assisted by also the Scientific Adviser to the their Principal Staff Officers (PSOs). Raksha Mantri. Its function is to The Inter-Service Organisations, advise the Government on under the Department of Defence are scientific aspects of military responsible for carrying out tasks equipment and logistics and the related to common needs of the formulation of research, design three Services such as medical care, and development plans for public relations and personnel equipment required by the management of civilian staff in the Services. Defence Headquarters.

(iv) The Department of Ex- 2.10 A number of Committees Servicemen Welfare is headed dealing with defence related activities by an Additional Secretary and assist the Raksha Mantri. The Chiefs deals with all resettlement, of Staff Committee is a forum for the welfare and pensionary matters Service Chiefs to discuss matters of Ex-Servicemen. having a bearing on the activities of the Services and to advise the 2.8 The Finance Division of the Ministry. The position of Chairman of Ministry of Defence is headed by the Chiefs of Staff Committee Financial Advisor (Defence Services) devolves on the longest serving who exercises financial control over Chief of Staff, and consequently proposals involving expenditure from rotates amongst the three Services. the Defence Budget and is To facilitate the work of the Chiefs of responsible for internal audit and Staff Committee, a number of sub- accounting of defence expenditure. committees have been established. In the latter tasks, he is assisted by the Controller General of Defence 2.11 Information regarding the Accounts (CGDA). A list of subjects Ministers in the Ministry of Defence, dealt with by the Departments in the the Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries in

16 the Departments of the Ministry and 2003-04, 2004-05, Revised Estimates the Secretary Defence (Finance)/ for 2005-06 and Budget Estimates for Financial Adviser (Defence Services) the year 2006-2007 and Service/ who held positions from April 1, 2005 Department-wise expenditure as a onwards is given in Appendix-II to percentage of total Defence this report. expenditure 2006-07 (BE). DEFENCE EXPENDITURE 2.13 Observations of C&AG on the working of Ministry of Defence: 2.12 The table No. 2.1 and the two Summary of the latest Comptroller & charts in this chapter represent Auditor General (C&AG) Report on the Service/ Department-wise break-up working of the Ministry of Defence is of Defence expenditure for the years given in Appendix-III to this report

Table 2.1

Service/Department-Wise Break-Up of Defence Expenditure (Rs. in crores) Service/Deptt 2003-2004 2004-2005 R.E. BE 2005-2006 2006-2007 Army 33199.98 35252.40 40026.46 42316.61 Navy 10109.35 13529.29 14776.89 16141.03 Air Force 13187.02 23035.91 21251.28 24864.91 DDP DGOF (-)210.58 (-)69.24 (-)67.67 (-) 196.78 DGQA 336.85 392.29 382.20 420.50 Total 126.27 323.05 314.53 223.72 DR&D 3443.18 3715.27 5330.84 5453.73 Total 60065.80 75855.92 81700.00 89000.00

17 Figures in Crores

18 3

INDIAN ARMY

Army’s Jawans on the move

19 During the year, continued efforts were made to modernise and upgrade weapons and weapon systems of the Army to prepare it to address the requirements of modern day warfare and enhance its combat capability.

3.1 The year saw a number of Missions, a constant process of natural calamities in quick restructuring, equipping and training succession and it was once again the force is also underway. the valiant soldiers who provided relief and rescued precious lives. MODERNISATION OF ARMY The role of the Indian Army in 3.2 During the year, continued international affairs continued with efforts were made to modernise and increasing participation in UN upgrade weapons and weapon Peacekeeping missions in areas of systems of the Army to prepare it to intense conflict. In order to perform address the requirements of modern the varied tasks of national defence, day warfare and enhance its combat aid to civil authorities, relief and capability. Some of the notable rescue operations and that of UN efforts made towards this end are

Tanguska Air Defence Weapon System

20 indicated in the succeeding Department of Research & paragraphs. Development Organisation (India) and NPO Mashinostroyenia (Russian 3.3 Mechanised Forces: The night Federation). It is an all weather “fire operation capability of mechanised and forget” missile capable of being forces has been enhanced by launched from multiple platforms procurement of ‘Thermal Imaging’ based on land, sea, sub-sea and air. and ‘Image Intensifier’ based sights. Efforts are being made to acquire it The induction of the T-90 tanks and for the Army. Armoured Recovery Vehicles has given an added punch to the Indian 3.6 Infantry: Steps are being taken Army. The mobility and navigational for acquisition of weapons of capabilities of the T-72 Tanks and adequate fire power, lethality, range Infantry Combat Vehicles are being and precision along with enhanced by upgradation of their surveillance, sensing and secure power pack, provision of Global communication to enhance the Positioning System (GPS) and combat potential and counter- Advanced Land Navigation Systems insurgency capabilities of the (ALNS). Infantry.

3.4 Artillery: Steps have also been 3.7 Signals: The Corps of Signals initiated for procurement of the is guided by a vision to attain towed versions of Artillery Guns, informatic ascendancy by Rockets and Rocket Launchers to developing infostructure, enhance the fire power of the organisations and skills to cater for Artillery. In order to enhance the Network Centric War in the digitized surveillance capability of the Army, battlefield of tomorrow. Besides, various systems like Radars and laying an extensive, nation-wide Night Vision Devices are being network, strategic broadband procured.The Unmanned Aerial satellite network, the first of its kind Vehicles (UAV) indigenously connecting 22 locations has recently developed for general surveillance as been commissioned. The project, well as of foreign origin for high named ‘Mercury Flash’ was altitude surveillance, to enhance inaugurated by the Hon’ble Raksha early warning and surveillance Mantri at Kolkata. A major initiative capacity of the Army, are in the has been the completion of an process of procurement. Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) route, laid 3.5 Brahmos is a supersonic Cruise as part of a strategic alliance Missile being developed in a joint between the Army and the BSNL. venture by a company formed by Process is also underway to roll out

21 the first fully secure Enterprise Wide 3.10 Army Aviation: The utility role Messaging Network for the Indian of the Army Aviation has been Army. enhanced by the acquisition of the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), 3.8 Engineers: The fighting capabilities of the Army in Nuclear, which has been indigenously Biological and Chemical (NBC) designed and developed by Warfare scenario have been Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. enhanced through the procurement Steps are also afoot to acquire an of various types of protective upgraded version of these equipment. The protection against Helicopters, fitted with a glass Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) cockpit to enhance flight safety. is also being enhanced through Steps have been initiated to replace

Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) procurement of a sophisticated the ageing Cheetah/ Chetak range of counter IED equipment. Helicopters to tone up the reconnaissance capability. 3.9 Army Air Defence: The surveillance capability of the Army Air MODERNISATION OF CENTRAL Defence is being improved by ORDNANCE DEPOTS (CODS) inducting new radars. Necessary steps have also been initiated for the 3.11 There are seven Central procurement of upgraded guns and Ordnance Depots located at Delhi missiles. Cantonment, Dehu Road, Cheokki,

22 Kanpur, Agra, Mumbai and Jabalpur. Inventory Central Project (CICP) has These Depots were set up in the pre- been evolved. Automation of independence period. These are inventory will result into being modernized in a phased transparency and optimum manner. Modernisation of Central utilisation of the inventory. Ordnance Depot, Kanpur at an 3.14 The remaining Ordnance approved project cost of Rs. 187 Depots are to be computerised in crore was started in April 2001. The Phase II for an estimated cost of Rs. project is at an advance stage of 132.60 crore. Management completion and covers state-of-the- Information System (MIS)/ Decision art warehousing facilities with higher Support System (DSS) for Army vertical space utilisation and Headquarter/ Ministry of Defence automated material handling and intermediary Formation equipment like forkift trucks, mobile Headquarters will also be belt conveyors, hydraulic elevating computerised and networked under cable etc. for loading/ unloading and Computerised Inventory Control retrieval/ stacking of stores. It also Project (CICP) Phase II. includes computerised inventory management and retrieval/ stacking COUNTER INSURGENCY of stores. OPERATIONS 3.12 The detailed project report for Jammu & Kashmir the modernisation of Central Ordnance Depot at Agra and 3.15 The current phase of the proxy Jabalpur have been finalised. war in Jammu and Kashmir has shown a marked improvement, MODERNISATION OF SECURITY compared to the previous years. A AND FIRE PREVENTION combination of factors - both external SYSTEMS IN AMMUNITION and internal - have now led to the DEPOTS development of an opportunity to move decisively towards resolution 3.13 Army Ordinance Corps (AOC) of the conflict in the State. has an inventory of 4.69 lakh items worth Rs. 50,000 crore which is 3.16 The ceasefire on the borders managed by 152 Depots. The with Pakistan is continuing with a few inventory management at present is minor aberrations. India is actively partly manual and partly encouraging local level flag meetings computerised. With a view to to resolve differences and diffuse achieve complete Computerisation tension along the border. This move in Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) in has been instrumental in ensuring three phases, Computerised that the Indo-Pak peace process does

23 not get bogged down, Table 3.1 India is actively due to inadvertent or encouraging local S.No Parameter 2004 2005 malicious acts of (a) Assessed 349 335 level flag meetings to wayward elements. resolve differences Infiltration and diffuse tension 3.17 There has (b) Infiltration/ 79 61 been a discernible Exfiltration Bids along the border. drop in infiltration Eliminated This move has been since last year, with (c) Terrorists Killed 140 180 instrumental in the assessed in Eliminated Bids ensuring that the successful infiltration (d) Terrorists Killed 1.8 2.95 Indo-Pak peace upto December 2005 per Bid process does not get coming down to 335. (e) Top Terrorist 76 79 bogged down, due to This reduction is Leaders inadvertent or because of counter Eliminated measures adopted by malicious acts of (f) Terrorists Killed 885 876 the Army. The period by Army wayward elements. during June - July (g) Army Fatal 163 115 2005 witnessed an Casualties upsurge in infiltration attempts by (h) Attrition Rate 1:5.4 1:7.6 terrorists, belying the claims by Pakistan of their efforts in curbing to provide real time intelligence terrorism from their soil. Details inputs on terrorist activities, which regarding Counter Terrorist has led to the launching of Operations in J&K are given in successful operations by the table 3.1. Security Forces and elimination of With this, the residual strength of the top terrorist leaders. terrorists as well as their potential, in 3.19 The Army’s strategy of ‘Iron terms of weapons and related Fist in a Velvet Glove’ is paying rich infrastructure has shown a decline, dividends, since it is focused on placing the terrorists on the backfoot. conduct of surgical and professional 3.18 There have been an operations based on real time increasing number of protests by intelligence, which causes minimum civilians against violence inconvenience to the local populace. perpetuated by terrorists, and The Army remains particularly people are now opposing any sensitive to allegations of Human recruitment efforts by various Rights Violations, which are terrorist tanzeems. The local investigated in a fair and transparent population is also coming forward manner.

24 NORTH-EAST strong desire for peace amongst the population of Assam. ULFA has also 3.20 The overall situation in the North formulated a ‘Peace Consultative Eastern States has been improving Group’ to negotiate with the steadily. A majority of the Under Government of India on its behalf. Ground Groups in this region have The Security Forces, have been marginalised and sustained effectively contributed in controlling operations by the Security Forces the ethnic tension/ clashes in Karbi have forced a number of other groups Anglong. to seek Ceasefire/ Suspension of Operations. This has resulted in 3.22 Nagaland: In Nagaland, various peace initiatives of the relative peaceful situation exists. The Government moving in the positive Army and the Assam Rifles have direction. Another significant managed the environment and development has been the conducted themselves in very patient, emboldening of the masses, which is firm and mature manner to ensure evident from the people publicly that the ‘Peace Process’ gradually expressing their desire for peace, moves forward. The most heartening during public meetings/ gatherings. manifestation of the ceasefire has been the visible enthusiasm amongst 3.21 Assam.: As a result of the the Nagas to openly express their sustained operational pressure desire for peace. maintained by the Army, National Democratic Front of Bodoland 3.23 Manipur: Sustained operations (NDFB) signed a ‘Suspension of have been conducted in the three Operations’ Agreement on June 1, Southern districts of Manipur. The 2005. This event, alongwith the terrorists have suffered heavy attrition successful conduct of and huge quantity of arms and The local population elections to the ammunition have been recovered is coming forward to Bodoland Territorial from these areas. The blocking of provide real time Council, has ushered National Highway (NH) - 39 by agitating Naga Student Unions of intelligence inputs on an era of peace and development in the Manipur was, to some extent, offset terrorist activities, Bodo dominated areas. by opening National Highway (NH) - which has led to the Criticism of the United 53, as an alternate route to Imphal. launching of Libration Front of Operations were conducted on a war successful operations Assam (ULFA) by some footing on National Highway (NH)- 53 by the Security Forces of its front and the highway was opened for and elimination of top organisations is traffic. Operations were also terrorist leaders. indicative of a very conducted astride National Highway

25 (NH) -150 in South Manipur, and the consequence of Army’s counter highway was opened for civil traffic insurgency operations, the Operation after a gap of 16 years. The Security Sadbhavana have been extended to Forces have succeeded in weaning the North-Eastern region. Under this away from insurgency, a total of nine programme, small scale Kuki and Zomi Insurgent Groups, who developmental and community subsequently agreed for an informal projects have been undertaken by ‘Suspension of Operations’ the Armed Forces for the benefit of Agreement with the Army. the civilians in areas where the civil administration finds difficulty in 3.24 Tripura: Due to sustained implementing development operational pressure of the Security programmes. For the year 2005-06, Forces on the terrorists, 55 cadres of a sum of Rs. 7 crore has been National Liberation Front of Tripura earmarked for this programme. (Bishwamohan) [NLFT (B)] and 19 cadres of All Tripura Tigers Force DIRECTORATE GENERAL (ATTF) surrendered in 2005. More RASHTRIYA RIFLES NLFT (B) cadres are likely to 3.27 During the year, formations and surrender, which is indicative of units have remained fully committed discontentment and frustration to fighting the proxy war in Jammu among the ranks of the outfit. The and Kashmir. Due to pressure, the overall situation in the State is terrorist organisations have lost their peaceful. cohesion resulting in in-fighting 3.25 Mizoram: The state continued amongst various groups. Besides to remain peaceful. A total of 195 performing creditably in its assigned cadres of Bru National Libration role, the troops of Rashtriya Rifles Front (BNLF) surrendered on July 25, (RR) also played an excellent role in 2005 pursuant to winning the heart and minds of With concerted signing of people by undertaking a number of operations and ‘Memorandum of goodwill missions like assistance in relentless pressure of Understanding’ with health and education and carrying out the Group. relief and rescue operations during Rashtriya Rifles the natural calamities. terrorist 3.26 Operation organisations have Sadbhavana in North 3.28 The sanctioned strength of lost their cohesion East: With a view to Rashtriya Rifles is 57 battalions. resulting in in-fighting assuage any feeling of They have been deployed in the alienation which might Northern Command after their amongst various crop up amongst the raising. Rashtriya Rifles mandate groups. local inhabitants as a has also been extended till March

26 31, 2007 by the Ministry of Defence. ‘OP SADBHAVNA’ in Jammu & There is a continuous process in Kashmir. A sum of Rs. 55.96 crores place to review the strength of the was allotted for ‘Operation RR based on the threat perception Sadbhavana” for the year 2005-06. by the security forces. 3.32 As part of people friendly civic 3.29 Operational Performance of action projects, medical and Rashtriya Rifles: Operational veterinary camps for general public performance of Rashtriya Rifles has of remote villages were organised been of a very high order. This has every month. A team of specialist been possible due to high doctors to include Physicians, motivational level of troops, a good Ophthalmologists, Gynaecologists, intelligence network and excellent Dentists and Veterinary doctors rapport with the local population and worked in close cooperation with the civil administration. Army doctors to make the medical 3.30 Goodwill Missions: Rashtriya camps a big success. The camp Rifles troops have undertaken a provided services of the Army and number of goodwill missions in their Civilian medical officers for respective areas to project the immunization and family planning humane face of the Army. These programme. In addition, laboratory include running of schools, rescuing facilities were offered. of civilian population during natural PARTICIPATION IN UNITED calamities, organising sports and social gatherings between Army and NATIONS locals. There has been an PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS overwhelming response from the 3.33 Since the inception of UN in population for such programmes. 1948, India has been participating in 3.31 Rashtriya Rifles peacekeeping missions with troops India is one of the troops have in most difficult areas across the largest contributors undertaken a number world. Presently, India is one of the to United Nations of development works largest contributors to United Nations Peace Keeping including construction Peace Keeping Operations. Since its Operations. So far, of roads, water supply, first commitment in Korea in 1950, educational institutes, India has taken part the Indian Army has participated in model villages, some of the most arduous UN in 41 Peacekeeping dispensaries, children peacekeeping operations and won Missions with more parks, community universal acclaim for their than 75,000 troops halls, shopping professional excellence. So far, India all over the world. complexes, etc. under has taken part in 41 Peacekeeping

27 Aerial Insertion of Indian troops into troubled areas in Eastern part of Congo (MONUC)

Missions with more than 75,000 and Military Observers in different UN troops deployed all over the world. Missions. Since last one year, Indian Army has started deploying lady 3.34 The Indian contribution to the officers as Military Observers and UN Peacekeeping was only about Staff Officers apart from forming part 2300 troops till 2003/2004, and in of the Medical Units being deployed 2005-2006 the contribution of the in UN Missions. Presently we have Indian Army has increased deployed Lady officers in Congo, exponentially to 5849 personnel. As Burundi and Ethiopia and Eritrea. on December 31, 2005, India has a military contingent of 645 personnel 3.35 Training Activities at the at UNIFIL (UN Mission in Lebanon), Centre for UN Peacekeeping 1531 personnel in UNMEE (UN (CUNPK): A total of 112 officers Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) and nominated for UN missions 2855 personnel in MONUC (UN underwent the pre deployment Mission in Democratic Republic of orientation training at the CUNPK, Congo) and 881 personnel in New Delhi. In addition, 33 officers from friendly foreign countries also UNMISUD (UN Mission in Sudan). attended various training capsules at With the completion of deployment the centre. to Sudan, the Indian Army strength of troops to UN Missions would be 3.36 The courses conducted by the over 8000. Besides, the Indian Army CUNPK have been recognized by the has also deployed 155 Staff Officers United Nations Institute for Training

28 and Research (UNITAR), New York. The Indian Army is not only known The CUNPK course schedules are for its professionalism in the field but now being publicized internationally also for the humane face while as UNITAR certificate courses carrying out humanitarian through their website. assistance. 3.37 International Association of ADVENTURE AND SPORTS Peacekeeping Training Centres 3.40 The Indian Army has a tradition (IAPTC): The Centre for UN of encouraging the spirit of Peacekeeping (CUNPK) organised adventure. It has played a pioneer 11th Annual Conference of role in adventure sports on land, air International Association of and water. The Army organised Peacekeeping Training Centres various important multifaceted (IAPTC) from October 25 to 28, 2005 adventure activities during 2005 as wherein 76 foreign delegates also given in succeeding paras. participated. 3.41 Land Based Adventure: INDO -US JOINT COMMAND POST EXERCISE (a) Army Women Everest Expedition 2005: An expedition 3.38 As part of the onging Indo-US team including six women Defence Cooperation, a South Asia officers from the Army, two Peacekeeping Operations, women trainers from Special Command Post Exercise was co- Frontier Force (SFF), two girls hosted by India (CUNPK) with the US cadets for NCC, and 18 Army from July 14 to 23, 2005 at experienced Army climbers was Hawaii, USA. India played a lead flagged off on March 18, 2005 role in the exercise which was at New Delhi. Four members attended by officers from USA, India, of the team ably guided by five Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. male members, reached the The next Command Post Exercise summit on June 2, 2005 from would be held in India at CUNPK in Chinese side. the year 2007. (b) GARH SCOUTS 3.39 The contribution of the Indian Mountaineering Cum Ski Army in UN Peacekeeping Expedition to Mt Trishul: The Operations is highly appreciated by GARH SCOUTS Trishul the International Community and the Mountaineering cum Ski ever increasing demand of Indian Expedition was conducted from Peacekeepers to bring peace all over May 18 to July 5, 2005. Team the world is a validation of the fact. comprising of 4 Officers, 9

29 JCOs and 33 ORs participated July 27 to 31, 2005 at Nimu in the expedition. The Peak (Leh). Out of these teams, Army was scaled from inside the Team ‘A’ secured 1st position Nanda Devi Biosphere in five and Army Team ‘B’ stood 2nd in groups between June 23 to 26, overall events. The Army Team 2005. The expedition team also was selected to represent India cleaned the mountain and in the World Rafting brought back 250 Kgs of championship held at Ecuador, garbage left by earlier from October 2 to 16, 2005. expeditions in the area. (b) Participation of Army Team in (c) 7th Raid De Himalaya Car World Rafting Championship of Rally: Six Army Teams Ecuador: Army Team consisting participated in 7th Raid De of 8 members (2 Officers, 6 Himalaya Car Rally conducted ORs) participated in the World from September 30 to October Rafting Championship held a 7, 2005. The rally was flagged Ecuador (South America) from off from Shimla on October 1, October 12 to 16, 2005 and 2005 and moved to Manali, qualified at international level. Kaza, Leh, Kargil before In this event men from 23 terminating at Srinagar on nations and women from 13 October 7, 2005. The Army nations participated. teams have won the 3.43 Aero Adventure Activities: championship for the second consecutive year. (a) Army K2K Paramotor Expedition: The expedition was conducted by 3.42 Aqua Adventure Activities: PRTC Bangalore and sponsored by (a) 2nd National Rafting ITC Infotech and Food Division, was Championship: Three Army flagged off from Natha Top (J&K) on teams participated in the October 21, 2005. Five Paramotors championship conducted from took part in the expedition.

30 4

INDIAN NAVY

INS Kadamba

31 Indian Navy has commissioned two major projects - INS Zamorin and INS Kadamba. INS Zamorin would provide world class training to the Officer Cadets and INS Kadamba will be a state-of- the-art Naval Base for Indian Navy.

4.1 The year was of intense activity aircraft carrier was the cutting of on all fronts for the Indian Navy. steel on April 11, 2005. The aircraft Many new projects and initiatives carrier, which is being built at gained momentum during the year. Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (CSL), is The year witnessed commissioning likely to be delivered by 2011 - of two major projects – INS Zamorin 2012. and INS Kadamba. Important 4.4 Contracts for the indigenous initiatives were also taken in the field construction of six French Scorpene of human resource development, to class submarines at Mazagon Dock ensure that the Indian Navy retains Limited (MDL), Mumbai, under the cutting edge. On the operational Transfer of Technology (ToT), were front, ships, submarines and aircraft signed on October 6, 2005. The first were extensively deployed for submarine is scheduled for induction maritime security, relief operations in 2012 and thereafter, the remaining and international cooperation. five submarines at an interval of one INDUCTIONS AND DE-INDUCTIONS year each. 4.2 INS Beas, a frigate, constructed 4.5 During the year, six ships indigenously at Garden Reach namely IN Ships TRV-71, Makar, Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited Meen, Chapal, Chamak and Himgiri (GRSE), Kolkata was commissioned were decommissioned. on July 11, 2005 adding to the combat capability of the Indian Navy. NEW PROJECTS 4.6 Commissioning of INS 4.3 The three stealth frigates Zamorin: The Naval Academy at under construction at Mazagon Ezhimala was christened as INS Dock Limited (MDL), Mumbai have Zamorin, and its Base Depot Ship been launched and they are was commissioned on April 6, 2005. scheduled to be delivered from end Once completed, the new Naval 2008 onwards. A landmark event in Academy would provide world class the construction of first indigenous

32 training to the Officer participated in the Review. Of these, Indian Navy has Cadets as well as 43 ships were on static display, while inducted a frigate ‘INS training assistance to 9 ships and 2 submarines formed the Beas’ constructed friendly foreign mobile column. One merchant ship indigenously at countries. MV Dakshineshwar also participated GRSE, adding to its in the Review. On this occasion, 4.7 Commissioning of Operation Demo was also conducted combat capability. INS Kadamba: The showcasing the operational tasks Project Seabird was undertaken by the various arms of christened as INS Kadamba, and its the Indian Navy including operation Base Depot Ship was commissioned of surface-to-surface misiles, anti-air on May 31, 2005 by Raksha Mantri. and anti-submarine weapons. An It will be a state-of-the-art Naval Base aerobatics display by the ‘Sagar for the Indian Navy. Pawan’ team of the Navy was also carried out. A postal stamp and a 4.8 President’s Fleet Review - special publication on the Eastern Hon’ble President of India reviewed Naval Command were also released the Naval Fleet in Eastern seaboard on this occasion. President’s Fleet at anchorage, off Vishkhapatnam on Review was followed by presentation February 12, 2006. A total of 58 of the Colour to the Eastern Naval ships, 2 submarines and 37 aircraft Command on February 13, 2006.

President during Naval Fleet Review

33 EXERCISES (c) Southern Indian Ocean: A Task Force of the Western Fleet 4.9 TROPEX 05: The Indian Navy comprising IN Ships Delhi, conducted the Annual Theatre Level Trishul, Ganga and Aditya were Readiness Exercise - TROPEX 05 in deployed in the South Indian April 2005. The exercise mobilised Ocean. During the deployment, naval resources and involved active OTR for the ships was participation by the Army, Air Force undertaken at Port Victoria in and Coast Guard. During the Seychelles, at Mombassa in exercise, weapon firings were carried Kenya, and at Moroni in out and various combat tactics were Comoros Islands. evaluated. (d) Persian Gulf: INS Talwar was 4.10 Operation Turn Around deployed in the Persian Gulf in (OTR): Naval ships and aircraft June 2005. During the continued their vigil for security deployment, the ship undertook of areas of strategic interest and OTR at AI Manama (Bahrain) for prevention of smuggling of and Fujairah (UAE). arms and illegal movement of cargo. During long deployments, (e) South Arabian Sea. INS Sharda the naval ships and aircraft was deployed in the South made Operational Turn Around Arabian Sea in September 2005. (OTR) at various ports in foreign During the deployment, the ship countries for replenishment of carried out OTR at Male, rations and stores. Important Maldives. OTRs undertaken by naval ships (f) North Arabian Sea. INS during the year are highlighted Gomati was deployed in the below:- North Arabian Sea in (a) North Bay of Bengal: INS September 2005. During the Sukanya was deployed in the deployment the ship undertook North Bay of Bengal in January OTR at Muscat, Oman. 2005 during which it entered (g) Gulf of Oman and Persian Yangon harbour in Myanmar for Gulf: The Indian Navy ships Tir OTR. and Krishna were deployed in (b) Off Sri Lanka: IN Ships the Gulf of Oman and the Sukanya, Kozhikode and Persian Gulf in September/ Cuddalore called at Colombo October 2005. During the for an OTR in May 2005. deployment, the ships

34 undertook OTR at Abu Dhabi, 2005. The ship performed (UAE). creditably in the races. The ship along with INS Mumbai (h) Gulf of Aden: The Indian Navy represented the Indian Navy in ships Viraat, Mysore, Talwar, the ‘International Fleet Review’ Godavari and Jyoti were and the ‘International Festival of deployed in the Gulf of Aden in the Sea’ at Portsmouth, United November 2005. INS Talwar Kingdom from June 27, 2005 to made OTR at Salalah (Oman). July 3, 2005. INS Tarangini also OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT (OSD) participated in the Tall Ship events at Bremerhaven 4.11 Overseas Deployments are (Germany), Amsterdam carried out by the Indian Navy in (Netherlands) and Cagliari (Italy). support of country’s foreign policy. Such missions are for Flag showing (ii) The details of a few Overseas and to foster better relations with Deployments undertaken friendly foreign countries and to during the year are given in enhance defence cooperation. Table No. 4.1. Important Overseas Deployment of Indian Navy’s vessels were as MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS follows:- 4.12 Indian Antarctic Expedition: A two member Naval Hydrographic (i) Tarangini’s Voyage to Europe – Team participated in the XXIV Indian Op LOKAYAN 05: Indian Naval Antarctic Summer Expedition from Sail Training Ship Tarangini, December 2004 to March 2005. The undertook a voyage to Europe team collected valuable from April 21, 2005 to hydrographic information for co- November 8, 2005. The ship’s production of 11 charts with Russia. voyage was code named Op A three member Naval Hydrographic LOKAYAN – 05. The Team is scheduled to participate in ship visited 15 ports in Indian Navy has the XXV Indian Antarctic Summer 12 countries. Whilst in institutionalized Expedition from December 2005 to Europe, the ship conduct of bilateral March 2006. participated in a series exercises with USA, of Tall Ship events and 4.13 Sethusamudram Ship Channel Russia, France, Oman races organised by the Project: Tuticorin Port Trust, the and Singapore, and Sail Training nodal agency for the joint patrols with International, United Sethusamudram Ship Channel Indonesia and Kingdom in the North Project, approached the National Thailand. Sea in July/ August Hydrographic Office, Dehradun for

35 Table 4.1

Ships Region/ Period Ports Visited Remarks

Abu Dhabi (UAE) International Defence Exhibition 2005 (IDEX). Brahamputra Persian Gulf/ Vinash February 2005 Wudam Naval Base Bilateral Exercise and Muscat (Oman), ‘Thammer al Tayyib’.

Subhadra South Indian Ocean/ Port Victoria, Towed ex – Feb-Mar 2005 Seychelles Tarmugli to Seychelles for Transfer.

Rajput, Ranvijay, South China Singapore and Joint Indian Navy and Gomati, Kora, Sea/ Feb – Kuantan (Malaysia) Republic of Singapore Karmuk and Jyoti Mar 2005. Navy Exercise SIMBEX 05.

Krishna, Srilanka, Sujata, Colombo, OSD for Cadet Tarangini Maldives/ Trincomalee and training. 105 Srilankan March 2005 Male cadets were also em barked onboard Tarangini.

Vela IN LCU-34 East/ SE Asia/ Phuket, Thailand INS Vela embarked 08 April – May 2005 and Yangon, Myanamarese Naval Myanmar Officers for one day for giving a sea experience in the submarine.

Sharda South Indian Port Louis, For towing Mauritius Ocean/ April – Mauritius Coast Guard Ship May 2005 Guardian (Ex-SDB 61) from Port Louis to Mumbai for refit.

Mumbai Red Sea, Mediterranean Safaga (Egypt) Participated in the and Atlantic Oceans/ Toulon (France) International Fleet Review June – July 2005 Portsmouth (UK) (IFR) at Portsmouth (UK). Taranto (Italy) Port Said (Egypt)

Magar SE Asia/ June 2005 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Viraat, Rajput, SE Asia/ July Singapore, Port Eastern Fleet Deployment Ranjit, Shakti and – August 2005 Kelang (Malaysia), to South East Asia. Khukri Jakarta (Indonesia)

Delhi, Trishul, South Indian Ocean/ Moroni (Comoros) Western Fleet Deploy Ganga, and Aditya May – June 2005 Durban, Cape Town ment to South Indian (South Africa), Ocean. Port Victoria (Seychelles), Port Louis (Mauritius), Reunion (France)

36 the conduct of detailed Hydrographic were conducted off Kochi from tasks for the project. The tasks February 28 to March 7, 2005 include establishment of chart datum and in the Red Sea in and pre and post dredging November 2005 respectively. bathymetric surveys. Tidal (iv) Indonesia - INDINDO CORPAT: observations for the establishment of The fifth coordinated patrol with chart datum have been completed. the Indonesian Navy was EXERCISES AND COOPERATION conducted from September 1 to WITH FOREIGN NAVIES 30, 2005 along the International Maritime Boundary Line in the 4.14 The Indian Navy has taken a Andaman sea. number of initiatives for meaningful cooperation with the navies of the (v) Thailand - Indo-Thai region. Conduct of bilateral CORPAT: The inaugural Indo- exercises has been institutionalized Thai coordinated patrol was with USA, Russia, France, Oman and conducted from September 15 Singapore and joint patrols with to 23, 2005 along the Indonesia and Thailand. The details International Maritime Boundary of the exercises conducted are Line. elaborated as follows: (vi) USA - Exercise MALABAR CY- (i) Singapore - SIMBEX 2005: The 05: The Eighth Indo-US bilateral Indian Navy - Republic of naval exercise MALABAR CY-05 Singapore Navy (RSN) bilateral was conducted on the western exercise ‘SIMBEX 2005’ was seaboard from September 25 to conducted in South China Sea October 4, 2005. This was the from February 28 to March 2, first time that Aircraft Carriers from the Indian and the US 2005. Navy operated together. (ii) Oman - Exercise with Royal Aviation Interoperability Navy of Oman: The joint Indian exercise between Sea Harrier Navy - Royal Navy of Oman and FA-18 aircraft, Air Defence bilateral exercise codenamed Exercises, intermediate and ‘Thammer al Tayyib 2005’ was advanced level anti-submarine conducted in the Gulf of Oman exercises were conducted. from February 21 to 22, 2005. (vii) USA - SALVEX CY-05 : The (iii) France - Varuna 05/1 and Indo-US joint naval salvage Varuna 05/2: The Indo-French exercise ‘SALVEX CY-05’ was bilateral Naval exercise conducted off Kochi from VARUNA 05/1 and Varuna 05/2 September 12 to 23, 2005. The

37 USS Nimitz (in background) doing combat manoeuvres with INS Viraat

exercise involved joint diving, 21, 2005. Intermediate and salvage operations and advanced level Anti underwater demolition Submarine War (ASW) exercises. Sea dives for exercises, Maritime salvage of an aircraft wreck off Interdiction Operations Kochi from a depth of 50 (MIO), Compliant and Non- metres by joint IN-USN salvage Compliant Boarding team were also undertaken. operations and firing on (viii) Sri Lanka - Special Forces surface and aerial targets, Exercise: The maiden Indian were undertaken during the Navy-Sri Lankan Navy Special exercise. Forces exercise was conducted at Tangalle (near Galle), Sri 4.15 International Maritime Lanka from September 16 to Boundary Line (IMBL) Meeting 30, 2005. with Sri Lankan Navy: The eleventh bi-annual IMBL meeting (ix) Russia - INDRA 2005: The second Indo-Russian between Indian Navy and Sri exercise INDRA 2005 was Lankan Navy was held on board conducted on the eastern INS Sukanya near the IMBL in Palk seaboard from October 14 to Bay on July 29, 2005.

38 Marine Commandos (MARCOS) airlifted by a naval Seaking Mk 42C helicopter and slithering down to board a ship on the high seas.

4.16 Transfer of INS Tarmugli to trainees from the friendly foreign Seychelles: Continuing the policy countries. of good and friendly relations, the 4.18 Training of Foreign Government of India transferred Personnel/ Foreign Training INS Tarmugli, a Fast Attack Craft (FAC) to the Seychelles Coast Delegations: During the year, 13 Guard (SCG) on February 21, countries were allotted vacancies 2005. for training with Indian Navy under the Indian Technical and Economic TRAINING Coopration(ITEC) programme of 4.17 Training of personnel has Ministry of External Affairs. A total always been a high priority for of 201 officers and 130 sailors the Navy. The upcoming Naval from friendly countries have Academy at Ezhimala is aimed at undergone various training providing such training not only courses in India. Details are given to our personnel, but also in table No. 4.2.

39 Table 4.2 personnel were deputed abroad for training courses from January to S.No. Country Officers Sailors October 2005. 1. Sri Lanka 147 102 2. Nigeria 4 - 4.21 First Training Squadron: Training of cadets of the Indian Navy 3. Bangladesh 10 7 is undertaken onboard INS Tir and 4. Malaysia 3 - Krishna of First Training Squadron 5. Myanmar 2 - and the sail training ship INS 6. Mauritius 2 4 Tarangini. During the current year, 7. Kenya 3 - 186 cadets were trained on the ships 8. Singapore 1 - of First Training Squadron. As part of 9. Ghana 1 1 training the cadets were exposed to sailing onboard INS Tarangini during 10. Maldives 7 10 Lokayan 05 and also visited Sri 11. Tanzania 1 - Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles, Oman 12. South Africa 20 1 and UAE. 13. Seychelles - 5 4.22 Training of Civilian Personnel: Following initiatives were undertaken 4.19 Eight high level training for training of civilian personnel:- delegations also visited various training establishments during the year. Some (i) Annual Training and Human significant ones are as follows:- Resource Conference: The Second Human Resource (i) Training delegation of Republic Development and Training of Singapore Navy, visited Conference was held at Kochi from January 20 to 21, Visakhapatnam on August 8 to 2005. 9, 2005, with a focus on (ii) A 32-member delegation of the training and development, Sultanate of Oman Command industrial safety and physical and Staff College comprising fitness. The conference was 10 Directing Staff, 20 student attended by a cross section of officers of Oman Command civilian personnel and and Staff College along with representatives from the Defence Attache (Delhi) and recognised associations/ Defence Liaison Officer unions. (Mumbai) visited INS Shivaji on (ii) Training Abroad: In order to April 27, 2005. be able to maintain and repair, 4.20 Deputation of IN Personnel costly Naval assets procured for Courses Abroad: 45 naval from abroad, 89 civilians were

40 A Delhi class ship firing a tactical missile - Uran - at a target which is well beyond the horizon range

deputed for training to foreign Navy has successfully implemented countries. a Human Resource module at the Bureau of Sailors at Mumbai. This ADVANCEMENT IN INFORMATION application provides a web-based TECHNOLOGY access to users to get essential 4.23 The Indian Navy embarked on a Human Resources related mission to harness the potentials of information. The application Information Technology (IT) to automates all functions of the Bureau achieve seamless connectivity and like enrolment, transfers, promotions, secure communication exchange. release/ re-engagement, etc. This involves setting up of and ADVENTURE AND SPORTS integrating networks, applications and databases. The Navy is actively 4.24 Adventure and sports not only pursuing establishment of computer develop technical, managerial and networks at major naval stations of administrative skills, but also Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Kochi. contribute to higher levels of Local Area Networks are also being physical fitness, stamina, set up on naval platforms afloat. The determination, agility, teamwork and

41 esprit de corps. Special emphasis 4.26 Indian – Brazil – South Africa has been given to participation in (IBSA) Sailing Regatta: The event was water-based sports, viz. yachting, conducted for the first time at Simon’s rowing, kayaking, canoeing, Town, South Africa from September 25, swimming and water polo. 2005 to October 1, 2005. Eleven naval personnel participated in the regatta 4.25 Five naval personnel have and won gold/ silver in Laser, Bosun been trained in Sky Diving and Proton classes. Instructor Course in Australia. The team thereafter conducted a 4.27 Achievements of Naval joint Army Navy Sky Diving Sportsmen: The details of course at Deolali in November achievements of Naval Sportsmen 2005. are given in table no. 4.3.

Table 4.3

S.No. Name Rank Event Achievement 1. Satendra MCELR II Asian Air Gun Silver Kumar Shooting Championship at Bangkok September 12 to19, 2005. 2. Manoj Kumar POELP Asian Air Gun Gold Shooting (Team Event) Championship at Bangkok September 12 to19, 2005 3 Bishu Nag MCPO II Asian Air Gun Achieved minimum Shooting qualifying score Championship at (MQS) for Olympic Bangkok 2008 September 12 to 19 2005 4. CPR Sudhir CPO PT Commonwealth Silver Kumar Weightlifting championship at Australia October 6 to 9, 2005 5. Suranjoy PO World Boxing Representing Singh Championship at China

42 5

INDIAN AIR FORCE

IL-76 Based AWACS

43 The IAF strives to build up an effective capability with the induction of force multipliers and emphasis on its strategic thinking on core competencies, joint operations and asymmetric nature of modern warfare.

5.1 The primacy of Air Power will be an effective capability with the a decisive factor in shaping the induction/planned induction of force outcome of future conflicts. In line multipliers like Flight Refueling with this dictum, the Indian Air Force Aircraft (FRA), Multi Role Combat (IAF) has developed into a major Aircraft (MRCA), Air Borne Warning ‘Component of National Power’, and Control System (AWACS), which can be applied quickly and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and decisively. The IAF has reoriented a credible Strategic Lift Capability. itself to a multi – role capability of The IAF has laid emphasis on its platforms and equipment, along with strategic thinking on core multi – skill capability of personnel. competencies, joint operations and The rapid economic growth of the asymmetric nature of modern warfare. country dictates the need to protect The IAF is one of the few air forces of our security interests extending from the world which has efficiently the Persian Gulf to the Straits of operated the best Russian and Malacca. The IAF strives to build up Western equipment beyond their

Close up view of the awesome MIG –29

44 stated capabilities and functions. It Bison-aircraft. The aircraft saw action has been at the fore front of any during a joint IAF-United States Air operation be it during peace time or Force Exercise ‘Cope India 2005’ conflict. held in November 2005 and it came out with flying colours. 5.2 During peacetime, the Air Force has always been swift to respond to 5.5 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle any call from the nation for disaster (UAV): The induction of UAV assets management or operations, both has been completed in June 2005 within the country and abroad. and the capabilities of the fleet has been enhanced manifold with FLEET IMPROVEMENT/ the induction of special payloads INDUCTION/ UPGRDATION and continued upgradation of 5.3. Embraer: The initial lot of software. The IAF has achieved self- Embraer aircraft was inducted in the reliance in the conduct of ground IAF in September 2005. The training. Inspection level servicing remaining aircrafts have been facilities are being set up at all UAV inducted in December 2005. bases.

5.4 MiG –21 Bison: MiG-21 Bison 5.6 SU-30 MKI: After the initial aircraft was upgraded to MiG-21-93 induction of the Su-30 aircraft in and inducted into service in 2002. 1997, their license production has During the year, two Squadrons have commenced at Hindustan completed its re-equipment on to the Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and the

A line up of MIG-21 Bison

45 The induction of the first license- upgraded. The design and manufactured Su-30 development work is being done by final version of Su-30 MKI was handed over the Defence Avionics Research MKI aircraft in the IAF to the IAF in November Establishment (DRDO), Bangalore is a major step 2004. The aircraft has and fleet modification will be towards augmentation participated in joint completed by 2008. Similarly, of India’s defence exercises with the Jaguar aircraft, purchased in the capability and a (USAF) United States early 1980s are being upgraded by milestone towards Air Force successfully. HAL and the development activity will be over in 2006. The MiG-29 aircraft development and The final version of Su- fleet would also be upgraded to integration of the 30 MKI aircraft was inducted in May-June include Air-to-Air refuelling capability, state-of-the-art 2005, which is a major an improved radar, new avionics and equipment. step towards enhanced weapons capability. augmentation of India’s Avionics and related modifications are being carried out on Jaguar and defence capability and a milestone Avro aircraft and UAVs. The induction towards development and integration of new additional twin-seater Jaguar of state-of-the-art equipment from aircraft has been completed and Russia, Western Countries and India. additional Mirage aircraft have also 5.7 Fighter Aircraft Upgrades: The been inducted, with air-to air Mig-27 aircraft are also being refuelling capability and advanced

Su-30

46 radars. Life extension programmes WEAPON SYSTEMS for the MiG-23 Trainer, MiG 27 and 5.11 The IAF is in the process of MiG -29 fighters, Mi-8 and Mi –17 acquiring state-of-the-art, Combined helicopters and IL –76 transport Automatic Direction Finder (CADF), aircraft are underway. to replace the earlier outdated 5.8. Medium Lift Helicopter system. It is a PC based system, Upgrade: A comprehensive avionics capable of handling all the data and and armament upgrade package is is likely to be inducted in 2006. To being planned for the Medium Lift provide effective communication for Helicopter fleet (Mi-8, Mi-17 and M- Low Level Transportable Radars 17 1V). (LLTR), secure High Frequency sets (for point-to-point contact) with 5.9 Upgradation of Air Combat frequency hopping have been Simulator: No. 1 Air Combat procured. simulator Unit, was inducted into service in the mid 1990s. M/s HAL 5.12 The planned induction of three have been awarded a back to back Squadrons of Prithivi – II missiles had contract for upgradation and the commenced in August 2001. The programme is in the final stages of second Squadron was raised in implementation. October 2005 and induction of equipment would commence by 5.10.Indigenisation: February/ March 2006. Prithivi – II is Indigenisation of critical spares is a surface to surface missile capable being carried out to improve self- of destroying targets to a maximum reliance and transfer of range of 250 Km, with a very high technology. The IAF has degree of accuracy. developed adequate expertise to carry out the full spectrum of 5.13 From the beginning of the maintenance activities on weapon 10th plan, contracts for various Air platforms. A number of software Defence platforms and sensors intensive testers required for have been signed. The important operation of Su-30MKI aircraft are ones are Air Borne Warning & being developed indigenously. In Control System (AWACS), Aerostat addition, IAF has also developed Based Radars, Low Level Light and manufactured various types of Weight Radars(LLLWR) and the Air ground equipment required for Route and Surveillance Radar. Operational Turn around Servicing Surface to Air missile systems are (OPTRS) of aircraft with the help of also being taken up for local vendors. modernization.

47 5.14. Commissioning of IL – 76 and controlling own Air Defence based AWACS would boost the Air aircraft to intercept and destroy the Defence capability of IAF and enemy unmanned aerial vehicles/ enhance the surveillance and aircraft. An indigenous project for monitoring of aerial vehicles/ aircraft, automation of Air Force Command especially along the borders in and Control infrastructure in the form Western and South Western sectors. of integrated Air Command and Presently, the air space monitoring Control system (IACCS) has also along the borders is being done been started. These would be through ground-based radars that inducted in December 2007. have limitations of “Line of Sight”. AWACS and Aerostats, being AIRCRAFT ACQUISITION airborne, have the advantage of 5.15 A total of 17 New Jaguar Twin positively countering the limitations Seater aircraft have been inducted of “Line of Sight” and will provide from HAL, Bangalore. A total number extended air surveillance and early of 20 additional Jaguar Fighter warning of enemy aerial vehicles/ aircraft, with upgraded avionics, are aircraft intruding into our air space being inducted from 2006 onwards. and alerting the ground based Air The Jaguar Navigation and Weapon Defence Systems, besides guiding Aiming Sub System (NAVWASS)

Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT)

48 aircraft upgradation has commenced out the design and development for in April 2005. To replace the existing the ALH WSI (Weapon System Boeing aircraft which have Integration) and the armed version completed their technical life of 20 of the ALH. years in 2003, a contract for three 5.19 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA): VVIP BBJ (737 – 700 IGW) aircraft The indigenous LCA was meant to was signed on October 27, 2005 and be a replacement for the ageing MiG- their delivery is scheduled during 21 fleet and the first flight of the LCA January – October 2008. was achieved on January 4, 2001. 5.16 HAWK Advanced Jet Trainer The Initial Operational Clearance (AJT): Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (IOC) version is expected to be ready (AJT) aircraft have been contracted for induction in 2008-09. Steps are for training of fighter pilots. A few underway for procurement of aircraft aircraft are to be procured directly initially in the IOC Standard of from the UK and the remaining Preparation. would be made under license by 5.20 SARAS (Light Transport HAL. Manufacture of the aircraft has Aircraft): SARAS aircraft is being commenced in UK and deliveries are developed by National Aeronautical planned from September 2007 to Laboratory and the first flight took February 2008. The HAL license place on May 29, 2004. Subject to built aircraft will be delivered from successful development and March 2008 onwards. compliance with the Air Staff 5.17 Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT): Requirements (ASR), SARAS would be As phasing out of the existing Kiran inducted to replace HS – 748 aircraft. Mk I/ Mk II training aircraft will 5.21 CHEETAL Helicopter: Due commence in 2006, HAL is to increased air-maintenance task developing the IJT as a replacement after Kargil, procurement of aircraft. The prototype had its first flight in March 2003 and the first batch of limited series production aircraft would be delivered from 2008 onwards.

5.18 Armed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH): It has been decided to procure the armed ALH, equipped with Air to Air Missiles, Air to Ground Missiles, front guns and rockets. Accordingly, HAL is carrying Cheetal Helicopter

49 indigenously produced Cheetal overall flying environment and helicopters (Cheetah re-engined with reduction in accidents/ incidents. TM – 333 2B2 engine) is planned to Evolving a flight Safety strategy, augment the IAF fleet. identifying the weak areas and implementing necessary DEFENCE COOPERATION corrective measures have helped 5.22 A joint exercise ‘Garuda-II’ was in achieving this improvement. An conducted in France with the French Expert Committee was Air Force in June 2005. France constituted on December 30, participated with the Mirage –2000 2004 under the chairmanship of fighter aircraft and the IAF with six Director General (Inspection & Sukhoi-30K and Air to Air refuelling Safety) to identify the root causes Aircraft. This was the first time that IAF of accident and prepare a fighters extensively used the air comprehensive action plan to refuellers for the ferry overseas and reduce losses. The report has during the exercise. been submitted to the Ministry by The joint exercises the Expert Committee on May 5.23 Another joint 15, 2005. Some of the ‘Garuda-II’ with exercise “Cope India – programmes introduced French Air Force and 2005” was conducted thereafter are (a) Flight Safety ‘Cope India – 2005’ with the United States Awareness and Safety Audits, (b) with the United Air Force (USAF) at Risk Management and (c) Kalikunda Air Force States Air Force, Increased Interaction with Base in November were conducted in Director General of Aeronautical 2005. The USAF June and November Quality Assurance and Hindustan participated with twelve 2005 respectively. Aeronautics Limited. F-16 C/D fighter aircraft while the IAF 5.25 Due to various steps taken in participated with Sukhoi – 30, the recent past the accident rate Mirage-2000, MiG – 29. MiG – 27 and has dropped from 0.66 in 2004–05 Bison aircraft. to 0.44 in the current year till January 15, 2006. Persistent and FLIGHT SAFETY continuous efforts are underway to 5.24 Concerted efforts have improve the flight safety resulted in improvement in the environment in the IAF.

50 6

COAST GUARD

Air-Sea Coordination : Coast Guard Hovercraft and Helicopter

51 The Coast Guard is responsible for surveillance of the Indian territorial waters and the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone to prevent poaching, smuggling and other illegal activities; to conduct search and rescue operations; to protect and preserve marine environment.

6.1 The Indian Coast Guard, 6.3 A new Coast Guard Station at youngest of the Armed Forces, came Jakhau, was activated on November into existence with the enactment of 24, 2004 and was formally Indian Coast Guard Act, 1978 on commissioned on February 22, 2005. August 18, 1978. The Coast Guard has been entrusted with the DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS responsibility for surveillance of the 6.4 The primary duties of the Coast Indian territorial waters and the Guard as enshrined in the Coast Indian Exclusive Economic Zone to Guard Act include: - prevent poaching, smuggling and other illegal activities; to conduct (a) Safety and protection of the search and rescue operations; to artificial islands and offshore protect and preserve marine installations; environment. (b) Providing protection to ORGANISATION fishermen; 6.2 The command and control of (c) Preservation and protection of the Coast Guard lies with the Director maritime environment including General of Coast Guard, maritime pollution and Headquartered at New Delhi. The protection of endangered organization has three Regional species; headquarters at Mumbai, Chennai (d) Assistance to customs and and Port Blair. The three Regional other authorities in anti Headquarters command the entire smuggling operations; coastline of India, through 11 Coast Guard Districts and six Coast Guard (e) Enforcement of the Maritime stations. The Coast Guard also has Laws of India; two Air Stations at Daman and Chennai and four Air enclaves at (f) Safety of life and property at Goa, Mumbai, Kolkata and Port Blair. sea;

52 (g) Other duties as following types of entries for enrolled A new Coast Guard and when prescribed personnel:- Station at Jakhau has by Government of (a) Direct Entry Diploma Holder (3 been commissioned India; on February 22, 2005. years diploma) (h) Assistance to (b) Navik (General Duty) (10th pass Indian Navy during war. entry)

FORCE LEVEL (c) Navik (Domestic Branch) (8th 6.5 With the increase in maritime pass) traffic and other offshore economic Their recruitment is through eight and scientific activities, the centres spread all over India. The responsibilities of the Indian Coast candidates are selected for the Guard have been growing available vacancies on the basis of continuously. Today, it has a force written, medical and physical fitness level of 65 ships and crafts and 45 tests. Relaxation of age and aircraft and helicopters. qualification is admissible for SC/ST and OBC as per existing Government 6.6 One Fast Patrol Vessel, orders. Kasturba Gandhi, and four Interceptor Crafts were inducted in 6.8 The recruitment of officers into the Coast Guard in 2005. A contract the Coast Guard is in two main has been signed for the acquisition streams - General Duty and of one Advanced Offshore Patrol Technical. Assistant Commandant Vessel (AOPV) with M/s Goa (General Duty) has two sub branches Shipyard Limited, Goa in August i.e. General Service and General 2005. The ship is likely to be Duty (Pilot). delivered to the Coast Guard in 6.9 The selection for the post of August 2008. In addition, officers is through a Selection Government has approved the Board. Based on the available acquisition of three Offshore Patrol vacancies, an advertisement is Vessels (OPVs) through indigenous published in the leading construction at the Goa newspapers and candidates are Shipyard Limited, Goa. short-listed in a prescribed ratio for Coast Guard has a a preliminary screening test and a force level of 65 RECRUITMENT AND screening interview by a ships and crafts and TRAINING Preliminary Selection Board. The 45 aircraft and 6.7 The Coast candidates short-listed by helicopters. Guard has the Preliminary Selection Board are

53 then subjected to various tests and ACTIVITIES interview by Final Selection Board 6.12 The Indian Coast Guard ships at NOIDA in Uttar Pradesh. The and aircraft are always ready to candidates who opt for General provide assistance to the crew/ Duty (Pilot) are subjected to vessels in distress at sea and to additional test for Pilot Aptitude assist the customs and other Battery Test by the Air Force authorities in anti-smuggling Selection Board. operations. These activities of the 6.10 Women are also considered for Coast Guard are summarised in a few selected appointments in the table 6.1. Coast Guard, mostly for shore-based Table 6.1 Sl. Activity Since Jan 1981 In 2005 (January – No. December)

(a) Contraband seized Rs.264.77 crores

(b) Poaching trawlers 873 boats 17 boats apprehended 8887 crew 117 crew

(c) Smuggling vessels apprehended 103 boats — 671 crew

(d) Search and Rescue(SAR) Missions 926 54

(e) Search and Rescue Sorties 1838 273

(f) Lives Saved 3413 783 non-operational units. The selection 6.13 Repatriation of fishermen to process for women candidates is Yangoon (Myanmar): ICGS Vivek similar to the male candidates. carried 129 fishermen to Yangoon (Myanmar) for repatriation in 6.11 The selected persons undergo training at various naval training schools. However, for on-board training, the trainees are deputed to Coast Guard ships. The General Duty branch officers undergo additional training at Coast Guard Training Centre, Kochi for specialised courses in Search and Rescue, Pollution Response, Port Operation, Coast Guard ship leaving harbour Fisheries and Maritime Law. for routine patrol

54 Coast Guard Dornier on reconnaissance Mission

December 2005. These fishermen threat, augmentation of the pollution were apprehended, for offences of response capabilities from tier-2 to poaching, illegal fishing and illegal tier-3 (i.e. above 10000 tonnes) is immigration in Andaman & Nicobar also being considered. Islands. 6.15 Lead Intelligence Agency: The 6.14 Pollution Response: Coast Guard has been entrusted with Preservation, protection, prevention new responsibility of Lead and control of pollution in the Intelligence Agency for Coastal and Maritime Zones of India is one of the Sea Borders with effect from primary responsibilities of the Coast September 2003. The Coast Guard Guard. The Indian Coast Guard has has commenced this task by established three Pollution Response establishing its own intelligence Centres at Mumbai, Chennai and organization in all Coast Guard Port Blair with tier-2 (upto 10,000 district headquarters. tonnes) pollution response capability. During 2005, the Coast Guard ships 6.16 International Cooperation: A and aircraft have successfully Memorandum of Undertaking was neutralised oil pollution off Goa on signed between Ministry of Defence March 23, 2005 and off Mumbai High of Government of India and Ministry on July 27, 2005. In order to meet of Defence of Government of the increased marine environment Pakistan on October 3, 2005 for the

55 establishment of a communication other’s EEZ; pollution incidents link between the Indian Coast Guard affecting the EEZ of both the and the Pakistan Maritime Security nations; facilitation of maritime Agency (PMSA). With the search and rescue operations in establishment of this accordance with the national laws communication link, there will be and applicable international quick exchange of information conventions; natural disasters/ between the Coast Guard and the calamities affecting adjoining PMSA regarding violation of each coastal area/sea etc.

56 7

DEFENCE PRODUCTION

Nag Missile producutionized by Bharat Dynamic Limited

57 Department of Defence Production continually strives to update and improve manufacturing capacity by developing and accessing new technology, and through joint ventures with the objective of achieving self-reliance.

7.1 The Department of Defence establishments and also on Production deals with the indigenising production as far as indigenisation, development and possible. production of defence equipment 7.2 The following are the major both in the public and private organisations directly under the sectors. The Department has 8 Department of Defence Production : Defence Public Sector Undertakings and 39 ordnance factories with a Ø Ordnance Factory Board wide-ranging production Ø Hindustan Aeronautics Limited infrastructure for aircraft and helicopters, warships, submarines, Ø Bharat Electronics Limited heavy vehicles and earthmovers, Ø Bharat Earth Movers Limited missiles, a variety of electronic devices and components for the Ø Mazagon Dock Limited defence sector, and alloys and Ø Goa Shipyard Limited special purpose steel. Since Independence, the defence Ø Garden Reach Shipbuilders & production sector has been Engineers Ltd developing steadily, with the Ø Bharat Dynamics Limited objective of achieving self-reliance. Industries in this sector have been Ø Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited continually striving to update and Ø Directorate General of Quality improve their manufacturing capacity Assurance by developing and accessing new technology and through joint Ø Directorate General of ventures with leading companies in Aeronautical Quality Assurance different fields. They have also been Ø Directorate of Standardisation focusing on commercialising new products developed from time to Ø Defence Exhibition time by the defence research Organisation

58 7.3 Defence equipment today is fulfilled over the years by continuous very technology intensive with high expansion of manufacturing base levels of quality. The Directorates and upgradation of technology. General of Quality Assurance 7.6 The Ordnance Factories (DGQA) and Aeronautical Quality organisation is a fine blend of some Assurance, and the Directorate of old and some state-of-the-art Standardisation have been set up to factories. There are 39 Ordnance ensure the quality levels and there is Factories, geographically distributed a need to continually improve the standards and testing facilities. all over the country at 24 different locations. The pre-independence 7.4 With the introduction of the new factories had capacities for Defence Procurement Procedure production of not only finished stores 2005, Government has stipulated a but also basic and intermediate 30% offset for contracts exceeding materials. The factories set up after Rs 300 crore. The vendors independence, however, have been concerned will have to source goods outsourcing their requirements from or services to this extent from Indian small and medium industries. defence industry. This would give the industry a significant opportunity to 7.7 Organisational Structure: The improve exports as well as Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has a manufacturing capabilities. By Chairman and 9 functional Members. implementing the offset policy, India Out of these, five Members are will be in a better position to heading operating divisions and four integrate with the world economy, Members are responsible for Staff absorb better technologies and functions. The operating divisions, upgrade its capacity. based on the main products or group ORDNANCE FACTORIES of products, are: 7.5 The Ordnance Factories § Ammunition and Explosives organisation is the largest and oldest (A&E) departmentally run production § Armoured Vehicles (AV) organisation in the country and is primarily engaged in the § Materials and Components manufacture of Defence hardware for (M&C) the Armed forces. The Ordnance § Ordnance Equipment Group of Factories were established with a Factories (OEF) mandate to ensure self-reliance in manufacturing of Defence hardware- § Weapons, Vehicles and a role that has been successfully Equipment (WV&E)

59 The staff functions are as under: the training need of Group ‘A’ officers; 8 Ordnance Factories § Finance Institutes of Learning (OF, IOL) take § Planning and Material care of the training need of Group ‘B’ Management officers and staff. All the 39 Ordnance Factories have training § Personnel institutes for training industrial § Projects & Engineering and employees and trade apprentices. Technical Services. 7.10 Product Profile: Ordnance 7.8 In addition, the Government Factories continuously upgrade has constituted a Special Board, with products and the manufacturing representation from the Ministry of technologies, to meet the emerging Defence, Army and Defence needs of Defence Forces. The Research & Development product range of Ordnance Factories Organisation for providing is as under: appropriate inputs on resource planning, upgrading technology of Weapon Items - Small Arms (Rifles, products & process and on various Pistols, Carbines, Machine Guns), other critical issues, necessary for Tank Guns, Anti-Tank Guns, Field the efficient functioning of OFB. Howitzers, Artillery Guns, Mortars, Air Defence Guns and Rocket 7.9 Human Resources: Ordnance Launchers. Factories have a large pool of qualified and experienced personnel. Ammunition Items - Ammunition for Total strength of ordnance factories all the above weapon systems, as on July 2005 was 1,18,643. This Rockets, Missile Warheads, Mortar includes 31,812 SC/ST employees Bombs, Pyro Technique (Smoke, and 7,665 women employees. There Illuminating, Signal), Grenades and is a sharp focus on enhancing Bombs for Air force, Naval productivity and meeting the ammunition, propellant and fuzes. challenge of modernisation by re- Armoured & Transport Vehicles - orienting the existing skills of Tanks, Infantry Combat Vehicles, workmen envisaged through multi- Armoured Ambulance, Bullet Proof & skilling. Ordnance Factories have Mine Proof Vehicles, Special three-tier structure for addressing the Transport Vehicles and Variants. training needs of the personnel. National Academy of Defence Troop Comfort Items - Parachute for Production (NADP) Nagpur, a Army & Air Force, high altitude & premier training institute, caters to combat clothing, tents of various

60 T-90 (Bishma) types, uniforms & clothing items, 7.12 Diversification into Civil Trade floats for light assault bridges. and Exports: Major thrust is being given to achieve optimum capacity Opto Electronics - Optical utilization not only by securing instruments, Opto-electronic devices, additional workload from the Armed fire control instruments for armoured Forces but also by making sustained vehicles, infantry and artillery efforts through diversification to non- systems. defence customers and exports. Others - Special aluminium alloys for 7.13 Ordnance Factories produce a aviation and space industry, field large variety of chemicals for cables. industries in the civil sector. They 7.11 Performance: The issues of also manufacture a wide range of Ordnance Factories have grown textiles, leather goods and sporting steadily over the years and recorded arms and ammunition for the civil Rs. 6186.65 crore during 2004-05. In sector. During 2004-2005, items 2005-06, the issues of Ordnance worth Rs 977.82 crore (15.8% of the Factories are expected to touch total issues) were sold to non- about Rs. 7355 crore. defence customers.

61 Ordnance Factories 7.14 Ordnance mounting Remote Controlled have grown steadily Factories are making Weapon Station (RCWS). vigorous marketing over the years and (ii) Ordnance Factory, Badmal efforts to boost exports. recorded issues (OFBL) – O.F. Badmal has These efforts include successfully manufactured Cap worth Rs. 6186.65 participation in Conducting Composition crore during 2004- International Exhibitions (Filled) for Primer Electric 1A. It 05. In 2005-06, the like Latin American Aero has also productionised issues of Ordnance Space and Defence Detonating Fuze NR-3 for Exhibition, Brazil; DESI Factories are Schilka Ammunition. expected to touch Exhibition, London; (iii) Small Arms Factory, Kanpur about Rs. 7355 product promotion through advertisements (SAF) – During Commanders crore. in the Jane’s Defence Conference held at Infantry Weekly, Military School Mhow, Ordnance Technology and interaction with Factories had demonstrated visiting delegations from target indigenously developed countries, agents and customer’s products. representatives, both in India and (iv) Metal & Steel Factory, abroad. OFB has been able to retain Ishapore (MSF) – MSF has its foothold in traditional markets like completed a glorious century of Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany, service towards self-reliance of Belgium and Botswana. New avenues Defence Production on July 11, have opened in countries like Turkey, 2005. State-of-the-art Radial Swaziland, Switzerland, USA, Chile, Forging machine was Colombia, Surinam and Egypt. Some inaugurated at MSF by the of the notable products exported Raksha Mantri. during the year are 105 mm LFG ammunition, 84 mm ammunition, (v) Ordnance Factory, Ambajhari Brake parachute for Su –30 and 40 (OFAJ) – OFAJ has optimised mm gun barrel assembly. the aging cycle of 84 mm Cartridge Case that may result 7.15 Highlights: The more important in estimated saving of Rs. 1.58 achievements of Ordnance Factories crore during 2005-2006. in the current financial year are: (vi) Cost Reduction at Ordnance (i) Ordnance Factory Project, Factories – Process re- Medak (OFPM) – OFPM has Engineering is practiced in improved the effectiveness of Ordnance Factories on a Mine Protected Vehicle by continual basis to improve

62 productivity and reduce cost of 7.18 With the intention to move production. towards self-certification, the responsibility of vendor development 7.16 Quality Management : and inspection of input materials has Implementation of Total Quality been transferred to OFB from DGQA. Management (TQM) concept has been given a major thrust in all the 7.19 Self Certification in Ordnance Ordnance Factories. All the 39 Factories : The introduction of self- Ordnance Factories have switched certification in Ordnance Factories over to Quality Management System not only eliminates the need for a conforming to ISO-9001: 2000 third party intervention but also standards. Information Technology integrates three distinct roles i.e. Division at Ordnance Factory Board, responsibility, accountability and National Academy of Defence authority and, then Ordnance Production (NADP), Ambajhari, Factories themselves guarantee Nagpur and two hospitals at Kanpur quality for their products. Presently, and Ambajhari have also obtained self-certification extends to seven ISO-9000 certification. All the 52 fast moving clothing and general laboratories in 29 Ordnance store items accounting for about Factories are accredited to National 20% of the turnover of the Ordnance Accreditation Board for Laboratories Equipment Group of factories. In (NABL) and conform to ISO/IEC addition, nine items each issued to 17025 new standards. The quality of Air Force and Navy are under self- product in Ordnance Factories is certification. monitored through various 7.20 In-House Research and mechanisms. These include Development Activities: In-house adherence to pre-determined Research and Development process schedule and quality plans, activities towards product and use of Statistical Process Control, process improvements are Statistical Quality Control techniques, receiving great thrust in Ordnance internal quality audits at regular Factories. Latest solid modeling interval and monthly interaction techniques and sensitivity meetings at unit level. analysis are being used to meet 7.17 OFB has introduced three-tier the design needs of defence quality audit to assess the stores. Extensive use of CAD/CAM performance of various factories and has significantly reduced the time identify the areas requiring from the stage of performance enhancements against conceptualisation to the predetermined parameters. development of prototype.

63 7.21 Modernisation: 7.24 Customer satisfaction: Teams A capital investment Modernisation of from Ordnance Factories regularly of Rs. 1062 crore for infrastructure is a visit depots and forward areas to procurement of plant continuous process in understand the problems being and machinery with Ordnance Factories faced by the users, understand their updated technology adopted to update the expectations from the product and to was made for plants and machinery attend to customer complaints. Joint Ordnance Factories with the following teams comprising of officers from in IXth plan. Further, objectives in view: OFB and DGQA also visit forward areas to get user feedback with a investment of Rs.875 § Technology view to improve quality of products. crore during the Xth Upgradation ‘User Interaction Meet’ held once a plan period upto § Improved year has been institutionalized. 2004-05 has been productivity and 7.25 Safety: The safety policy was made and greater flexibility structured to make safety standards investment of Rs.346 § Improved Quality more stringent and to inculcate crore is planned in Standards safety consciousness among 2005-06. § Reduction in cost employees specially those working in accident prone and hazardous § Manpower optimisation areas. The safety manuals and § Minimising response time for standing instructions are updated to changing over of product supplement safety policies. A mix. Disaster Management Plan has been formulated for contingency 7.22 A capital investment of Rs. measures. Safety is paramount in the 1062 crore for procurement of plant factories engaged in manufacturing and machinery with updated and filling of explosives. A detailed technology was made during IXth drill and stipulations are in place to plan period. Further, investment of ensure a safe working environment. Rs.875 crore during the Xth plan Safety committees functioning at period upto 2004-05 has been made factory, regional and corporate levels and investment of Rs.346 crore is carry out safety audits of various planned in 2005-06. factories on monthly, six monthly and 7.23 The Ordnance Factories are yearly basis. The Regional open to strategic alliances with major Controllers of Safety and Controller Defence Companies worldwide for of Safety closely monitor co-production and co-development implementation of corrective actions of high technology defence on the deviations observed during products. these audit.

64 Marine Gas turbine engines. HAL is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing company and has been declared as Mini-Ratna (Category 1) Company. The manpower of the Company as on December 31, 2005 was 29,098.

7.27 Capital Structure: The Authorised Capital is Rs.160 crore consisting of shares having face value of Rs.10 each. The Issued, Advance Light Helicopter Subscribed and Paid-up share DEFENCE PUBLIC SECTOR capital remained at Rs.120.50 crore, UNDERTAKINGS comprising 12,05,00,000 shares of Rs.10 each. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) 7.28 During the year 2004-05, the 7.26 Hindustan Aeronautics Company achieved turnover of Rs.4534 Limited was formed in 1964 with its crore and exports of Rs.150.05 crore. Corporate Office at Bangalore. The Exports during the current year up to Company has 16 production December 2005 were of the order of Rs divisions and 9 R&D 105 crore (approx). HAL’s product range Centres located in six consists of aircraft, States. It is the largest 7.29 The dividend paid during the helicopters, aero- Public sector last 3 years has been 73.02% for 2002-03, 76.73% for 2003-04 and engines, accessories undertaking under the 94.54% in 2004-05 on the Paid Up and avionics. During Department of Capital of Rs.120.50 crore. the year 2004-05, Defence Production. HAL’s product range HAL achieved 7.30 Significant achievements of consists of aircraft, turnover of Rs.4534 HAL during the year are highlighted helicopters, aero- below:- crore and exports of engines, accessories Rs.150.05 crore. and avionics. It has (i) Intermediate Jet Trainer Exports during the diversified into prototypes were displayed in current year up to manufacture of Paris Air Show – 2005 both in th December 2005 were structures for flight and static displays. 100 flight was done on the second of the order of Rs 105 aerospace launch vehicles & satellites prototype during flight in Paris crore (approx). and Industrial and Air Show 2005.

65 (ii) To streamline the activities 7.33 HAL received the Enterprises across the Company, the Excellence Award i.e. a Golden Enterprise Resource Planning Shield and Certificate for the year (ERP) has been implemented at 2003-04 in the Engineering Sector for three pilot sites which will be Financial and Operational Strengths extended to all the Divisions by in CEO’s conference in May 2005. 2006. Lean Initiative has been 7.34 Divisions of HAL have also introduced to reduce wastes maintained currency of Quality and wasteful activities and to System approvals from International improve productivity. Aerospace Companies like M/s. (iii) New Joint Venture (JV) : The Boeing, M/s. Airbus, M/s. Snecma, Shareholders‘ Agreement to M/s. Rolls Royce, M/s. BAe Systems launch the HAL-Snecma JV was and M/s. Israeli Aircraft Industry for signed on July 20, 2005 with undertaking export. Snecma, France. The JVC has 7.35 Annual Corporate Quality been formed with equal equity Audits 2005-06 of all HAL Divisions participation by both HAL and have been carried out during May to Snecma. The JV will be an August 2005. Implementation of export oriented unit and recommendations of the audit produce precision components reports has been ensured through for engine Fluid System, monitoring of the action plans of the Turbine seals and cooling Divisions. systems and Aluminium Outlet Guide Vanes (OGVs) for export. BHARAT ELECTRONICS LIMITED The JV will become operational (BEL) in 2006. 7.36 Bharat Electronics Limited 7.31 Indigenisation content in sales (BEL) is the leading professional has been 74% during the current year electronics company in the country (upto October, 2005) as against the engaged in the design, development target of 72% for the year 2005-06. and manufacture of sophisticated 7.32 It was awarded the Engineering state-of-the-art electronic equipment/ Export Promotion Council (EEPC) components for the use of defence Export Award on February 26, 2005 services, para-military organisations for two consecutive years 2001-002 and other infrastructure providers in and 2002-03 in the category of the telecom sector. BEL has also exporter of Engineering Consultancy, played a significant role in the Technical Know-how and other Civilian ‘Professional Electronics’ engineering services. sector of the country particularly for

66 the Ministry of 7.39 In the area of Quality About 60% of BEL’s Information and Assurance, BEL has adopted the turnover is with Broadcasting by Total Quality Management (TQM) indigenous supplying bulk of its approach. A Corporate Quality technology infrastructure Group – Total Organisational Quality developed in-house requirements for Radio Enhancement (TORQUE), has been and provided by and TV Broadcasting, set up to oversee all activities relating DRDO laboratories. like Studio Equipment, to enhancement of quality in the It has set up in- Transmitters, Satellite company. All the manufacturing house Research & Uplinks, OB Vans etc. Divisions of the Company have The manpower of the Development groups acquired ISO 9000 certification. Company in in all the Units in the 7.40 The company has adopted Six September 2005 was respective product 12395. Sigma Concept – a concept which areas and is has been successfully implemented 7.37 BEL ranked first spending about 5% by global giants like Motorola, among medium sized of its turnover on General Electric etc for quality Aerospace/ Defence R&D. enhancement and total quality Companies worldwide, management of its products. for the second year in a row (2003 & 2004), by Aviation Week 7.41 The company has also adopted & Space Technology Magazine the Business Excellence Model as published by The McGraw-Hill laid down by the CII-EXIM Bank Companies, USA. Excellence Award criteria. Five of the Unit/ SBUs have got recognition for 7.38 With its 9 production units and their strong commitment towards the 31 manufacturing divisions spread Total Quality Management principles. across 7 States, the company’s The company has set internal targets focus on Research and Development for coverage of all the Units and SBUs to generate business using the under the Excellence Model by 2006- ‘state-of-the-art’ manufacturing and 07. About 60% of the Company’s testing facilities, has been well recognized. The company’s turnover is with indigenous subsidiary BEL Optronics Device technology developed in-house and Limited (BELOP), which provided by DRDO laboratories. The manufactures Image Intensifier Company has set up in-house Tubes, continues to perform well and Research & Development groups in is expected to improve its all the Units in the respective product performance further in the coming areas. BEL is spending about 5% of years. its turnover on R&D.

67 7.42 BEL is continuously upgrading ESM & ECM features was its technologies and introducing new supplied to Indian Navy. products, every year, in its efforts to (iii) The company paid the highest be the leader in professional ever dividend of 112% for the electronics. Some of the major areas year 2004-05. The company of diversification are as under:- has already declared and paid (i) Satellite Based Systems an interim dividend of 40% for Solution (e-Governance, the year 2005-06 in November, Telemedicine, Distance 2005. Education, EDUSAT, POLNET) (iv) The company bagged Indira (ii) Solar Photo Voltaic Systems Gandhi Raj Bhasha Award for (iii) Smart Card Based Systems 2003-04, the highest award for (Access implementation of Hindi as the official language. The award Control, MNIC, Security & was received on September Regulatory Applications) 14, 2005 at New Delhi. (iv) X-Ray Baggage and Cargo (v) It received DSIR National Award Inspection System for R&D Efforts in Industry (v) Under Carriage Vehicle (2005) for the successful Inspection & Vehicle commercialisation of Authentication System Technologies acquired from (vi) Compact Vacuum Interrupters other sectors.

(vii) Set Top Box (vi) All Units/Divisions of BEL are ISO 14000 : 1996 certified. (viii) C4I System (SHAKTI, SANJAY) (vii) BEL has achieved ‘Excellent’ (ix) Simputer rating on Memorandum of 7.43 Significant achievements of Understanding (MoU) score for BEL during the year are highlighted the seventh consecutive year. below: BHARAT EARTH MOVERS (i) Project SANJAY & SHAKTI were LIMITED (BEML) successfully demonstrated to 7.44 Bharat Earth Movers Limited Indian Army. (BEML) was established in May 1964 (ii) A complex Electronic Warfare and commenced operations from System for Shipborne January 1965. Government of India Application ‘ELLORA’ having holds 61.23% of equity shares of the

68 company and acquired from erstwhile Bharat Gold BEML achieved a continues to be the Mines Limited (BGML). BEML also record turnover of major shareholder. has a subsidiary steel foundry Rs.1856.01 crore BEML is the prime namely Vignyan Industries Limited during the financial earthmoving and (VIL) at Tarikere near Bangalore. year 2004-05 construction equipment The company has a strong R&D set registering a growth manufacturer in the up at its KGF complex. Emphasis is of around 5% over country and also given to R&D activities so that the the previous year. produces ground Company remains the leader in Earth The value of supporting equipment Moving Industry. The manpower of for armed forces for the Company as on December 31, production of BEML movement of men and 2005 was 12,189. during 2004-05 was material. The company 7.46 BEML’s products are exported Rs.1885.95 crore, an also manufactures to more than 30 countries increase of Rs.194 railway coaches and crore showing a wagons for Indian 7.47 Significant achievements are growth of 11.47% railways and defence highlighted below: forces. Recently, BEML over the previous (i) Company achieved a record has diversified its year. It exported turnover of Rs.1856.01 crore business by earthmoving during the financial year 2004- successfully equipment worth 05 registering a growth of assembling state-of-the- around 5% over the previous Rs.58.56 crore art stainless steel metro year. The value of production during 2004-05. coaches for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation of BEML during 2004-05 was (DMRC) under technical collaboration Rs.1885.95 crore, an increase with M/s Rotem of South Korea. of Rs.194 crore showing a growth of 11.47% over the 7.45 BEML has 8 manufacturing previous year. The net worth of divisions located at Bangalore, Kolar the Company as on March 31, Gold Fields (KGF) and Mysore, 2005 stood at Rs.694.39 crore. which include 2 workshops at KGF (ii) The profit after tax for 2004-05 stood at Rs.175.28 crore against the figures of Rs.24.17 crore achieved during 2003-04. The substantial increase in the profitability has been possible because of outstanding

BE200 Hydraulic Excavator produced by BEML performance in all the spheres

69 of its operations and effective Promotion Council on February management of resources. 26, 2005 at Chennai for superior export performance. (iii) Company declared 100% dividend to its shareholders for MAZAGON DOCK LIMITED (MDL) the year 2004-05. BEML share 7.48 The leading Warship building value reached an all time high yard in the country, Mazagon Dock of Rs.900 per share. BEML is Limited was taken over by now ranked No.2 among PSUs next to BHEL in market Government of India in May 1960. capitalisation. Over the years, it has developed indigenous design capabilities and (iv) The Company exported expanded its product range to earthmoving equipment worth include destroyers, frigates, missile Rs.58.56 crore during 2004-05. boats, corvettes, submarines and The company has executed patrol vessels for the defence sector export order worth Rs.24.31 and merchant vessels and dredgers crore at the end of November for the civil sector. It is the only 2005 and export orders worth shipyard in the country to have built Rs.49.59 crore are in hand. submarines, a feat achieved by very (v) BEML bagged an Export award few companies worldwide. MDL has from Engineering Export to its achievement crucial

A ship being launched at MDL

70 contributions towards infrastructure Vessels and one Advanced Offshore in the oil exploration sector. The Patrol Vessel for the Coast Guard. manpower of the Company in GSL has recently bagged orders for September 2005 was 7962. construction of three Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels for Navy and one 7.49 Medium refit of one submarine Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel for was completed in May 2005 and its Coast Guard. post refit activities of modernization cum warranty are scheduled to be GARDEN REACH SHIPBUILDERS completed in near future. AND ENGINEERS LIMITED (GRSE) GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED(GSL) 7.52 Taken over by the Government of India on April 1, 1960, Garden 7.50 Goa Shipyard Limited is the largest Public Sector Enterprise in Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers the State of Goa employing about Ltd (GRSE) is among the leading 1652 people. It is located at Vasco- shipyards in the country and the da-Gama, on the mouth of River premium yard in the East. GRSE Zuari, in close proximity to the builds a wide range of ships – from Mormugao Port, Vasco Railway sophisticated warships to ultra Station and Dabolim Airport. modern commercial vessels and from small Harbour craft to fast and 7.51 Goa Shipyard has to its credit a powerful patrol vessels. India’s first wide range of vessels built in the ever tanker fleet too was built at recent past which include Tug boats, GRSE. The latest on the list is new Survey Crafts, Landing Craft Utility, generation hovercraft. Seaward Defence Boats, Oil Tankers, Ferry Crafts, Torpedo Recovery 7.53 GRSE is among the few Vessels, Sail Training, Ship Missile shipyards in the world with its own Crafts and Extra Fast Attack Crafts Engineering and Engine for the Navy, Offshore Patrol Vessels Manufacturing divisions. The and Advanced Offshore Patrol manpower of the Company in Vessels for Coast Guard, Offshore September 2005 was 5364. Supply Vessels for ONGC and various types of Tugs, Barges, Deep MISHRA DHATU NIGAM Sea Fishing Vessels, Heave-up LIMITED (MIDHANI) Mooring Vessels, Dredgers, 7.54 Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited Passenger Ferries, Pilot Boats etc. (MIDHANI) was incorporated as a for Ports and other Commercial Public Sector Undertaking under the Organisations. GSL is presently administrative control of Department constructing four Extra Fast Patrol of Defence Production, Ministry of

71 For contribution in Defence in 1973 to Technologists (SODET) achieve self-reliance in conferred the Award for the area of extensive areas of Superalloys, Development of Technology & development of Titanium alloys and Innovation for the year 2004-05 titanium and its Special Purpose Steels in SILVER CATEGORY to alloys for Aerospace required for strategic MIDHANI. in general, and sectors like (iv) Midhani has successfully development of Aeronautics, Space, developed a Nitride Steel niobium based Armaments, Atomic 38XMUAW grade for MIG Energy and Navy. The (NIOBHAT-101) for engine programme through in- manpower of the satellite applications house technical expertise and Company as on in particular, December 31, 2005 R&D efforts. MIDHANI was was 1320. (v) MIDHANI have signed conferred Award for Memorandum of Understanding Development of 7.55 Significant achievements of the (MoU) with DMRL for the Technology & company are development of Supercast 247 Innovation for the highlighted below:- A for turbine blade/ vane year 2004-05 by the applications for Kaveri engine Society of Defence (i)The company Programme. achieved ‘Excellent’ Technologists Memorandum of (vi) Midhani has successfully (SODET). Understanding (MoU) executed much ahead of the rating for the overall schedule, an order from performance in 2004-05 for the Ordnance Factory, Medak, second year in succession. valued at Rs 6 crore for the initial supply of 15 sets of (ii) MIDHANI has achieved a Kanchan Armour for the Main turnover of Rs.110.09 crore till Battle Tank Arjun. end December, 2005 against the half yearly target of Rs.58 (vii) The Company has obtained crore. ISO 9001: 2001(latest standard) certificates from Bureau of (iii) For contribution in the area of Indian Standards (BIS) Audit extensive development of Team. titanium and its alloys for Aerospace in general, and BHARAT DYNAMICS LIMITED development of niobium based (B.D.L.) (NIOBHAT-101) for satellite 7.56 BDL was set up in 1970 for applications in particular, the manufacture of Guided missiles. It Society of Defence

72 is among a few strategic SALES OF ORDNANCE FACTORIES industries in the public sector and AND DEFENCE PSUS possesses the capability to 7.59 The total value of sales by produce advanced Guided Missile Ordnance Factories and Defence systems. The Company has two Public Sector Undertakings during units, one at Kanchanbagh, the last threes years, is given in table Hyderabad and the other at No. 7.1. Bhanur, Medak District. The Company is working in close Defence Public Sector Undertakings association with DRDO for and Ordnance Factories have technology absorption of missiles. exported items worth US $ 29.56 million during the current year (upto 7.57 The Milan, Konkurs, Prithvi and November , 2005). Information Technology Divisions of the company have ISO 9001 : 2000 INDIGENISATION certification. 7.60 To achieve quest for self- 7.58 The value of production and reliance in the Defence sector, sales upto December 31, 2005 continuous efforts are being made was Rs.278.66 crore and to indigenise defence equipment Rs.299.75 crore respectively. As wherever technologically feasible part of its efforts to increase and economically viable. It has exports, BDL has executed orders been a part of the indigenisation worth Rs. 2.90 crore during 2005- effort to locate and develop broad- 06 (upto December 31, 2005). based indigenous supply sources BDL has paid an amount of Rs. both in the public sector as well as 23.00 crore as dividend to in the civil trade for many Government of India for the year complicated and intricate 2004-2005. equipments. There has been a

Table 7.1 Year Ordnance Public Sector (Rupees in crore) Factories Undertakings Grand Total Total Sales Total Sales

2003-2004 6523.87 9892.73 16416.60

2004-2005 6186.65 11248.59 17435.24

2005-2006 4533.24 7237.93 11771.17 (Upto Dec. 05) (Provisional)

73 An institutional paradigm shift in the December 31, 2005, to the private role of private sector/ companies for the manufacture of framework of 8 civil trade in the various types of Defence Technical Defence sector i.e., Equipment. Some of the large Committees, under from the role of companies, such as, Larsen and Directorate General supplier of raw- Toubro Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra of Quality Assurance materials, Ltd., TIL Ltd and Automotive and Directorate components, sub- Coaches & Components Ltd. General of systems, they have obtained letters of intent/ industrial Aeronautical Quality now become a licenses to enter the Defence Assurance has been partner in the Industry Sector as full-fledged manufacture of manufacturers and suppliers of setup for complete defence Defence equipment. indigenisation of equipment/ system. In 7.62 For indigenisation of spares of spares of the May 2001, the the Defence Equipment, an Defence Equipment. defence industry institutional framework has been in sector, which was existence in the form of 8 Technical hitherto reserved for the public Committees, under Directorate sector, was opened up for General of Quality Assurance and participation by the Indian Private Directorate General of Aeronautical sector. The Indian companies are now eligible to apply for licence to Quality Assurance. These set up defence industry for committees maintain a compendium manufacture of all types of of civil industries capable of defence equipment under licence. undertaking the task of Such companies could also have indigenisation of defence equipment/ foreign direct investment, upto stores after conducting surveys and 26% of the equity. Detailed assessing their capabilities. After guidelines have been issued by identifying items in consultation with the Department of Industrial Policy the user services for indigenisation and Promotion (DIPP) in and keeping in view the commercial consultation with Ministry of viability and the strategic needs, Defence regarding the modalities these Committees undertake the for consideration of applications indigenisation activity and ensure for grant of licence. timely supply of defence equipment/ stores. 7.61 After the opening up of the Defence Industry Sector for private 7.63 For enhanced and meaningful participation, 28 Letters of Intent/ interaction, conferences/ exhibitions Industrial Licences were issued upto are held from time to time with civil

74 Directorate General industry. During the OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN year, nine Exhibition- of Quality Assurance DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE cum-Vendor Awareness (DGQA) is an inter- PRODUCTION Programmes (upto service organisation December, 2005) have Directorate General Aeronautical responsible for been held. Quality Assurance (DGAQA) Quality Assurance of 7.64 A Committee 7.65 The Directorate General all defence stores under the Chairmanship Aeronautical Quality Assurance and equipment, both of Dr. Vijay Kelkar, former (DGAQA) is the regulatory authority of imported and Adviser to Finance the Ministry of Defence for Quality indigenous for the Minister, was set up in the Assurance and final acceptance of Army, Navy Department of Defence military aircraft/Aero engine/Air (excluding Naval Production to examine Armament/ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle/ Armaments) and and make Aero Equipment during design/ common user items recommendations on development/ production and overhaul/repair/modification. The for the Air Force changes required in the directorate has 34 establishments procured from all procedure of acquisition/ procurement of Defence located at various places in India. sources equipment in vogue to 7.66 DGAQA follows an executive modify it on an approach based on Quality Assurance (QA) System, i.e., “Product Strategy”. The Committee was an approved firm’s inspection also tasked to suggest modalities for organization system for effective integration of user, Ministry of Defence monitoring of the QA and final and the Indian Industry (including private clearance in respect of the aircraft, sector). It was also required to suggest aero engine and rotables under measures to increase Defence exports, development, production repair and incorporation of offsets in Defence overhaul at defence PSUs for supply acquisition and changes required to to the Armed Forces. facilitate Ordnance Factories and 7.67 A direct inspection system is Defence PSUs to assume the role of followed by DGAQA for Air Armament designer and integrator of large defence equipment under production at equipment and platforms. The Report Ordnance Factories and ground (Part I) of the Kelkar Committee was support equipment for aircraft submitted on April 5, 2005 and its purchased through trade against Report (Part-II) on November 10, 2005. Service Headquarters Orders. The recommendations made by the Committee are under consideration of 7.68 DGAQA is also providing QA the Government. coverage as nodal agency for Missile

75 The primary System Quality Quality Assurance Establishments. Assurance (MSQA). The tasks performed by them are objective of the During the current year complementary and are integrated to Directorate of (upto September, 2005) achieve maximum efficiency. Standardisation is to DGAQA has inspected establish Aeronautical stores of ACHIEVEMENTS OF DGQA commonality in the value of Rs.948 7.71 Inspection of Stores : DGQA equipment and crore. ensures that stores accepted are strictly as per laid down components among DIRECTORATE specifications and performance the three Services so GENERAL OF that the overall parameters. The value of stores QUALITY ASSURANCE inspected during the last three years inventory of the 7.69 Directorate is given in table No. 7.2. Defence Services is General of Quality reduced to the Table 7.2 Assurance (DGQA) is an minimum. Year Value Of Stores inter-service Inspected (In Crore) organisation functioning 2003-2004 14692 under the Department of Defence 2004-2005 16096 Production in the Ministry of Defence. 2005-06 DGQA is responsible for Quality (till Dec. 2005) 9616.78 Assurance of all defence stores and equipment, both imported and 7.72 Quality Assurance of indigenous for the Army, Navy Imported Equipment: DGQA performs the inspection of Imported (excluding Naval Armaments) and Equipment and Weapon System common user items for the Air Force being acquired by the Armed Forces. procured form all sources viz Private Sector, Public Sector Undertakings 7.73 Self Certification: DGQA and Ordnance Factories. It has, Organisation awards Self- therefore, a vital role to play in defence Certification status to quality preparedness of the country. conscious firms/ manufacturers who have well established Quality 7.70 Organisational Structure and Management Systems and Functions: DGQA Organisation is demonstrate consistent product structured into ten Technical quality during the execution of Directorates each responsible for a successive Defence Supply Orders. distinct range of equipment. The 52 firms have been awarded Self- Technical Directorates are vertically Certification status so far. structured in three tiers for functional purposes, comprising their respective 7.74 Training Initiatives: The Headquarters, Controllerates and Field Defence Institute of Quality

76 Assurance, Bangalore Standardisation is to establish The Directorate is the has been training commonality in equipment and nodal point in the DGQA personnel in components among the three Department of the field of Quality Services so that the overall inventory Defence Production Assurance, of the Defence Services is reduced to for international Management/ Human the minimum. The objective is cooperation in Resource sought to be achieved through :- Development and defence production (a) Preparation of Standardisation Information and defence exports. documents, such as, Joint Technology. Courses Service Specifications, Joint have been conducted Service Preferred Ranges, Joint for Services and personnel from Service Rationalised Lists, Joint Outside Organisations like Defence Service Guides, Joint Service PSUs, OFB etc. Details of Officers Policy Statements and Joint trained in the last two years are Service Qualitative given in table No. 7.3. Requirements. Table 7.3 (b) Codification and Cataloguing of Sl. No. Year DGQA Other Defence Inventory. Organisations (c) Entry Control. 1. 2004- 449 90 2005 7.76 Standardisation activities are 2. 2005- 365 64 done through 13 Sub-Committees, 2006 Panel/ Working Groups under these (till December Sub Committees and several 2005) Specialists Technical Panels (STP) and Defence Equipment Codification DIRECTORATE OF Committee (DECC). STANDARDISATION 7.77 Significant achievements during 7.75 Directorate of Standardisation the current year are highlighted below: was constituted in 1962 with the objective to control (i) Introduction of Five Year Roll- item proliferation within on-Plan (2005-10). DEO is primarily Defence Services. It (ii) During 2004-05, 13527 items responsible for has nine were codified as against target organising and Standardisation Cells of 13,225. Against target of coordinating defence and six Detachments. 10662 for the year 2005-06, exhibitions in India The primary objective 9818 items have been codified and aboard. of the Directorate of till December 2005.

77 (iii) During 2004-05, 765 December, 2005) on the standard documents were website. prepared against target of 658. For 2005-06, 519, DIRECTORATE OF PLANNING & standard documents have CO-ORDINATION been prepared upto 7.79 The Directorate of Planning December, 2005 against and Coordination was set up in target of 669. 1964 with the primary objective of 7.78 Entry Control: preparing overall plans for the production of defence equipment in (i) 131 statements of cases for the country. The Directorate is introduction, scaling and responsible for monitoring and declaring the items obsolete implementation of major have been cleared upto indigenisation projects being December 31, 2005 for the year pursued by the Ordnance Factories. 2005-06. Development programme of (ii) 332 Departmental armaments for the Army and Navy Specifications were uploaded are other key activities of the during 2005-06 (upto Directorate. The Directorate also

Raksha Mantri inaugurating Defexpo, 2005

78 monitors the critical projects in the technology (TOT) and ab-initio electronics sector for the three Production/ development. Services. DEFENCE EXHIBITION 7.80 The Directorate is the nodal ORGANISATION (DEO) point in the Department of 7.82 The Defence Exhibition Defence Production for Organisation (DEO), established in international cooperation in 1981, is primarily responsible for defence production and defence organising and coordinating exports. The Directorate supports defence exhibitions in India and the Export wing of the aboard. It maintains the permanent Department during its Defence Pavilion at the Pragati deliberations with the various Maidan, New Delhi. During IITF, bilateral Defence Policy Groups 2005, products manufactured/ and Joint Working Groups with developed by Ordnance Factories, other countries. Defence Public Sector Undertakings 7.81 The Directorate coordinates, and Defence Research and within the Department of Defence Development Organisation were Production, the interaction with the displayed at the pavilion. In Integrated Defence Staff addition, the Armed Forces, Headquarters, regarding Directorate General of Quality classification of the respective Assurance, Coast Guard and the capital acquisition plans of the National Cadet Corps were also three Services into “BUY”, “BUY & represented. More than five lakh MAKE” and “MAKE” categories. visitors visited the Defence Pavilion The Directorate serves as the during IITF 2005. It provided an Secretariat for the Defence opportunity to the DPSUs/ DRDO/ Production Board, which is charged DGQA/ OFB to display their product with the function of monitoring range and also to inculcate defence progress emanating out of all consciousness among the citizens. “MAKE” decisions taken by the The Pavilion was awarded Gold Defence Acquisitions Council Medal for excellence in display in (DAC). Defence Production Board the Central Government Category. also assists the DAC to arrive at 7.83 DEO also organises two optimum decisions regarding international exhibitions in India, licence production, transfer of namely, the Aero India and Defexpo

79 India. While Aero India focuses on at exhibitions abroad every year to aviation and aerospace, focus of develop market for defence Defexpo India is on land and naval products being manufactured by systems. Both exhibitions are our DPSUs/ OFB. For the current biennial in frequency. year, India Pavilions were set up at 7.84 Aero India: The fifth edition of LAAD, Brazil and IMDEX Asia at Aero India was organised at Air Singapore. This was a sequel to the Force Station, Yelahanka (AFSY) Indian Pavilion established at Africa from February 9 to 13, 2005. The Aero and Defence, South Africa exhibition has carved a niche for during financial year 2004 – 05 as itself as one of the leading air shows part of South-South cooperation in the world. About 148 Indian between India, Brazil and South companies participated in the event Africa. as against 74 during Aero India 2003. International participation also 7.87 Defence Product Catalogue increased significantly with the The third edition of Defence Product participation of 232 companies from Catalogue was released in February 32 countries as compared to 174 2005. The Catalogue provides companies from 23 countries during details of products being Aero India 2003. manufactured by the OFB, DPSUs 7.85 Defexpo India: The fourth and the private sector companies. edition of Defexpo India was 7.88 The details of Investment, organised at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from January 31 to February 3, Value of Production & Sales and 2006, jointly with Confederation of Profit of the eight Defence Public Indian Industry. Nearly 420 Sector Undertakings are shown in companies from more than 38 Tables 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6 countries participated in the respectively. The details of Value exhibition along with an equal of Production and Sales in respect number of Indian companies. of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) 7.86 International Participation : are shown in DEO also organises “India Pavilion” Table 7.7.

80 Table 7.4 INVESTMENT (Rs. in Crore) Name of PSUs 2002-032003-04 2004-05 Equity Govt. Equity Govt. Equity Govt. loans loans loans HAL 120.50 - 120.50 - 120.50 - BEL 80.00 - 80.00 - 80.00 - BEML 36.87 - 36.87 - 36.87 - MDL 199.20 - 199.20 - 199.20 - GRSE 123.84 - 123.84 - 123.84 - GSL 19.40 - 19.40 - 19.40 - BDL 115.00 - 115.00 - 115.00 - MIDHANI 137.34 - 137.34 - 137.34 - TOTAL 832.15 - 832.15 - 832.15 -

Table 7.5 WORKING RESULTS VALUE OF PRODUCTION AND SALES (Rs in Crore) Name of 2002-20032003-20042004-2005 the PSUs Value of Value of Value of Value of Value of Value of Production Sales Production Sales Production Sales

HAL 3477.84 3120.42 3756.14 3799.78 4984.55 4533.80 BEL 2536.39 2508.02 2807.83 2798.59 3234.97 3212.09 BEML 1740.16 1681.17 1691.86 1765.75 1885.95 1856.01 MDL 539.52 569.27 495.77 191.00 540.63 99.54 GRSE 523.09 153.69 486.90 390.76 470.28 881.41 GSL 232.14 386.50 200.83 296.92 141.83 83.49 BDL 330.38 277.72 522.47 524.80 465.79 450.98 MIDHANI 93.50 91.52 116.42 125.13 141.67 131.27 TOTAL 9473.02 8788.31 10078.22 9892.73 11865.67 11248.59

81 Table 7.6 PROFIT AFTER TAX (Rs. in crore) Name of the PSUs 2003-2004 2004-2005 HAL 409.79 501.06 BEL 316.10 446.32 BEML 24.17 175.28 MDL 7.92 69.14 GRSE 29.30 27.53 GSL 31.88 9.92 BDL 47.61 27.43 MIDHANI 6.89 6.85 TOTAL 873.66 1263.53

Table 7.7 WORKING RESULTS OF OFB VALUE OF PRODUCTION AND SALES (Rs in Crore) 2002-20032003-2004 2004-2005 Value of Value of Value of Value of Value of Value of Production Sales Production Sales Production Sales 7908.69 6508.05 8259.68 6523.87 8332.00 6186.65

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DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

‘BrahMos’ Supersonic Cruise Missile developed by DRDO

83 DRDO is fully dedicated towards progressive enhancement of self-reliance in defence systems, in state-of-the-art technologies, and R&D infrastructure of the country with a vision to promote the corporate strength and to make the country independent of foreign technologies in critical spheres.

8.1 Defence Research and progressive enhancement of self- Development Organisation (DRDO) reliance in defence systems, in state- was formed in 1958 with an objective of-the-art technologies, and R&D to build up capability to make infrastructure and capability of the improvements in the existing weapon country. It has vision to promote the systems and to other imported corporate strength and to make the equipment. Later on, in 70s, it was country independent of foreign involved in development of technologies in critical spheres. armaments and ammunitions. During 80s, thrust was given to major ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE programmes like, development of 8.2 DRDO has a mission-mode guided missiles, electronic warfare structure, headed by the Scientific systems, aircraft, communication Adviser to Raksha Mantri (SA to RM), systems, etc. These programmes who is also the Secretary, gave a new impetus to multiple Department of Defence Research & design and technology centres Development and Director General, resulting in production of weapon Research and Development. The SA systems during 90s. The Department to RM is assisted by the Chief of Defence Research and Controllers. The Organisation has a Development came into existence in two tier system, viz. the Technical 1980. Now, the DRDO has emerged and Corporate Headquarters at New as one of the premier scientific and Delhi; and laboratories/ technological organisation in the establishments located at different country with a mission to design, stations all over the country. develop and lead to production of 8.3 DRDO Headquarters: DRDO state-of-the-art weapon systems, Headquarters under the Department platforms and allied equipment. It of Defence Research & also provides combat support for Development, is organized in two meeting the current requirements of different types of Directorates - the Armed Forces. The Organisation Technical Directorates and is fully dedicated towards

84 Corporate and Personnel Assessment Centre Institute of Armament Directorates. undertake fresh recruitments and Technology (IAT) has Technical assessment on periodic basis for attained status of Directorates include the promotions of scientists for all Deemed University Directorates of laboratories and headquarters of Aeronautics, DRDO under Defence Research Armaments, Directorate of Materials, Development Service (DRDS) and Combat Vehicles and Engineering, Defence Research Technical Cadre Electronics and Computer Sciences, (DRTC). International Cooperation, Missiles, 8.4 DRDO Laboratories/ Naval Research and Development, Establishments: Various Life Sciences, Civil Works and programmes/ projects are being Estates and Technical Examination executed through a network of fifty Cell. These Directorates act as laboratories/ establishments, Field ‘single window’ to facilitate Stations, Regional Centres of laboratories and establishments in Military Airworthiness (RCsMA). approvals of new projects in They are engaged in R&D activities monitoring and review of ongoing in the field of aeronautics, projects and in co-ordinating with armaments, missiles, combat other laboratories and Directorates. vehicles, advanced computing & Besides these, Scientific Advisers to networking, electronics, opto- Chiefs of the Army Staff, Air Staff, electronics, military engineering Naval Staff and Deputy Chief of systems, life sciences, advanced Integrated Defence Staff also act as materials, composites and Technical Directors to render underwater sensors/ weapons and services to their respective Chiefs. warship technology. DRDO has two Corporate Directorates, such as societies, namely Aeronautical Directorates of Personnel; Human Development Agency (ADA) and Resource Development; Materials Society for Integrated Technology Management; Planning & Applications & Research (SITAR). Coordination; Management ADA has the mission to undertake Services; Rajbhasha and design and development of Organisation & Methods; Budget, advanced technology aircraft. Finance & Accounts; Security & SITAR designs digital components Vigilance; and Extramural Research and devices required for various & Intellectual Property Rights assist projects including high laboratories in improvement of their performance computing. Institute of infrastructure, creation of new facilities, induction of manpower etc. Armament Technology (IAT), an Recruitment & Assessment Centre establishment of DRDO, has

85 Scientists are attained status of interviews are some of the Deemed University. mechanisms through which the recruited through IAT organizes courses organisation has endeavoured to national level on vide spectrum of ensure optimum utilization of human Scientist Entry Test technologies including resource, apart from attracting and apart from talent regular long and short retaining best available talents in the hunt through term courses, POINTS country. The organisation has campus interviews Programmes for newly various schemes for awarding and scholarship recruited scientists scientists, engineers, technical and schemes for and Post Graduate administrative staff for their path- advance research. Programmes to meet breaking research and excellence in defence requirements performances. in general and 8.6 Every year, scientists are weapon systems in particular. recruited through an annual Gallium Arsenide Enabling competitive examination at national Technology Centre (GAETEC) at level called Scientist Entry Test Hyderabad is a foundry, set up for (SET). In addition to this, talents are design, development and also searched through campus fabrication of critical microwave interviews, scholarship schemes components for various through Aeronautic Research and programmes undertaken by DRDO Development Board (ARDB) and PhD and Department of Space. scholars under Registration of HUMAN RESOURCE Student with Scholastic Aptitude DEVELOPMENT (HRD) (ROSSA). 8.5 To meet the challenges of skill 8.7 Manpower Strength: DRDO is upgradation in the face of changing a project based Organisation and technologies in the strategic areas of follows a very dynamic system of national defence, manpower planning. Authorised DRDO has adopted a Regular Establishment (RE) is 7,100 engineers & policy of dynamic and reviewed after every two years to scientists and 11,350 systematic human meet the contingent requirements on scientific and resource development. account of workload and new technical staff and Rationalisation of cadre projects undertaken by the 10,000 supporting structure, incentive laboratories. At present the total staff constitutes the schemes, training manpower strength is about 29,350, R&D manpower force policies, enhanced which includes about 7,100 engineers & scientists and 11,350 for R&D activities in promotional opportunities, exit scientific and technical staff and the DRDO.

86 10,000 supporting staff from various PROJECTS MONITORING AND cadres. About 700 fresh engineers REVIEW MECHANISM and scientists are inducted every 8.9 DRDO has instituted several year. review mechanisms to monitor 8.8 Knowledge and Skills programmes and projects right from Upgradation: DRDO carries out their inception, with active participation research and development activities of the Services, production agencies, in multidisciplinary areas. Due to fast academic/ research institutions, etc. changing scenario at the global level, There is an in-house apex level body it becomes necessary for the called “DRDO Research Council” researchers to update their technical (DRC), chaired by the Scientific knowledge and skills to meet the Adviser to Raksha Mantri, to review the present situation as well as future progress of major ongoing projects in requirements. Keeping this in view, all the laboratories/ establishments. In various training programmes are addition, Corporate Reviews covering organized all over the country. Under techno-managerial aspects are also the continuing education carried out by a high level committee programme, 170 courses were for the improvement of health of organized by DRDO laboratories/ laboratories/ establishments. Staff establishments in different projects for Army are reviewed by the disciplines. DRDO has three training Vice Chief of Army Staff, twice a year. institutes namely, Institute of For all major programmes/ projects, Armament Technology (IAT), Pune, there are multi-tier “Programme which caters to advanced technology Management Boards”, having training needs in the area of representation from the Services, armaments; Institute of Technology DRDO laboratories and in some cases Management (ITM), Mussoorie, from academic institutions and other which provides advanced managerial national research laboratories. These training to the scientists, Boards periodically monitor and review technologists, managerial staff and the programmes and help in early Service personnel; and another detection of bottlenecks and suggest centre at Jodhpur, which imparts mid-course corrections as deemed fit. training to administrative and allied PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS cadres. HRD Cells have also been set up in each laboratory and 8.10 DRDO has made great strides establishment to provide in-house towards making the country self- training. reliant in the areas of military

87 technology. Over the past few Series Production version of decades, it has enabled our Armed Prithvi was successfully flight Forces to progressively enhance tested by users in collaboration their combat effectiveness through with project team of DRDO development of the state-of-the-art during May 2005. weapon systems and technologies. (b) Agni-I Missile: With a range of A number of systems and equipment 700 km, surface-to-surface have been developed, produced and Agni-I missile was successfully inducted into the Services during the test fired thrice. It has single past. These are broadly categorized stage solid rocket motor and into major disciplines like, missiles, can carry one tonne warhead. It aero-systems, electronic systems, can be configured to fire from combat vehicles, armaments, naval road/ mobile launcher. With the systems, advanced materials, and development of Agni-I, the life sciences. Progress of some of the range gap between Prithvi-II leading programmes and projects and Agni-II has been bridged. during the current financial year is Induction of Agni –I into the given in succeeding paragraphs. Services is under progress.

(A) Missile Programme: The (c) Agni-II Missile: The range for Programme envisaged the design and Agni-II is more than 2000 km. development of missile systems. The The salient features of the test status of development of various firings were mobile launch missiles is as under:- capability, multi-staging, state- (a) Prithvi Missile: Surface-to- of-the-art control and guidance, surface missile, Prithvi, a re-entry technology and sophisticated on-board tactical battlefield missile, has packages including advanced two versions of ranges 150 km communication. Induction of and 250 km with about 1 Agni –II is under progress. tonne and 500 kg payloads, respectively. Army version of (d) Dhanush Missile: It is a Naval Prithvi is under regular version of Prithvi missile with a production and it has already range of 250 km and a been inducted into the payload of about 500 kg. It can Indian Army. carry both conventional as well The Navy has Development work on as non-conventional warheads. accepted Dhanush Air Force version of Three flight trials of Dhanush on its off shore Patrol Prithvi has been have been conducted. Indian Vessel. completed. Limited Navy has accepted to have

88 Dhanush on its Off shore Patrol Force version of radar vehicle Vessel (OPV). The process of and ground system. weaponisation of INS Suvarna (g) Nag Missile: Third generation and Subhadra with the anti-tank missile, Nag, has Dhanush missile is under “top-attack” and “fire and progress. forget” capability. So far, 57 (e) Akash Missile: Medium range, developmental flight trials have surface-to-air missile, Akash been carried out including 12 has multiple target handling guided flights with Imaging Infra capacity with digitally coded Red (IIR) Seeker. Two guided command guidance system. flights with day and night Eleven developmental flight seeker, were conducted from trials have been successfully KK Ranges, Ahmednagar. undertaken during the current Through these two trials, the year. Integrated group mode land version of Nag missile has trials of total Akash weapon successfully been completed. systems have been conducted Six number of tandem warhead in three phases in February, tests were also successfully June, and October 2005. conducted achieving the Acceptance test has been required penetration capability. completed on Air Force (h) BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Launcher (AAFL-1) and the Missile: BrahMos is the best in same is being used for the flight the family of cruise missiles. It trials. Rajendra-III equipment has supersonic speed with a realization is under progress. range of 290 km and high level (f) Trishul Missile: It is a low level of performance. It has gone quick reaction surface-to-air through ten successive flight missile for the Indian Army, Air trials from mobile launchers on Force and Navy. So far, 79 land and from warships against successful developmental flight land and sea targets and met trials have been conducted all mission requirements. including 6 trials during the Control system of BrahMos is current year. Flight test of totally autonomous and uses enhanced range of 11.5 km “fire and forget” principle. configuration was conducted Indian Navy has identified a against remotely piloted aircraft series of ships for its induction meeting the mission objectives. in inclined as well as vertical All the flight tests during 2005 configurations. The induction were undertaken using Air process has already

89 ‘BrahMos’ Missile being fired

commenced. Indian Army, after launcher are planned in near the evaluation of the system future. has accepted this missile as its precision strike weapon. (B) Aero Systems: Feasibility for the integration of (a) Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas: BrahMos missile with SU 30 After successful completion of MK-I Combat Aircraft has been the first phase of Tejas, the established. second phase of Full Scale Engineering Development (i) Astra Missile: Astra is a beyond visual range, air-to-air (FSED-II) is to be completed by missile being indigenously the end of 2008. Tejas is a designed and developed to multi-role fighter aircraft being engage and destroy highly indigenously designed and maneuvering supersonic aerial developed by the Aeronautical targets. It has a range of about Development Agency (ADA), 80 km and designated to be a Bangalore to meet the missile for LCA. Systems requirements of the Indian Air design, aerodynamic Force. Till December 2005, configuration design, etc of 480 flight tests were completed various sub systems have been utilizing four aircrafts {two completed. Controlled flights Technology Demonstrators from the under slung ground (TD1 and TD2) & and two

90 Prototype Vehicle (PV1 & PV2)}. by March 2010. Scope of Manufacturing of Tejas (PV3) FSED-Navy includes building and (PV4) has been initiated, two aircrafts, a structural test whereas, design of Trainer specimen and flight-testing Version of Tejas (PV5) has towards Operational Clearance. already been completed. The first aircraft Naval Production facility of 8 aircraft Prototype-1 (NP-1) would be a per year has been established two seat Naval Trainer and the at HAL. Kaveri engine second Naval Prototype-2 (NP- integration with LCA is planned 2) a single seat Naval Fighter. by October 2007. (c) Kaveri Engine for LCA : The (b) Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) scope of the project is to for Navy: Full Scale design, develop, test and type Engineering Development certify the Kaveri engine to (FSED) of LCA- Naval version meet the specific needs of the was sanctioned by the LCA. Kaveri engine is an Government on March 28, advanced technology, 80k 2003 which is to be completed thrust class, twin spool, low

LCA Tejas

91 bypass (ratio) augmented expected to be completed by turbofan engine. Design of the the first quarter of 2006 and engine, sub-systems, and subsequently Phase II, with components have been maximum output of 19.5 MW completed and sixteen Kaveri will be taken up to test the engines have been fabricated engine under environmental with equivalent sets. Kaveri conditions. engine is undergoing (e) Arrester Barrier : Twenty Ton development trials. Four Kabini class Arrester Barrier has been prototypes and nine Kaveri developed by the Aerial engine prototypes have been Delivery Research & built for engine testing apart Development Establishment from various modules and (ADRDE), Agra. It has been components manufactured for installed at various Air Force their testing in the rigs to units located all over the assess their aerodynamic and country. Technology of this structural integrity performance. product has been transferred to Four engines are undergoing a production agency. ADRDE development tests at GTRE. Till has also developed aircraft now, 1470 hours of ground arrester barrier for SU-30 testing and 79 hours of altitude testing at CIAM, Russia has aircraft. been accumulated. The next (f) Combat Free Fall System: version of weight optimized DEBEL, Bangalore has prototypes are being designed completed the indigenous with a weight of 1100 kg development of the life support against the present weight of system for paratroopers which 1235 kg and a partnership consists of oxygen system and concept is being explored for protective clothing & equipment design and manufacture. and has submitted them for (d) Kaveri Engine for Naval Ship: technical trials. Using the Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine oxygen system and protective Engine (KMGT) for Indian Naval clothing, actual live jumps have ships has made significant been carried out from an altitude progress. The gas generator of of 30,000 feet successfully, as a KMGT underwent tests at GTRE part of technical trials. User trials test bed and technology has by the Army is likely to been demonstrated to Indian commence in the first quarter of Navy. Phase I of KMGT is 2006.

92 Technology for the (g) Remotely (C) Electronic Systems: Piloted Vehicle (RPV), commercial (a) Airborne Early Warning and Nishant: It has been production of Control (AEW&C) System: This developed by the Lakshya - pilotless Programme was sanctioned by Aeronautical target aircraft, has the Government in 2004 at a Development cost of Rs. 1800 crore with a since been Establishment (ADE), time frame of 78 months for transferred to HAL. Bangalore. The commencement of user trials. objective of this Project Development of one prototype is to carry out battlefield and two operational executive surveillance, reconnaissance, jet based AEW&C systems is real-time engagement of targets envisaged. by artillery fire, laser designation and limited (b) Early Warning Suite for electronic intelligence. The Aircraft (EWSFA): This EW project has been successfully programme for LCA, Tejas and MiG 27 aircraft involves completed and an order of development of an integrated required quantity of Unmanned receiver/ jammer system that Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been will be internally mounted and placed on ADE by the Indian will be capable of interacting Army. Initially, the UAV will be with an emerging threat produced by ADE and scenario. DARE, Bangalore has subsequently technology will undertaken a major MiG 27 be transferred to HAL to cater avionics upgrade programme in for further orders of Services. association with HAL. It has (h) Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA), also supplied indigenous Lakshya: It is an aerial target developed Mission Computer system remotely operated from for Jaguar upgrade. ground. Under the limited (c) Radar Warning Receiver series production of PTA, ADE (RWR): Radar Warning has completed supplies of Receivers, developed by the aircraft to all the three Services. DRDO and produced by M/s The transfer of technology for BEL, are incorporated in MiG production of these aircraft has 21, MiG 27 and Jaguar aircraft. been done on HAL. Order of An upgraded version of Radar further requirements by the Warning Receiver (RWR) Services has been placed on Tarang 1B has been developed HAL. and technology of this

93 upgraded version has been Helicopter (ALH) – Dhruv for transferred to BEL, Bangalore. Indian Navy. The primary roles Production order for about 350 of the radar are anti-ships, anti- systems of this version has submarines and air-to-air been placed by IAF on BEL, for surveillances. The radar has delivery over the next three capability to detect surface years. ships, airborne targets, beacon and submarine periscopes. The (d) Battle Field Surveillance radar is undergoing user Radar – Short Range (BFSR- evaluation and M/s Bharat SR): BFSR-SR has been Electronics has been identified designed and developed by the as the production agency. Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (f) Multifunction Phased Array (LRDE), Bangalore. It is a state- Radar, Rajendra: It is a primary of-the-art, battery powered, sensor for the Akash weapon man-portable surveillance radar system with a range of 60 km. It for use by the Infantry. The provides detection and tracking radar has capability to detect, of multiple aircraft targets, track and classify crawling men, tracks and provides command walking men, moving light/ guidance of multiple Akash heavy vehicles and low flying missiles. The radar has been helicopters. The radar is quite integrated with the missile compact and weighs about 27 system and demonstrated to kg and can be carried in three the user. man packs. Indian Army has evaluated and cleared the radar (g) Three Dimensional - Central for production and induction. Acquisition Radar (3D-CAR): An order of more than 1100 It is a multiple beam three systems is placed on M/s BEL dimensional surveillance radar by the Army. (3D-CAR), used for long range surveillance and can detect and (e) Maritime Patrol Radar for track multiple targets upto 180 Naval ALH (SV-2000): This km. The radar has been radar has been successfully successfully developed, designed by the Electronics evaluated and integrated with and Radar Development the Akash weapon system. Establishment (LRDE), Bangalore for performing (h) Electronic Warfare maritime patrolling. It has been Programme for Army, fitted in Advanced Light-weight Samyukta: It is a joint

94 Programme of DRDO and recommended for installation Indian Army. The system on the designated platforms. consists of communication and (j) Radar Finger Printing System non-communication segments. (RFPS): As a Technology The first production series unit Demonstration Project, it aims of Control Centre (CC) of towards design and communication segment has development of techniques for already underwent user trials unique emitter identification. and second and third blocks Indian Navy and Air Force have are at various stages of successfully conducted field production. For non- trials of RFPS. Technology has communication segment, core been transferred to M/s BEL. system demonstration is undertaken jointly by the DRDO (k) 3D Surveillance Radars and the Indian Army. Variants of Revathi & Rohini: Based on the Samyukta in various 3D-CAR technology, these configurations are now being radars, are being realized in planned. collaboration with M/s BEL for use by the Indian Navy and Air (i) Electronic Warfare Force. Indian Air Force has Programme for Navy, negotiated for 7 systems with Sangraha: It aims towards M/s BEL. design and development of five different types of EW systems. (l) Weapon Locating Radar Three types of systems (Kite, (WLR): This radar is based on Eagle & Homi) are meant for phase array technology. It is in naval helicopters/ aircraft the advanced stage of whereas, two types of systems development. The (Porpoise & Ellora) are for developmental trials are scheduled during the first destroyer class of ships. Most quarter of 2006. of the systems have already been brought under production (m) Command Information by M/s BEL and installed on the Decision Support System various platforms. Homi (CIDSS), Samvahak: It is a system has cleared the user Corps to Battalion level trials and recommended for decision support system to induction. The first production collect, collate, process and unit of Ellora has cleared disseminate information Factory Acceptance Tests between commanders of (FATs) and has been various formations. The system

95 MBT Arjun on display

is undergoing user trials and and compact dimensions. technology transfer to M/s BEL Being satellite based, the is under progress. The first terminals can provide wide production order for the coverage in a radius of around induction of the system has 3000 km from the center of the been placed on M/s BEL. country, making it an asset for (n) Briefcase Satcom Terminal: It wide war theatre operations. has been developed by M/s BEL has been identified as Defence Electronics production agency and an Applications Laboratory initial order of immediate (DEAL), Dehradun using requirement of terminals has indigenous technology. This been placed by the Indian light-weight portable compact Army. communication equipment is suitable D) Combat Vehicles and Mesoscale Weather Engineering Forecasting Model for tactical communication and has achieve 80-90 % (a) Main Battle Tank (MBT), Arjun: disaster management. After successful development, accuracy. It has 10 kg weight trials and evaluation, MBT Arjun

96 has been inducted by the brakes and steering, all-electric Services. Production of 124 drive for turret, automatic tanks by Heavy Vehicles ammunition feed and ejection, Factory, Avadi is in progress. integrated dash-board display, armour material and seals for (b) Bridge Layer Tank (BLT) T-72: suspension system. One mild Production of twelve numbers steel prototype and one of BLT T-72 is under progress at armoured prototype vehicle HVF, Avadi. Four tanks have have been realized. been handed over to Army and further six are likely to be (e) NBC Reccee Vehicle : This completed by March 2006. vehicle, based on BMP-II, has been developed for conducting (c) Combat Improve Ajeya (CIA) : reconnaissance and Transfer of technology of demarcation of radiologically Combat Improve Ajeya (CIA) and chemically contaminated tank to HVF, Avadi has achieved areas. It has been developed to maturity level and so far 148 meet Army’s requirements of CIA tanks have been combat engineer tasks. manufactured. These tanks are Maintainability and user trials fitted with explosive reactive have been conducted on armour for enhanced prototype vehicle. protection, accurate Global Positioning System (GPS) for (f) NBC Water Purification navigation of the tank and re- System: It has successfully configured smoke grenade completed all phases of user discharger. trials. The plant was used to provide drinking water to the (d) Futuristic Infantry Combat tsunami hit villages of Vehicle (ICV): The technology Nagpattanam district. Limited development programme Series Production (LSP) is aimed at design and under consideration by the development of ICV for Indian Army. mechanised forces of Indian Army has made significant (g) Self Propelled Mine Burrier: It progress. A number of futuristic has been successfully technologies have been developed by the R&D successfully realized. These are Engineers, Pune against a high-power density engine, requirement projected by the hydro-gas suspension, Indian Army. It is a fully hydraulic actuating system for automatic mine laying system

97 developed on a high mobility and Avalanche Study carrier vehicle. Establishment (SASE), (h) Automated Platform for Chandigarh for prediction of Multipurpose Payloads: A weather, at least three days in remote control platform/ vehicle advance. On experimental with a capability of driving over basis, Indian Army is being a range of 500 m line-of-sight provided seven days advance and staircase climbing weather information in different capability has been sectors of their operation. successfully developed by the Feedback received from the R&D Engineers, Pune. It is Army on weather forecasting primarily meant for handling of has been found to be in accuracy range of 80-90%.

(j) Snow Gallery: Gallery of 120 m length on approach road to proposed Rohtang Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh (HP) has been designed for the smooth passage of vehicular traffic.

(k) Artificial Triggering of Avalanches: Special explosive device has been developed by the SASE in collaboration with the TBRL, Chandigarh for artificial triggering of avalanches for safety of highways. (E) Armaments: Multi Barrel Rocket System, Pinaka (a) Multi Barrel Rocket System hazardous materials and (MBRS), Pinaka: The system Improvised Explosive Devices comprises of launcher, loader- (IEDs). Its technical trials have cum-replenishment vehicle and been completed. command post with fire control The Submarine (i)Mesoscale Weather computer mounted on Kolos Escape Set has been Forecasting Model: Tatra 8 X 8 (high mobility installed at INS The Model has been vehicle). The system is Satvahana. developed by Snow characterized by “Shoot and

98 Scoot” capability with high rate (d) Influence Mine Mk II: The of fire. It can fire a salvo of 12 intelligent antitank mine rockets in 40 second. It is an incorporating active Influence area saturation weapon with a Fuze Mk II is India’s answer to maximum range of 37.5 km and ever-increasing threat posed by it is much superior to the adversary’s battle tanks. comparable systems available The design and development of in the world. Mk II version of this mine with higher intelligence has been (b) 125 mm Fin Stabilised Armour completed. User trials were Piercing Discarding Sabot carried out successfully during (FSAPDS) (Soft Core) February-May 2005. Ammunition Mk II: After users Performance has been found expressed the need for satisfactory meeting all user developing Mk II version of this requirements. It has been ammunition for enhancing the recommended for introduction fire power, it was designed and into Service. developed for use with T-72 Tank. This ammunition has (e) Modern Sub Machine Carbine higher muzzle velocity thereby (MSMC): Development of giving higher penetration MSMC, which is a part of INSAS power besides other features as family, was taken up in 2002 by of Mk I version. Development ARDE, Pune. Various aspects of this ammunition has been like, functioning, accuracy, completed and user trial penetration, etc. were successfully conducted. demonstrated to the users. (c) Under Barrel Grenade Two numbers of weapon Launcher (UBGL): Armament components for demonstration Research and Development are ready. Rest of the weapons Establishment (ARDE), Pune are under manufacture at SAF, has developed a UBGL Kanpur for user trial. compatible with 5.56 mm (F) Naval Systems: INSAS and AK-47 rifles. A total 16 numbers of weapon (a) Underwater Telephone Mk-II: prototype are under Naval Physical and manufacture at Ordnance Oceanographic Laboratory Factory at Trichi which are to be (NPOL), Kochi has designed subjected to troop trials and developed underwater planned at different climatic telephone to facilitate all modes terrain. of underwater communication

99 from ship/ submarine material was found to be better Very few countries to other vessels with than the imported Russian have achieved the NATO Standard material. This can be used to technology to Underwater Telephone develop six different filters that manufacture light and those of Russian can be used in submarines. weight armour for Standard. The transfer The adsorbent is capable of body and helicopter of technology has been adsorbing seven primary gases protection. successfully transferred and thirty secondary gases. to a production agency. (b) Piezo Electric Crystals : Lead (b) Submarine Escape Set: The Zirconate Titanate Piezo-electric set, developed by DEBEL, material, commonly known as Bangalore, is used by PZT, has extensive applications submariners to escape from in the armament fusing of abandoned submarines. several heat ammunition. PZT Acceptance trials of the set crystals are in heavy demand to consisting of breathing meet the requirements of sonar apparatus and hydrosuit have systems. Various PZT materials been carried out. While the like, PZT powder, axially poled trials of the breathing apparatus rings, piezo polymer have been successful, some components etc. were modifications have been developed and supplied to the suggested on the hydrosuit users. A Centre for Piezo- which is presently being carried ceramics and Devices has been out. Test facilites comprising of set up and is actively breathing bag test facility and progressing to achieve self- reducer test facility have been sufficiency in this highly developed. After successful potential and strategic field of demonstration of the test smart and very smart sensor equipment one set has been materials, actuators and installed at INS Satvahana. transducers.

(G) Advanced Materials: (c) IRR Paints: Twenty five (a) Adsorbent Material for numbers of T-72 Tanks coated Submarine Filter: An with camouflage and IRR paints adsorbent material has been and patterns, developed by developed which is capable of Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur adsorbing physiological vapors, were presented in the colour aerosol vapors, oil mist, etc. presentation parade on May 16, The adsorbent efficacy of the 2005.

100 (d) Jet Injector(AJI): Developed by Hyderabad and to Ordnance DRDE, Gwalior, the reusable AJI Factory, Chanda, respectively has been accepted and cleared after successfully meeting for induction into Services. The respective functional single drug AJI is used for requirements. administration of antidotes (h) Composite Armour Panels: namely, atropine sulphate and Composite Armour Panels have PAM chloride to soldiers been developed by DMSRDE exposed to nerve agent for ballistic protection of contamination. helicopters to provide (e) Nuclear Radiation Detection protection to aircrews and Instruments: Defence critical parts of helicopter Laboratory, Jodhpur has ensuring its survivability against successfully developed ammunition upto a caliber of upgraded versions of two 12.7 mm. nuclear radiation detection instruments, namely, Radio (i) Radiation Shielding Photo Luminescent (RPL) Composites (NBC Pads): The Dosimeter Mk-II and Reader composites can be used for Mk-II and the same have been combat vehicles to increase accepted and cleared for protection against INR and introduction into Services. fallout radiation (gamma rays) progressed at DMSRDE. The (f) Gun Recoil Fluid: DMSRDE, shielding factors of test Kanpur has developed samples were evaluated against indigenous Gun Recoil Fluid nuclear radiation sources and (DAFC-60) which has been the polymer composition was accepted for use in the plains finalized. and desert conditions. It has been successfully trial (j) Boron Carbide: It is an evaluated for use in high important armour against small altitude areas also. arm ammunition for application (g) Structural Adhesives: where weight is very important Structure Adhesives SA-8(M) for such as to body armour, bonding optical components of helicopter armour, etc. DMRL, gyro assembly and Elastomeric Hyderabad has recently Structure SA-6 for use in NAG achieved a breakthrough in warhead assembly, have been improving the hardness from an developed by DMSRDE. These initial value of 500 to a level of have been provided to RCI, 3500kg/sq mm, a value suitable

101 for armour applications. The Laboratory, Hyderabad and the polishing and optimization of protocol for multi centric phase etching process of this material III clinical trials in the treatment have also been successful of glioblastoma multiforme with which is a major boost for the 2-DG finalized and submitted to micro-structural the Health Ministry for approval. characterization of this very (d) Self-heating System for Retort hard and difficult material. Very Pouch Processed Ready to few countries have been able to Eat: The product has been achieve this technology. developed for ambient (H) Life Sciences Systems/ temperature, low temperature, Products: and sub-zero (-10 oC) temperature conditions. (a) Transgenic Tomato: To withstand the cold stress of high (e) Detection Method for altitudes and to prolong the Salmonella Typhl: A method cultivation period in these areas has been developed in the for augmenting the availability of format of ELISA for the detection fresh vegetables for troops, of Salmonella Typhl using quartz Transgenic Tomato (T ) has crystal microbalance. The 2 been developed through agro- sensitivity was found to be 103 bacterium mediated genetic cell/ml of Salmonella Typhi. The transformation using osmotin traditional methods requires 24 gene. Cold tolerance studies hours for detection while this conducted on these transgenic new method is capable of plants at Auli in Uttaranchal detecting the antigen within 50 have provided encouraging minutes. results. (f) ABO Cards: These have been (b) Transgenic Capsicum: developed for testing of blood Mannitol-1 Phosphate groups of human beings. The Dehydrogenase gene has been cards are coated with polymer successfully ingressed in and antibodies of the blood group capsicum through agro- are immobilized on the card. By bacterium mediated genetic adding a drop of water and blood, transformation. the group of the blood and its RH factor can be determined. (c) 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) : This technology has been (g) Antimalarial Compound: transferred to Dr. Reddy’s Synthesis of potential

102 antimalarial compound a- chapaties per hour. It contains cyprone and formulation 4 kw power pack and uses 5 development of antimalarial kg/h LPG for baking of the plant extracts has been same. First machine was accomplished. installed at Base Hospital on January 17, 2005 and another (h) Vegetable Cultivation: DRDO machine at the R&R Hospital on has created pilot scale facility September 23, 2005. for protected cultivation by establishing 15 trenches, 6 (l) Compo Pack Rations : Two double walled polyenches and hundred and twenty Compo 2 polycarbonate greenhouses Pack Rations were supplied to covering 2600 sq meter area for National Security Guard. round the year vegetable cultivation. (m) Processed Food: It has been ordered by the National Centre (i) Fresh Vegetables and Fodder: for Antarctica and Ocean DRDO has ensured local Research, Goa meant for XXVth availability of fresh vegetables Indian Antarctica Expedition. (50%) and animal fodder (47%) One hundred and twenty kg of through farmers cooperative processed food items meant for societies to Army deployed in Mount Everest Expedition-05 ‘L’ sector. have also been supplied to Indo- (j) Preserved and Flavoured Tibetan Border Police Force. Chapaties: Improved quality of (n) Survival Rations: Five chapaties with respect to taste, thousand survival rations have texture and overall acceptability been kept ready for delivering was developed, which remains to DGST, Army Headquarters. stable and acceptable upto 12 months at ambient condition (o) Revamping of Security of without the after bitter taste of Important Buildings: NBC preservatives during storage. ventilation system was Processing conditions for developed for the incorporation preserving chapaties by Retort of NBC protection in important technology have been buildings. optimized and standardized. (p) NBCD Products: NBCD (k) Automatic Chapati Making products developed by DRDE, Machine: It is a small and Gwalior were used for security compact chapatti making at important installations on machine which produces 1200 Independence Day.

103 (q) Air Cleaning Filter: Air clearing branch have been developed filter of 100 m3/hr capacity was and handed over to users. developed and checked for (u) Group Testing Tasks Design efficient removal of odour and Specification Manual: DIPR, gases for air purification. Delhi has standardized design (r) Anthropometric Database: A specification of group obstacle database of anthropometric race and individual obstacles measurements and body both tasks in the series of group testing battery. The newly composition for Air Force designed tasks would elicit personnel has been developed, better behaviour manifestations which can be accessed and to evolve a precise personality used as guidelines for height- appraisal through the group weight chart during induction testing technique. Manual has and subsequent medical review been handed over to the users. and for design for personnel protective equipment. (v) Combat Stress Behaviours Manual: The manual aims to (s) Solid State Cooling System: A highlight the emergence of system complete with liquid various combat stress cooled garment has been behaviours due to various developed and demonstrated to stresses. A detailed layout of provide comfort to tank crew the symptoms of combat operating in desert summer. fatigue, misconduct behavior and psychiatric disorder has (t) Tests for Selection of been covered. Candidates for Officers and other Ranks : Word association INTERACTION WITH test, situation reaction test, INDUSTRIES AND TRANSFER emotional stability test, new OF TECHNOLOGY language aptitude test battery, 8.11 DRDO maintains close liaison battery for trade allocation of with industries by way of transfer of armour trade and driver trade of technologies. The problems faced by soldiers (General Duty) of EMR industries in the processing and Corps, battery for screening of production of various products are COAS bodyguards, intelligence solved by giving proper advice/ test battery (bilingual) for PC guidance. Analytical facilities (SL) and SCO entry candidates for commissioned ranks, Trade available at the DRDO laboratories allocation battery for airmen and establishments are also being technical and non-technical extended to industries.

104 8.12 Naval Materials Research Care Pharma Ltd, Nasik and M/s SB Laboratory, (NMRL), Ambernath has Equipment, New Delhi, respectively. developed arsenic removal filter, The cream has been found to be very NMR 51K and NMR 88K adhesives, effective in prevention/ treatment of polymeric rubbing strakes, sound cold injury. It has been issued to 14 absorbing sheets and vibration Corps. isolation tiles, methanol room heaters 8.15 Defence Food Research and high strength epoxy putty and Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore has these technologies have been transferred a number of the transferred to various industries. technologies to various industries. 8.13 Naval Science and M/s Great Value Foods, New Delhi Technological Laboratory (NSTL), has been given TOT of Vishakhapatnam has transferred “Supplementary Compo Pack technologies of shock testing of Ration”, Insta Nutro Cereal Mix”, nickel–cadmium and silver oxide zinc “Spiced Potato Paranthas”, batteries for torpedoes, shock testing “Dehydrated Potato Peas Curry”, control panels, shock tube for crash “Preserved and Flavoured simulation of flight data recorder, etc Chapaties”, “Vermicelli Kheer”, “Suji/ to various industries. traditional Upma”, and “Instant Khichidi”. Technology of 8.14 DRDO has been identified as “Seabuckthorn Squash” and one of the nodal centres to provide “Bisibele Bhat” have also been technical backup to State transferred to M/s MUSE, Himachal Governments in the areas of Agro- Pradesh and M/s Christy Fried Gram animal development and malaria Industry, Bangalore. containment programmes. “Typhigen Kit” and “CR/Oleoresin based 8.16 Field Research Laboratory Munition” technologies, developed (FRL), Leh has developed by Defence Research and “Vermicompost Technology” which Development Establishment (DRDE), has been transferred to M/s Exel Gwalior, have been transferred to Agro-Technology Industries and M/s Agappe Diagnostic Pvt Ltd, Distt M/s Ecological Vermicompost Thane and M/s Premier Explosives Industries, Assam. The technology Ltd, Secunderabad, respectively. of “Nuclear, Biological and Chemical “Antifreeze Aloe Vera Cream” and (NBC) Respiratory Mask” developed “Portable Carbogen Breathing by DEBEL, Bangalore, has been Apparatus” technologies, developed transferred to three firms namely M/s by Defence Institute of Physiology Univest Technologies, Distt Thane; and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Delhi, M/s Vijay Sabre Safety Ltd, Mumbai; have been transferred to M/s Fem and M/s Joseph Leslie, Mumbai.

105 TOT for “Anti G Suit” and “HAPO platform to showcase our strengths Bag” have been given to M/s Bengal and achievements for the industry Water Proof Ltd, Kolkata and and the public at large to view. The Raksha Polycoats, Pune, more important exhibitions covered respectively by the same laboratory. at the National level were – “Science on Wheels Exhibition: Vigyan Mail”, 8.17 FRL, Leh and DARL, Indian Science Congress at Pithoragarh have provided affordable Ahmedabad, “National Expo” at agro-animal technologies for rural Kolkata, “Aero India – 2005” at upliftment in their respective areas. Bangalore, “India International Trade FRL has signed TOT with M/s Mamta Fair”, New Delhi. At the International Agro Foods, New Delhi for level – “Latin America Aero & commercial production of Defence” at Rio De Janeiro was “Seabuckthorn Beverage” in the covered. name of Madrid Leh Berry. M/s Kohinoor International Agro BASIC RESEARCH Products, New Delhi has launched 8.19 Four Research Boards are the Seabuckthorn herbal beverage in functioning in DRDO to provide the name of “Ladakh Berry” in thrust to basic research in areas of technical collaboration with FRL. strategic importance. These are: INMAS, Delhi has transferred Aeronautical Research & “Shudhika”, a skin decontamination Development Board (AR&DB); kit, to M/s Raksha Polycoats, MIDC, Armament Research Board Bhosari, Pune; and protective (ARMREB); Naval Research Board clothing for quick reaction team to M/ (NRB); and Life Sciences Research s Bengal Waterproof Limited, Board (LSRB). The objectives of Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata. DRDO these Boards are to promote has also established water research in collaborative mode with purification systems for removing of academic institutions and other various impurities like iron and national R&D laboratories, through salinity in various rural areas of north- approval, funding and monitoring of grants-in-aid projects. eastern region and Rajasthan. PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL 8.20 Aeronautical Research & Development Board (AR&DB): The AND INTERNATIONAL AR&DB is functioning since February EXHIBITIONS 1971. The Board is currently funding 8.18 DRDO has ensured its 100 projects with a ceiling of Rs 5 presence in national and crore per year in upstream area of international exhibitions – providing a aeronautics R&D at 25 academic and

106 research institutions in the country. development projects to various Funding distribution is about 48% to research institutes in the country for Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), expanding and deepening the 23% to National Aeronautical knowledge base of life sciences. So Laboratories (NAL), 13% to Indian far, a total of 19 projects have been Institute of Science (IISc), and 16% recommended for funding during the to other institutions. Three Centres of current year. Three patents have Excellence have been set up at IIT, been filed and one is under process. Some of the projects supported by Mumbai, NAL and IISc, Bangalore in LSRB pertain to evaluation of natural the areas of systems design and products for anti-hypoglycemic engineering, composite structure activity, flight simulation task technology and computational fluid performance, food bio-preservatives, dynamics with linkages at other molecular identification, multi drug organization. resistance in cancer, gene 8.21 Armament Research Board expression in drug resistance, etc. (ARMREB): Under the ARMREB, 8.24 Centres of Excellence: DRDO 70 projects have been sanctioned to has obtained the Government’s various academic institutions and other approval to establish Centres of R&D organizations covering fields of Excellence at various universities for high energy materials, sensors, creating a strong DRDO – academia ballistics, combustion and detonics, links, which is considered crucial for modeling/ simulation and other fields driving innovative technological related to armaments. Out of these, 30 solutions for defence applications. projects have been completed and These Centers would assist DRDO in remaining are being pursued. the highly specialized areas of science. The following Centres are being set up:- 8.22 Naval Research Board (NRB): The NRB continued to support the (a) Science and Synthesis of High basic research applicable to naval/ Energy Materials for use as marine technologies. Since its Explosives and Propellants. inception in 1996, 51 projects at a total (b) Science of Polymer Physics cost of Rs 11.03 crore have been especially Polymer Electronics. accorded to the academic/ research (c) Interaction of Microwaves and institutions. During the current year 17 Matter for Stealth Applications; more new projects have been (d) Nano-technology based sanctioned for a sum of Rs 4 crore. Sensors for NBC Detection;

8.23 Life Sciences Research Board (e) Nano Opto-electronic Devices; and (LSRB): The LSRB has been sponsoring research and (f) Life Sciences

107 8.25 DRDO also has an Advanced intellectual resources available in Technology Cell at Jadavpur academic institutions catalyse the University and Joint Advanced generation and growth of new ideas Technology Programme (JATP) at leading to innovative technologies. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore The increased flow of funds for carrying out missile related galvanise research and scientific research activities. temper in the country. Imagination research projects form the focus of 8.26 Contracts for Acquisition of extramural research and are Research Services (CARS): DRDO has introduced an instrument known supported under the ER Scheme. as Contract for Acquisition of 8.28 The ER Scheme has enlarged its Research Services (CARS) for the academic reach and due care has procurement of research services been taken for availability of intellectual from academic institutions. Using and infrastructural resources there. So this instrument a laboratory can seek far, during the current year, 43 new the expertise and access the facilities projects with an aggregate value of Rs. of academic institutions. Under this 9.21 crore have been sanctioned. The scheme a laboratory is authorized to projects are spread over 28 academic/ award a project worth Rs. 10 lakh to research institutions of repute in the an individual or institution. DRDO country. laboratories are spending nearly Rs. 7 crore per year under CARS. 8.29 Intellectual Property Right EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH/ (IPR): To accord selective protective legal cover to intellectual property INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY generated through research activities RIGHTS of DRDO, 75 IPR applications 8.27 Extramural Research (ER): (including 13 in foreign countries) DRDO has close were filed on products/ processes in interactions with the field of materials, electronics, bio- 75 IPR applications academic community medical sciences and food (13 in foreign to enhance availability technology. During the current year, countries) were filed, of research 40 patents were granted and 50 40 patents were opportunities to young patents were accepted for grant. In granted and 50 were scientists and addition, 4 copyrights and 1 design technologists for were registered in India. To promote accepted for grant, 4 widening the IPR awareness, 8 awareness copyrights and 1 knowledge. The programmes/ workshops/ patent- design was enhanced extramural clinics were held in different registered. funding coupled with laboratories.

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INTER-SERVICE ORGANISATIONS

National Defence College

109 The Inter-Service Organisations serve the Defence Forces in certain common field like medical services, public relations, sports, residential accommodation etc.

9.1 The following Inter-Service cover in 450 stations spread across the Organisations function directly under country. It is the premier engineering Ministry of Defence :- arm of the Defence Services which provides works services to Army, Navy, (i) Military Engineer Services Air Force, Defence Research and (ii) Armed Forces Medical Services Development Organization, Directorate (iii) Directorate General of Defence General of Quality Assurance, Estates Ordnance Factories, Coast Guard, (iv) Office of the Chief Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Administrative Officer Central and State Government (v) Directorate of Public Relations Undertakings. The current annual (vi) Army Purchase Organisation workload is in excess of Rs.6600 crore. (vii) Services Sports Control Board (viii) Armed Forces Films and Photo 9.3 MES functions under the overall Division control of Engineer-in-Chief, who is (ix) School of Foreign Languages the adviser to the Ministry of Defence (x) History Division and the three Services on construction engineering. It is (xi) National Defence College structured to design works which are (xii) College of Defence executed under the management of Management Directorate General of Works. MES (xiii) Defence Services Staff College has expertise in a wide spectrum of (xiv) Ministry of Defence Library civil works, ranging from conventional MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICES buildings and factories to (MES) sophisticated complex laboratories, MES is a largest marine works, jetties, dockyards, 9.2 The largest wharves, workshops, slipways, air construction agency construction agency of fields, roads, blast pens, etc. in the country the country, the Military working on 450 Engineer Services 9.4 Major works projects taken up by locations. (MES) provides works the MES during the year are given below:-

110 (a) Tsunami Disaster, Andaman (c) Naval Academy at Ezhimala: and Nicobar Islands: The The construction of the Naval tsunami caused unparalled Academy at Ezhimala with an havoc along the entire South- approximate cost of Rs. 500 Eastern coast of India and crore is in progress. The project Anadaman and Nicobar envisages construction of Islands. Task forces were administrative buildings, deployed by air/ land to far- classrooms, laboratories, flung areas for relief and auditorium and library, cadets’ rescue operations. All the mess, living and married airfields were kept operational accommodation and other despite extensive damages. buildings. The cadets’ mess and Electric supply was restored to auditorium have been Defence areas and vital civil completed and were installations within 24 hours. inaugurated on August 6, 2005. Water supply was restored within seven days after repair (d) War Memorial at Jammu of 18 kms of water pipelines. (Balidan Sthamb): The project All the jetties were made was sanctioned on November operational within 24 hours for 3, 2004 for Rs.7.25 crore. small ships. The repairs to the Phase-I of the project airfields and runways were consisting of War Memorial taken on war footing. Tower, Musical Fountains, Prefabricated shelters were Pillars and Electrification etc. is constructed for the under progress. Target date for accommodation of troops. completion of the project is August 2006. (b) Aero India Show: The fifth International Aerospace 9.5 Married Accommodation Exposition, Aero India-2005, Project (MAP): Phase I of the project was held between February 9 for construction of 59593 dwelling and 13, 2005 at Air Force units at an estimated cost of Rs. Station, Yelahanka, Bangalore. 5176.04 crore is under execution. The exhibition was amongst Physical work has commenced at 44 one of the largest international Stations. exhibitions ever organised in the country. A total of fifteen ARMED FORCES MEDICAL works worth Rs. 59.43 crore SERVICES (AFMS) were completed for Aero India 9.6 The Armed Forces Medical well in time. Services (AFMS) consisting of the

111 Army Medical Corps, the Army situated at Leh conducts Dental Corps and the Military specific projects addressing Nursing Services provide the medical problems at high comprehensive health care to the altitude. The area of work serving Armed Forces personnel, includes acclimatisation and their families and dependents training schedules, nitric oxide which are about 6.6 million in therapy in the treatment of number. high altitude pulmonary oedema, study of auto 9.7 In addition, personnel of para immune profile, military organisations, while epidemiological study of posted in the field and other susceptibility of re-inductees Central Police/ Intelligence forces to high altitude pulmonary operating in the disturbed areas of oedema and causative factors the country, are provided treatment for cold injuries etc. by the Armed Forces Medical Services. The Armed Forces (b) Collaboration with Indian Medical Services are also Council of Medical providing medical care to the ex- Research (ICMR): A core servicemen and their dependents group has been formed with to the extent possible. the representatives of ICMR and DGAFMS to identify 9.8 Medical Research: Directorate areas where collaborative General, Armed Forces Medical research work will be Services (DGAFMS) looks after the undertaken in the years to research activities in the Armed come. The areas identified Forces Medical Services (Army, Navy are Human and Air Force). The Armed Forces Immunodeficiency Virus/ Medical Research Committee meets Acquired Immune Deficiency annually to discuss and select new Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) research projects and research, Stem Cell research, Operation IMDAD also to review the research in deep sea coordinated entire ongoing projects. medicine and surveillance for relief operations for Research work is being infectious diseases including earthquake victims in done in the following new and emerging infections. J&K as well as major areas :- 9.9 Operation IMDAD – Pakistan in (a) The High Earthquake relief for J&K and conjunction with civil Altitude Medical Pakistan: DGAFMS planned and authority. Research Centre coordinated the entire medical aid

112 Doctors of DGAFMS providing Medical Aid to tsunami victims from the Armed Forces Medical biological warfare and preparedness Services as well as civil sources like of military medical personnel in state- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of- the-art techniques of casualty for the earthquake affected areas of management. J&K as well as Pakistan. 9.11 Signing of declaration of 9.10 Signing of Memorandum of partnership for the control of HIV/ Understanding (MOU) 2005 for AIDS: A declaration of partnership training and research of the with UNAIDS has been signed in medical officers: The Armed Forces April, 2005 for combating HIV/AIDS Medical Services of India signed an in the uniformed services. MOU with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences of USA DIRECTORATE GENERAL in April, 2005 for training and DEFENCE ESTATES (DGDE) research of the medical officers of 9.12 The Directorate General the Indian Armed Forces in areas, Defence Estates (DGDE) functions as such as, management of emerging an adviser to the Ministry of Defence infectious diseases using techniques on land and Cantonment Board of modern medicine, clinical trials, matters. The Directorate General is

113 also entrusted with executive in 19 States and the National Capital functions relating to hiring, requisition Territory of Delhi. The Cantonment and acquisition of land and buildings Boards are “Bodies Corporate” to meet the defence requirements. functioning under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (as revised). 9.13 The DGDE supervises the activities of various Cantonment Boards 9.16 The resources of the Cantonment through Principal Directors/ Directors, Boards are very limited as the bulk of the Command and Cantonment the immovable property in the Executive Officers. The Principal Cantonment is Government owned, on Directorates and Defence Estates which no property tax can be levied. Officers carry out the management of Boards, however, receive service defence land which includes custody of charges in respect of Central all defence land records, procurement Government properties. Due to of immovable property and the restrictions neither industries can come payment of compensation and litigation up nor can trade and business achieve matters. The extent of total Defence any significant growth in cantonment lands spread across the country is areas. The Central Government 17.61 lakh acres. The Directorate provides financial assistance by way of General and its subordinate offices grant-in-aid to a certain extent to maintain record as per the classification augment their revenue. and use of land. Out of this, 0.68 lakh acre of land is directly under the 9.17 Development and improvement management of the Directorate of infrastructural facilities was General. undertaken by almost all Cantonment Boards within the available 9.14 In the on-going process of resources. Most of the Cantonment acquisition of land for the three Boards maintain hospitals or services, an amount of Rs. 68.7 crore dispensaries which cater to the has been allotted by Ministry of needs of civil population of the Defence for acquisition Cantonment as well as the adjoining of land for the year The cantonment areas. The total number of hospitals/ 2005- 2006. board caters to the dispensaries maintained is 69. need of civil 9.15 DGDE is also Primary Schools are also maintained by the Cantonment Boards according population in the responsible to control, to local requirements. A number of cantonment and monitor and supervise the Cantonment Civic Cantonment Boards are also provides medical Administration. There maintaining Higher Secondary educational and are 62 Cantonments in Schools and Intermediate/ Junior other social services. India which are located colleges. Total schools and colleges

114 maintained by Cantonment Boards effecting direct recruitment against are 189 in number. all vacant civilian posts in the Service Headquarters and ISOs through OFFICE OF THE CHIEF prescribed channels. ADMINISTRAIVE OFFICER(CAO) 9.23 Finance and Material Division 9.18 The office of Chief Administrative provides material support which Officer (CAO) is responsible for includes procuring and provisioning providing civilian manpower and of office equipment, stores, furniture infrastructural support to the Services and stationery to all offices of Army Headquarters and the Headquarter Headquarters and Inter-Service offices of Inter-Service Organisations Organisations. (ISOs) under Ministry of Defence. Additional Secretary (Training) also 9.24 The Defence HQ Training discharges the functions of the Chief Institute functioning under the Administrative Officer (CAO) and Training, Coordination and Welfare Director (Security). Division of CAO’s Office caters to the 9.19 The functioning of CAO’s training needs of the civilian Office is divided into the following six personnel posted in Service Divisions: - (i) Administration Division Headquarters and Inter-Service (ii) Personnel Division (iii) Manpower Organisations. Planning and Recruitment Division (iv) Training, Coordination and 9.25 Estates & Works Division Welfare Division (v) Finance and performs the estate functions in Materials Division and (vi) Estates respect of residential and Works Division. accommodation of Service Officers posted at Armed Forces HQs. 9.20 The Administration Division provides administrative cover to 9.26 The Office of the Chief Security about 10,000 civilian employees Officer, Ministry of Defence functions employed in Service Headquarters under the supervision of AS(T) & and 26 Inter-Services Organisations. CAO. It is primarily responsible for 9.21 The Personnel Division provides physical security, access control and civilian manpower to the Service prevention of breaches of security Headquarters and Inter-service and fire within Defence Headquarters Organisations and deals with the Security Zone. management of their manpower. DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC 9.22 Manpower Planning and RELATIONS Recruitment Division is responsible for framing recruitment rules in 9.27 The Directorate of Public consultation with DOP&T and Relations is responsible for

115 dissemination of Special courses are Punjabi, Tamil, Telegu and Urdu). information to the Some of the issues of the journal conducted for media about the focussed on tsunami and J&K journalist to enhance landmark events, Earthquake rescue and relief their knowledge on achievements and operations, Army Medical Corps, Army defence matters. major policy decisions Day, Republic Day, Independence Day, of the Ministry, Armed Air Force Day and Navy Day. Forces and Inter-service 9.30 The Broadcasting section of the Organisations under the Ministry of Directorate coordinates Defence. The Directorate with its ‘Sainikon Ke Liye’, a 40 minute headquarters in New Delhi and 25 programme that is broadcast daily on regional offices across the country is All India Radio for the Armed Forces the nodal agency for providing media personnel. The Directorate’s Photo support and services so as to ensure Section provides photographs of adequate publicity in print as well as each and every defence related the electronic media. It also facilitates events to the print media. media interaction with the leadership and senior officials of the Ministry of 9.31 Among the major events Defence and Armed Forces by covered by the Directorate during the conducting regular interviews, press year was the massive relief and conferences and press tours. rescue operations carried out by the Army and the Air Force in the quake 9.28 The Directorate conducted affected areas of J&K. Visits of media “Defence Correspondents’ Course” persons to quake affected areas were for the media persons to enhance also facilitated resulting in adequate their knowledge about defence publicity to the disaster management matters. Twenty five journalists from response of the Armed Forces. print and electronic media from all over the country attended the 9.32 Raksha Mantri’s historic visits to course. During the five weeks Russia, Chile, Antarctica and USA, course, they were taken to National International Aerospace Exhibition Defence Academy, Pune, Air Force ‘Aero India 2005’ at Bangalore, Station, Pune, Naval Base Mumbai release of Defence Procurement and forward areas of J&K. Procedure Manual – 2005, signing of contract for Scorpene Submarine 9.29 The Directorate is responsible for with France were some of the other bringing out a fortnightly journal, important events which were ‘Sainik Samachar’ for the Armed accorded wide publicity. Forces in 13 languages (Assamese, Bengali, English, Gorkhali, Hindi, 9.33 Other important events that Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, were publicised were, Republic Day

116 Celebrations, Combined procured specially during the flush Commanders’ Conference and the season when availability is high and NCC Rally addressed by the Prime prices are low. During the current year, Minister, visits by the Defence Rs. 943 crore was provided to the Ministers of Russia, UK, Vietnam, Army Headquarters for procurement of Kyrgyzstan, Chile and Maldives, above items. Defence Investiture Ceremonies at 9.35 Quality control of the contracted Rashtrapati Bhawan, Joint Army-Air items is ensured by the Composite Force Exercise ‘VAJRA SHAKTI’ and Food Laboratories under the charge the successful test flights of various of Army Headquarters, which, after missiles by Defence Research and inspection and acceptance of the Development Organisation. tendered commodities, supervises ARMY PURCHASE dispatch of goods to different supply ORGANISATION (APO) depots according to requirement. 9.34 Army Purchase Organisation SERVICES SPORTS CONTROL (APO) in the Ministry of Defence is BOARD (SSCB) entrusted with the responsibility of the 9.36 Services Championships: procurement and timely supply of dry Services Sports Control Board food rations for the consumption of (SSCB) conducts and co-ordinates Defence Forces. APO procures rice various sports activities in the three and wheat through the Food Services. Four teams (Army Red, Corporation of India and sugar is Army Green, Indian Navy and Air allotted by the Directorate of Sugar out Force) participate in 19 Services of levy quota allocated to various championships conducted under the sugar mills. Other items like pulses, aegis of SSCB. animal ration, edible oils and vanaspati, tea and milk products are 9.37 During the current year, Inter procured from the Central and State Services championships in 15 out of public sector undertakings and the total 19 disciplines have been national/ state level cooperative conducted. consumer/ marketing federations. 9.38 National Championships: Whole milk powder, butter and ghee SSCB is affiliated to 28 National are procured from the members of the Sports Federations and participates National Cooperative Dairy Federation in 38 national championships of India. Tinned items like vegetables, including 10 junior sections. fruits, jams, milk, meat and fish, coffee, egg powder, etc, are procured from 9.39 International Championships: registered suppliers including private Two Services Boxers won Gold parties. The indented quantities are medals at Common Wealth Boxing

117 Championship held in Scotland from 9.45 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna August 16 to 20, 2005.. Award: Lt. Col. RVS Rathore, AVSM was awarded the highest sports 9.40 Asian Boxing championship was award of the country ‘Rajiv Gandhi held in Vietnam from August 28 to Khel Ratna’ in August, 2005. September 5, 2005. Three Services Boxers and one Doctor represented 9.46 Arjuna Awardees: Two Services India in the championship. sportsmen Maj Deep Ahlawat and Nb Sub J Krishnan were awarded Arjuna 9.41 Four Services weightlifters Awards in August 2005 for Equestrian represented India in Asian Weightlifting and Rowing disciplines respectively. championship held in Dubai from September 24 to October 1, 2005. . ARMED FORCES FILM & 9.42 Commonwealth Weightlifting PHOTO DIVISION (AFFPD) Championship was held at Melbourne, 9.47 The Armed Forces Film & Photo Australia from October 6 to 9, 2005. Division (AFFPD) is primarily Two Services players were part of the responsible to meet the requirements Indian contingent and won one silver of Services Headquarters and other and one bronze medal. Defence Organisations with regard to production, procurement and 9.43 Asian Athletics Championship distribution of training films, was held in South Korea from production of photographs, art work September 1 to 4, 2005. Seven etc to meet the needs of training, Services athletes were part of the weapon trials, security, defence Indian contingent. research, intelligence and records. It 9.44 Best Services Sportsman: On is also responsible for photo and the basis of performance in Services, video coverage of ceremonial National and International functions and other important championships of the preceding year, activities of the Ministry of Defence. Nb Sub CPO CPR 9.48 AFFPD has a very rich collection Sudhir Kumar of INS of rare films and photographs looking Lt. Col. RVS Rathore, Valsura was adjudged back at the history. This material AVSM was conferred “Best Services inherited from the British is of great ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Sportsman” for the year historical value and is maintained and Ratna’ and Maj Deep 2004-05, and was preserved in the Central Defence Film Ahlawat and Nb Sub awarded the AVM Library of this Division. The J Krishnan were Jaswant Singh Trophy photographs depict the Indian forces during the Combined awarded Arjuna in action in various theatres of Second Commanders’ World War, parades, ceremonies, Awards. Conference 2005. festivals and also personalities and

118 training activities etc. Some important was released this year and the film films in the collection are Battle of on Fuel Conservation is entered in Britain, Battle of Russia, Battle of the Mumbai Film Festival. China, Desert Victory, Japanese Surrender, Nazis Strikes, Burma 9.54 The Central Defence Film Campaign, Churchil the Man and Library (CDFL) of this Division is London Victory Parade. responsible for distribution of training films to various units/ formations/ 9.49 This year the main thrust area is training establishments/ commands, “Combat First Aid”. Due to its long to meet their specific training duration and necessity for future requirements. The Library holds 578 training purposes, it is being titles in 35 mm sizes, 1165 titles in 16 converted into a series of five films. mm size and 250 titles in Video The work has been undertaken on format. During the year, 2500 training top priority basis. Films/ Video Cassettes/ CDs have 9.50 Production of defence training been distributed among the troops. film “General Court Martial” was completed within the stipulated time. SCHOOL OF FOREIGN Photo shoot and video coverage LANGUAGES (SFL) covering multifarious activities in 9.55 The School of Foreign various Ordnance Depots/ Units Languages has been pioneer in located at CAFVD KIRKEE, Jabalpur, foreign language teaching in India Kanpur, Bharatpur, Secunderabad and since 1948. It is a unique institution of Leh have been recently undertaken. our country as nowhere else so many 9.51 AFFPD had 37 films on its foreign languages are taught under production programme including the same roof. At present, the School some backlog. Out of these, 11 films is engaged in imparting training in 22 have been completed and five films foreign languages to personnel of the three Services. It also caters to the are at final stages of production. needs of other Ministries and Three films will be entered in Departments of the Government of International Film Festival, 2006. India, such as, the Ministry of External 9.52 The Mobile Cinema Unit of this Affairs, the Cabinet Secretariat, Central Division also procures/ distributes Police Organisations viz. Border documentary films/ news magazines Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police. to the troops in the forward areas. The civilian students are also admitted 9.53 This year AFFPD has made a for Certificate of Proficiency, Advanced film on Investigation and General Diploma and Interpretership Courses Court Martial. The film on Meat as per the laid down Government Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health rules.

119 9.56 The School of teaching wings of Defence SFL imparts training Foreign Languages Institutions where foreign languages in 22 foreign conducts four types of are taught. It conducts examinations languages to the courses, viz., and issues diplomas to the personnel of the Interpretership Course, successful candidates. For Indian Armed forces. Certificate of Foreign Service (IFS) probationers, it Proficiency Course, is obligatory to qualify the Advanced Advanced Diploma Course and Diploma (IFS) examinations Short-term Course in ten languages conducted by the Institute. The (Arabic, Burmese, Bahasa Indonesia, School conducts examination in Chinese, French, German, Russian, regimental language, viz. Nepali at Sinhala, Spanish and Tibetan) on a various Service units all over the regular basis and twelve languages country. Examinations are also held (Dari, Dwivehi, Hebrew, Italian, for Dhivehi language. Japanese, Malay, Persian, Pak Urdu, 9.60 In addition, a Technical Intensive Pushto, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese) Course in Russian language has also on request basis. School of Foreign been successfully conducted by the Languages is the only institute in the School of Foreign Languages at INS country where courses in Bahasa Satavahana at Vishakhapatnam for Indonesia, Pushto, Thai, Sinhala and Naval personnel. Burmese are offered. HISTORY DIVISION 9.57 The Certificate of Proficiency Course is followed by the Advanced 9.61 Historical Section (India) was Diploma Intensive Course. Both are established on October 26, 1953, to part-time courses and of one year write and publish the official accounts duration each and taken together, of the post-independence military these are equivalent to the three year operations of the Indian Armed Forces. Diploma Courses of the Universities. The history of the operations in Jammu and Kashmir (1947-48) was its first 9.58 Short-term courses are purely assignment. Till now, it has brought need-based programmes. They are out 19 volumes. The Historical Section conducted as and when necessary, was re-designated as History Division especially for Military Attache with effect from April 1, 1992. designates and officers being sent on UN missions or as per specific 9.62 The History Division functions needs of user offices. as the record and reference office of the Ministry of Defence and the 9.59 The School of Foreign Indian Armed Forces. During the Languages is the mother current year, about 3962 operational organisation of foreign language records were received from the

120 Services Headquarters, Units and mental stimulation. As a pre-eminent Formations for permanent retention joint military educational institution of in the History Division. the Defence Forces, it explores every 9.63 The Division provides two domain of national security. Research fellowships for conducting 9.66 The NDC runs a 47-week Course research in military history under the every year for selected senior Defence Research Fellowship Scheme of the and Civil Services officers from India Ministry of Defence. and Defence officers from friendly 9.64 The Heraldic Cell of the History foreign countries. The endeavour is to Division assists the three Services prepare the future policy makers for Headquarters and the Ministry of increased responsibility through a Defence by suggesting names for new programme of studies in strategies establishments, designing of crests and structures for national security. and badges and coining suitable The Course is structured to cover mottoes for Units/ Formations. socio-political and economic issues, science, technology, international NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE security environment, global issues, 9.65 The National Defence College India’s strategic/ immediate (NDC) was inaugurated on April 27, neighbourhood and military dimensions of national security. 1960 by the first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Located in the COLLEGE OF DEFENCE heart of Delhi, the College has grown MANAGEMENT (CDM) from strength to strength in the last 45 years and has established a name for 9.67 College of Defence itself as a centre of excellence on Management is a tri-service matters pertaining to national security category “A” training establishment and strategic studies. It has evolved that has been in existence for over into an institution that seeks to three decades now. It is entrusted comprehend and with the responsibility of instilling contemporary management NDC aims to produce interpret the dynamics thoughts, concepts and practices in future policy makers of India’s security the senior leadership of the Armed for shouldering strategy in a world of transition. The Forces. The curriculum at CDM is increase institution endeavours dynamic and each capsule/ course responsibilities to provide an academic is tailor-made for the specific through strategies and professional setting participants, with ‘value addition’ structures for national that is conducive to for them being the key security. higher learning and consideration.

121 9.68 Osmania University recognises DEFENCE SERVICES STAFF the core course of CDM, namely the COLLEGE (DSSC) Higher Defence Management Course 9.70 The Defence Services Staff for the award of the Master of College (DSSC) is one of the oldest Management Studies (MMS) degree. military institutions in India. It was 9.69 The following courses are established in 1905 in Deolali and conducted by CDM, Secunderabad:- has been functioning at Wellington (a) Higher Defence Management since 1950. The DSSC imparts Course (HDMC): This is a 44 training to middle level officers of weeks duration course and is the three Services besides a few attended by 90 officers of the civilian officers and officers from rank of Colonel/ Lieutenant friendly foreign countries. The Colonel and equivalent. college conducts a 45-week training (b) Senior Defence Management programme from June to April every Course (SDMC): This is a six year. The Staff Course at DSSC weeks duration course and is aims at imparting training in attended by 33 officers of the operational and staff functions in an rank of Brigadier/ Colonel and Inter-Service as well as Joint Service equivalent. environment. (c) Defence Management MINISTRY OF DEFENCE LIBRARY Seminar (DMS): This is of two 9.71 The Ministry of Defence Library weeks duration and is attended provides literature on subjects by 20 officers of the rank of relevant to planning and policy Major General and equivalent. formulation in the Ministry of (d) Assignment Oriented Defence, three Services Management Training (AOMTs): Headquarters, Inter-Service CDM conducts four AOMT Organisations and other allied workshops of one week duration Defence Establishments located in on Project Management, Delhi. It specialises in Defence and Financial Management, related subjects, besides catering to Operational Research and the needs of general readers. Systems Analysis and a During the year, the library added workshop on Quantitative Aids to 1750 books, subscribed to 122 Decision Making of two weeks Journals/ Periodicals and 23 duration for middle level officers. Newspapers.

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RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING

IMA cadets during passing out ceremony

123 Excellent, dedicated and motivated manpower capable of shouldering responsibilities of national security is the mission of various training courses under the Armed Forces.

RECRUITMENT IN THE ARMED Candidates on completion of FORCES 10+2 Examination or while in the 12th standards, are eligible 10.1 The Armed Forces epitomize to compete. Successful the ideals of service, sacrifice, candidates join the NDA. On patriotism and our country’s completion of the NDA course, composite culture. The recruitment they are sent to the respective to the Armed Forces is voluntary and Service academies for their pre- every citizen of India, irrespective of commissioning training. his caste, class, religion and community, is eligible for recruitment (b) Combined Defence Services Examination (CDSE): The in the Armed Forces provided he UPSC also holds an All India meets the laid down physical, competitive examination, known medical and educational criteria. as the Combined Defence RECRUITMENT OF OFFICERS IN Services Examination (CDSE), THE ARMED FORCES twice a year. University THROUGH UPSC graduates are eligible to appear in the examination. Successful 10.2 Recruitment of commissioned candidates join the Indian officers in the Armed Forces is mainly Military Academy/Officers’ done through the Union Public Training Academy, Air Force Service Commission (UPSC). The Academy and Naval Academy UPSC conducts All India Competitive for regular/Short Service Examinations for the under- Commission. mentioned entries :- NON-UPSC ENTRIES IN THE (a) National Defence Academy (NDA) : The UPSC holds ARMY AS COMMISSIONED entrance examination twice a OFFICERS year for entry into the National 10.3 Recruitment through Service Defence Academy (NDA). Selection Board (SSB) is made for

124 Arms/ Services in the Army for the two years’ ante-date seniority following entries :- on commissioning.

(a) University Entry Scheme: Final/ (c) Short Service Commission Pre-final year students in the (Technical) Entry: The Short notified engineering disciplines Service Commission (Technical) are eligible to apply for Entry Scheme provides for Permanent Service Commission recruitment of eligible technical into the technical Arms of the graduates/ post graduates into Army as commissioned officers technical Arms. After SSB and under the University Entry Medical Board, the finally selected Scheme. Eligible candidates candidates are required to are selected through a campus undergo 11 months’ pre- interview under the Screening commission training at OTA, Teams deputed by the Army Chennai. On completion of Headquarters. After SSB and training, successful candidates the Medical Board, the finally are inducted as Short Service selected candidates are Commissioned Officers in the required to undergo one year’s technical Arms. Cadets through pre-commission training at IMA, this entry are also entitled for two Dehradun, before being years’ ante-date seniority on commissioned. Cadets through commission. this entry are also entitled for (d) Technical Entry Scheme two years’ ante-date seniority on (10+2 TES): Candidates who commission. have qualified 10+2 CBSE/ (b) Technical Graduates Course ICSE/ State Board Examination (TGC): Engineering graduates/ with minimum aggregate marks post graduates from notified of 70% marks in Physics, disciplines of engineering are Chemistry and Mathematics are eligible to apply for Permanent eligible to apply for commission Service Commission into under the 10+2 Technical Entry technical Arms through this Scheme (TES). On being entry. After SSB and the successful in SSB and being Medical Board, the finally declared fit by Medical Board, selected candidates are they undergo one year basic required to undergo one year’s military training at IMA, pre-commission training at IMA, Dehradun and thereafter Dehradun, before being undergo three years’ commissioned. Cadets through engineering degree course in this entry are also entitled for respective streams before

125 getting Permanent Service who meet the laid down eligibility Commission. On being criteria are eligible for commissioned they are further dispensation of age by four years put through one year and have a reservation of 5% specialised training of the Arm seats. in which commissioned. (f) NCC Special Entry Scheme: Through this entry, volunteer University graduates possessing cadets can also seek NCC ‘C’ Certificate with commission in the Combat minimum ‘B’ grading and 50% Arms. marks in graduation examination (e) Women Special Entry Scheme are eligible to apply for Short Officers (WSES-O): Eligible Service Commission into the women candidates are recruited Army through this entry. Such in Army as Short Service cadets are exempted from Commissioned Officers through appearing in the written the Women Special Entry examination (CDSE) conducted Scheme (WSES-O). by the UPSC and are directly put Commission is granted in Corps through the SSB interviews of Electrical and Mechanical followed by a Medical board. Engineers, Engineers, Signals, Candidates meeting the Army Education Corps, Army Qualitative Requirement have to Ordnance Corps, Army Supply apply through various NCC Corps, Corps of Military Directorates at State level. Intelligence, Judge Advocate Screening is done by the General’s Branch and Air DGNCC who forward the Defence Artillery. Vacancies per applications of deserving cadets year for women officers have to the Recruiting Directorate of been increased to 75 per course. Army HQ. There are two courses in a year and each course is of six months’ SERVICE ENTRIES IN THE ARMY duration conducted at OTA, AS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Chennai. Women are offered 10.4 Recruitment of Personnel Below Short Service Commission in Officer Rank into officer cadre is three streams viz Non Technical, done through Service Selection Technical and Specialist streams Board for Arms/ Services in the for a period of ten years, following entries:- extendable by additional four years purely on voluntary basis. (a) Commission through ACC The widows of Service Personnel Entry: The eligible Other Ranks

126 from the three Services, IMA, Dehradun. The officers The SCO schemes after 10+2 so commissioned earn helps in making of examination, can apply promotion upto the rank of deficiency of officers for regular commission Colonel. The rules for in the Army and through the Army substantive promotion and improves carrier Cadet College (ACC) acting promotion are the same prospects of the Entry. After selection as for regular officers. These existing JCOs/ through SSB and a officers are employed in units NCOs/ ORs. Medical Board, the as sub-unit commanders/ cadets are trained at Quarter Masters and on Army Cadet College, Dehradun various Extra-Regimental for three years, at the end of Employment appointments which they get a graduation upto the rank of Major. They degree. This is followed by one retire at the age of 57 years year pre-commission training at after service of about 20-25 IMA, Dehradun. Permanent years as officer. The scheme Commission is granted in all not only improves the career Arms/ Services. prospects of the existing JCOs/ NCOs/ ORs but also helps in (b) Induction under Special making up the deficiency of Commissioned Officer (SCO) officers in the Army to a Scheme: Government had considerable extent. approved the creation of Support Cadre of Special (c) Induction through PC(SL) Commissioned Officers. Cadre: The eligible personnel Eligible Junior Commissioned below officer rank are granted Officers (JCOs) and Other Permanent Commission Ranks (ORs) fill up these Special List [PC(SL)] after posts. Under this entry, JCOs/ selection by the SSB into Non-Commissioned Officers various Arms/ Services. A few (NCOs)/ ORs in the age group vacancies are earmarked for of 30-35 years, with an Army this cadre. This entry has Senior School Certificate Pass improved the motivation level (Class 10+2 Pattern) of the cadre. qualification, are eligible for commission after screening/ INTAKE selection through SSB and a 10.5 During the year 2005, intake of Medical Board. They have to candidates for pre-commissioning undergo pre-commission training as officers is given in table training of one year duration at No.10.1.

127 Table 10.1 (a) NDA 556 (b) IMA (i) IMA(DE) 422 (ii) ACC 91 529 (iii) SCO 16 (iv) PC(SL) In Progress (c) OTA (i) WSES(O) 142 (ii) SSC(NT) 322 566 (iii) NCC 102 (d) Tech Entries (i) UES 63 (ii) SSC(Tech) 27 382 (iii) 10+2 TES 171 (iv) TGC 121

NON-UPSC ENTRIES IN THE NAVY (c) Electrical Engineering: SSC AS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS entry through UES and SSC(L) Schemes. Permanent 10.6 Recruitment for the non UPSC Commission is through 10+2 entries is made through Service (Tech) Scheme. Selection Board During the year 1477 interviews for the (d) Education Branch: Permanent candidates were following Branches/ Commission and Short Service recruited for pre Cadres of the Navy:- Commission schemes exist for commission training this branch. (a) Executive: Short as officers. Service Commission 10.7 10+2 (Tech) Scheme: The (SSC) for Air Traffic Scheme is for Permanent Control/ Law/ Logistic/ Naval Commission in the Engineering and Armament Inspectorate (NAI)/ Electrical branches of the Indian Hydro cadres and also Permanent Navy. Under the scheme, candidates Commission for Law/ NAI Cadres. with 10 +2 (PCM) qualification, after (b) Engineering (Including Naval selection through the Services Architects): Short Service Selection Board, are sent to the Commission through University Naval Academy for the Naval Entry Scheme (UES), Special Orientation Course (NOC). Naval Architects Entry Scheme Thereafter, they undergo a four-year (SNAES) & SSC (E) Schemes. Engineering course at INS Shivaji/ Permanent Commission is Valsura. On successful completion of through 10+2 (Tech) Scheme. the course they are granted

128 permanent commission in the exempted from appearing in the Electrical and Engineering branches CDSE conducted by the UPSC and of the Navy. are selected through the SSB interview only. They join the Naval 10.8 University Entry Scheme Academy for NOC along with the (UES): The UES has been re- CDSE cadets. launched with effect from August 2005 as a Short Service Commission 10.11 Special Naval Architecture Scheme. Final and Pre-Final year Entry Scheme: Government has Engineering students are eligible for recently approved the induction of 45 induction into the technical Naval Architect officers into the Naval Branches/ Cadres of the Navy. Naval Architecture Cadre of the selection teams from the Naval Engineering Branch of the Indian Headquarters and Command Navy, as Short Service Commission Headquarters visit AICTE approved Officers, under a Special scheme of engineering colleges, across the ‘Special Naval Architects Entry country, to shortlist the candidates. Scheme’ (SNAES). The short listed candidates, based on all-India merit, are called for 10.12 An empowered Naval interview at the Services Selection team visits IIT Kharagpur, IIT Board. The successful candidates, Chennai, Cochin University of thereafter, are put through the Science and Technology (CUSAT) medical tests. Final selection is and Andhra University, where B Tech based on All India Merit on the basis (Naval Architecture) course is of marks obtained in the SSB conducted, to select the candidates interviews. through campus interviews. The selected candidates undergo 10.9 Women Officers: Women are medical examination at the nearest being inducted into the Navy as Short Military Hospital and, if found fit, are Service Commission (SSC) officers in selected for training. the Executive (ATC, Law & Logistic Cadres) and the Education branch. RECRUITMENT OF OFFICERS IN AIR FORCE 10.10 Recruitment through NCC: University graduates 10.13 Recruitment of Permanent possessing NCC ‘C’ certificate, with Commissioned Officers in the Air minimum ‘B’ grading and 50% marks Force for Flying Branch is done in the graduation degree through NDA and CDS examinations examination, are inducted in the conducted by Union Public Service Navy as regular commissioned Commission. For Technical officers. These graduates are Branches, Women Special Entry

129 Scheme, NCC Special Entry Scheme Physics & Maths at 10+2 level and Op Support Group recruitment is possessing Senior Division NCC ‘C’ made directly through IAF Recruiting Certificate are inducted in the Air Directorate. Force as regular Commissioned Officers. These graduates are NON-UPSC ENTRIES IN THE AIR exempted from appearing in the FORCE AS COMMISSIONED CDSE conducted by the UPSC and OFFICERS are selected through the AFSBs. 10.14 Recruitment through Selection Board For PC & SSC RECRUITMENT OF PERSONNEL Officers (Men) : Recruitment through BELOW OFFICER RANK (PBOR) Air Force Selection Board is made for IN THE ARMY the following branches of the Air 10.18 The recruitment of Other Force: Aeronautical, Engineering Ranks in the Army is carried out (Electronics), Aeronautical according to the percentage of Engineering (Mechanical), Education, Recruitable Male Population (RMP) of Administration, Logistics, Accounts the State/ Union Territories. The and Meteorology. Recruitable Male Population includes all males of the State/ Union 10.15 University Entry Scheme: Territories who meet the laid down Final/ pre-final year students in qualitative recruitments and it is engineering disciplines are eligible reckoned as 10% of the total male for induction into the Technical population. Eleven Zonal Recruiting Branches/ Services of the IAF as Offices, one Gorkha Recruiting Commissioned Officers under the Depot, Kunraghat and an University Entry Scheme starting with Independent Recruiting Office at effect from January 2007. Delhi Cantt in addition to 47 10.16 Recruitment of Women Regimental Centres carry out Officers: Eligible women are recruitment. During the recruiting recruited as Short Service year 2004-2005, the recruiting organisation has enrolled 62514 Commissioned Officers in the recruits (PBOR) for the Army. following Branches of the IAF:- Flying, Aeronautical Engineering 10.19 The important decision (Electronics), Aeronautical taken in the recent past/ major Engineering (Mechanical), Education, developments in the area of Administration, Logistics, Accounts recruitment of PBOR in the Army are and Meteorology. as under :-

10.17 Recruitment through (a) Direct Enrolment of NCC: University graduates with Meritorious Sportsmen in the

130 Rank of Havildar in the Army: International Border (IB) w.e.f. Sanction for direct enrolment of August 17, 2005 upto the expiry meritorious sportsmen in the of existing dispensation policy Army has been extended by the i.e. March 31, 2007, as a Government for one year i.e. special case. upto December 31, 2005. (e) Raising of new BROs: Two (b) Educational Qualification new Branch Recruiting Offices Requirement (QR) for Soldier (BROs) have been raised at Technical Category: Behrampore (WB) and Aizawl. Educational QR for Soldier Technical category has been RECRUITMENT OF SAILORS IN revised as simple 10+2 pass THE NAVY with no stipulation of marks 10.20 Method of Recruitment: percentage. However, the Recruitment of sailors in the Navy is mandatory requirement of carried out based on an All India Merit English, Physics, Chemistry after the process of a written and Maths in 10+2 still examination, physical fitness test and remains. medical examination. To make recruitment ‘candidate friendly’, the (c) Cut off Date for Determination recruitment schedule provides of Age at the time of enough preparation time for the Enrolment: The date of candidates and results are physical screening has been announced on the same day. taken as effective date for Recruitment publicity for the Navy is determining eligibility of carried out on all-India basis through candidate for age with effect advertisements in all leading national from March 28, 2005. and regional newspapers and (d) Recommendation for Employment News. Publicity material Dispensation to Soldier is also despatched to a large number General Duty (GD) Category – of schools/ colleges and all Zila Sainik Punjab State: Education Boards. The local administration Standard for recruitment to carries out the publicity drive in rural/ Soldier GD Category from backward areas through local media. Matric pass with minimum 45% 10.21 Types of Entries: The marks to simple Matric pass various entries, for recruitment of has been granted to the sailors, are as follows:- candidates from the State of Punjab within the aerial (a) Artificer Apprentices (AAs) – distance of 20 Km from the 10+2 (PCM).

131 (b) Direct Entry (Diploma Holders) NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE [DE (DH)] – Diploma in AREA OF RECRUITMENT IN Mechanical/ Electrical/ THE INDIAN AIR FORCE Electronics/ Production/ Aeronautical/ Metallurgy/ 10.24 (a) Enhancement of Shipbuilding. Induction of officers from North Eastern (NE) States: To (c) Matric Entry Recruits – enhance the induction for the Matriculation. Officers’ Cadre from the low (d) Non-Matric Entry Recruits – response NE states, an Below Matric. extensive publicity campaign was carried out for Fast Track (e) Direct Entry Petty Officer Selection. (Outstanding Sportsmen). (b) The Short Service Commission RECRUITMENT OF PERSONNEL (SSC) Scheme in the Air Force BELOW OFFICER RANK IN THE has been extended beyond AIR FORCE December, 2005 on the existing 10.22 Recruitment of Airmen to terms and conditions of service, the Air Force is done through the revised to the extent that the Central Airmen Selection Board, term of engagement will be 10 located at Air Force Station, Naraina, + 4 years. The revised term of New Delhi-10. There are 13 Selection engagement has been centres under the Board. introduced to bring in uniformity among the three Services. 10.23 Selection Procedure: The recruitment of Personnel Below Officer (c) Recruitment of Airmen Rank (PBOR) as an airman in the IAF is through Open Recruitment conducted through All India Selection Rallies: A new system of Tests and Recruitment Rallies. All India recruiting Airmen has been Selection Tests are conducted at the introduced with effect from April Airmen Selection 1998 by carrying the Centres (ASCs) located Airmen are recruited recruitment through open all over India as per recruitment rallies only. through well planned schedule whereas the Recruitment rallies are planned rallies keeping in view Recruitment Rallies are well in advance, keeping in the geographical, conducted from time to view the geographical, demographical and time in selected areas/ regions of particular demographical and topographical State/ Union Territories topographical considerations. consideration. of the country. At least one such rally is held in

132 Defence Sector work in coordination each month by combining with one another to achieve these districts/ areas and regions, objectives. thereby giving every aspirant one opportunity in a year to get SAINIK SCHOOLS himself enrolled in Air Force, 10.26 Sainik Schools were irrespective of his place of residence. established as joint venture of the Central and State Governments. (d) University Entry Scheme: These are under the overall Under the University Entry governance of Sainik Schools Scheme starting from January Society. At present there are 20 2007, final/ pre-final year Sainik Schools located at Nagrota students in Engineering (Jammu & Kashmir), Sujanpur Tira disciplines are likely to be (Himachal Pradesh), Kapurthala inducted into Technical (Punjab), Kunjpura (Haryana), Branches of Air Force as Chittorgarh (Rajasthan), Ghorakhal Commissioned Officers. (Uttaranchal), Rewa (Madhya TRAINING FOR DEFENCE Pradesh), Gopalganj & Nalanda SERVICES (Bihar), Tilaiya (Jharkhand), Goalpara (Assam), Purulia (West 10.25 The environment in which Bengal), Bhubaneswar (Orissa), the defence officers have to work, Balachadi (Gujrat), Korukonda demand a holistic approach to (Andhra Pradesh), Satara training. Training aims at equipping (Maharashtra), Imphal (Manipur), the officers and soldiers with Bijapur (Karnataka), Amravatinagar necessary inputs to make them (Tamil Nadu) and Kazhakootam efficient fighting men and also well- (Kerala). Approval, in principle, has informed on national and been accorded for opening of two international developments. The more Sainik Schools in Mizoram and training requirements are properly Nagaland. matched for the freshly recruited 10.27 The objectives of Sainik officers, for officers in need of Schools include bringing quality advanced and public school education within the The sainik schools specialised training, reach of the common man, all round aim to develop boys and for Other development of a child’s personality to join the Armed Ranks(ORs). and to remove regional imbalance in Accordingly, a large the officers’ cadre of the Armed Forces through the number of training Forces. The Sainik Schools prepare NDA. institutions in the boys academically, physically and

133 Training at NDA mentally to join Armed Forces 10.30 Sainik Schools are wholly through the National Defence residential schools run on public Academy (NDA). school lines. All the Sainik Schools 10.28 Sainik Schools admit boys are also members of the All India in classes VI and IX. Their age Public Schools Conference. They should be 10-11 years for class VI offer a common curriculum and are and 13-14 years for class IX as on 1st affiliated to the Central Board of July of the year in which admission is Secondary Education, New Delhi and sought. Admissions are made strictly follow the 10+2 pattern of education. in the order of merit on the basis of These institutions also aim at an Entrance Examination held in developing the cadets’ sound January each year. character, team spirit, dedication to duty, patriotic outlook and desire to 10.29 The entrance examination serve the country with efficiency. includes a written examination and an interview. Admission is further 10.31 The schools impart subject to the candidates being instructions in English medium found medically fit according to although knowledge of English is not medical standards prescribed for a pre-requisite for admission. The entry to National Defence Academy. schools offer only science stream at

134 the plus-two level, as cadets are academic session 2006-07 in obliged to take the NDA entrance order to achieve optimum examination. utilisation of available infrastructure and to provide 10.32 Sports and games, co- more competitive environment curricular activities, educational to cadets. tours, excursions, adventure courses and Socially Useful Productive Works (d) Discontinuation of the annual aimed at developing the dignity of 10% hike in tuition fees from labour, form an integral part of the academic year 2006-07 training imparted in Sainik Schools. onwards. Tuition fee hike to be linked to the inflation index 10.33 As on date, more than instead. 6000 officers of the Defence forces are alumni of Sainik Schools. MILITARY SCHOOLS 10.34 During the current year 10.35 Military Schools, the some major initiatives were taken by erstwhile King George’s Schools the Sainik Schools Society for the were opened in the pre- betterment of these schools. These Independence era with an aim to are:- provide Public School education to the wards of serving soldiers who (a) Introduction of cash awards of could subsequently join the Rs. 50,000/- alongwith the Regiment of their parents. With the Raksha Mantri Trophy for the changing socio-economic School achieving maximum condition, the scope of education number of NDA selections. was further modified and the wards of officers and civilians were (b) Introduction of Training Grants also permitted to pursue education upto a maximum of in these schools. At present the Rs. 10 lakh per school per year aim of these Military Schools is “to for providing financial provide quality education and assistance for teachers’ prepare the cadets to join Defence training, specialised Services”. competition oriented training for cadets and improvement of 10.36 There are five Military Schools, which are located in Chail training infrastructure. (1925), Ajmer (1930), Belgaum (c) Introduction of admissions to (1945), Bangalore (1946) and Class XI in addition to the Dholpur (1962). Military School, existing regular admissions to Ajmer celebrated its Diamond Classes VI and IX from Jubilee during this year.

135 Hut of Remembrance at National Defence Academy

RASHTRIYA INDIAN MILITARY State Governments. Seats for COLLEGE (RIMC) respective States are reserved based 10.37 The Rashtriya Indian on population. The intake into RIMC Military College (RIMC) was founded is biennial, in January and July. The on March 13, 1922, with the objective boys are admitted to Class VIII in the of providing the necessary age groups 11/ ½ to 13 years. The preliminary training to the boys of college runs classes in science Indian birth or domicile, wishing to stream on 10+2 CBSE pattern. become officers in the Armed Forces NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADAMY of India. RIMC is now a premier educational institution in the country. (NDA) For more than eighty years the 10.39 The National Defence college has been preparing cadets Academy (NDA) is the country’s for leadership in the Armed forces. premier inter-service training The institution now serves as a institution. It has the unique feeder institute to the National distinction of being one of the first Defence Academy, Khadakvasla institutions in the world to impart (Pune). combined training to officer cadets of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. 10.38 Selection for RIMC is through a written examination cum 10.40 The three years course at viva voce conducted through the the NDA is covered in six semesters

136 during which a bond of friendship the salubrious climate of Dehradun. and respect for each other’s service With the forest environment and develops. On conclusion of this rugged mountains, close to the training, the cadets proceed to their mythological ashram of respective Service Academies for Dronacharya, it forms the ideal further training before being training ground for commission in commissioned as officers in the the profession of arms. Armed Forces. 10.43 IMA also imparts training 10.41The aim of training at the NDA is to Gentlemen Cadets from friendly to ensure that all cadets are able to:- countries like Maldives, Mauritius, (a) Attain the requisite educational Lesotho, Palestine and Bhutan. In standards and acquire mental, addition to basic service training and moral and physical qualities broad academic education, IMA has essential to their progressive a number of extra curricular activities and continued development as to develop a fully rounded officers of the fighting services. personality and inculcating finer aesthetic qualities. (b) Obtain such basic service training as will assist in OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMY developing their character, (OTA), CHENNAI initiative, self-confidence and above all, qualities of 10.44 The Officers Training leadership. Academy was established in 1963 as Officers Training School (OTS) to (c) Develop ability to appreciate meet the increased demand of the inter services aspect of the officers in the Army. It was renamed Armed Forces. as Officers Training Academy (OTA) (d) Develop an interest in outdoor from January 1, 1988 on completion extra curricular activities. of 25 years of its existence. To begin with, its main task was to train INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY Gentlemen Cadets for grant of (IMA), DEHRADUN Emergency Commission, and from 1965 onwards the Academy started 10.42 The Indian Military training cadets for Short Service Academy, founded in 1932, boasts of Commission. a glorious and colourful OTA aims to train history. The academy is 10.45 Since September 21, gentlemen cadets for located between 1992, the Indian Army has opened grant of Emergency Shivalik and the up its portals for entry of women as Commission. Himalayan foothills, in commissioned officers. Initially 50

137 lady cadets were commissioned (b) Senior Command Course: To every year. With the entries presently train selected officers at limited to Army Service Corps, Army middle level (Major/ Lieutenant Education Corps, Judge Advocate Colonels) of command from all General’s Department, Corps of arms and services in tactical Engineers, Signals and Electrical and employment of a Battalion or Mechanical Engineers, approximately Combat Group as part of a 100 lady officers get commissioned brigade or combat command from OTA every year. in cooperation with air and ARMY WAR COLLEGE, MHOW other arms and services, as also, in training and 10.46 Army War College, Mhow administration of a unit in is a premier training institution of peace and war. Indian Army, which trains officers of the Armed Forces to meet future (c) Junior Command Course: The conflicts. The College is equipped aim of this course is to train with state-of-the-art training officers of all arms and services infrastructure combined with at lower command level, (with supporting administrative set up. not less than six years of The College imparts tactical service) in the tactical training to officers of all arms and employment of a Rifle Company services at various levels of or Combat Team as part of command viz, sub unit, unit and Battalion Group or Combat formation levels. Inter-arms and Group, in cooperation with air inter service aspects are included and other arms and services, as in the training which is aimed at also in training and enabling officers to handle mixed administration of a sub unit in group of various arms and services peace and war. at levels appropriate to the course. Three main courses conducted by 10.47 Short Courses: The the College are:- College conducts a large number of (a) Higher Command Course: short courses to train potential staff The aim of this course is to train officers and commanders at various officers for higher command, levels viz., All Arms Logistic Course, with particular reference to Combined Operational Review and divisions and for holding senior Evaluation Programme, Formation staff appointments at Commanders Orientation Command, Corps and Division Programme and Defence levels. Correspondent Course.

138 HAWS trained JUNIOR LEADERS HIGH ALTITUDE WARFARE personnel accounted ACADEMY (JLA), SCHOOL (HAWS), GULMARG well during Indo-Pak BAREILLY 10.51 The School was initially wars and operation 10.48 Junior Leaders set up in 1948 as 19 Infantry Division Meghdoot and Vijay. Academy was set up Ski School. The school soon gained in 1998 with the aim of popularity in skiing and winter imparting institutionalised training warfare training. During winter of in leadership and related subjects 1949-50, it was upgraded to a to the Junior Leaders i.e. JCOs and Command Establishment and re- Sr NCOs of all arms and services designated as Winter Warfare with a view to make them more School. On April 8, 1962, it was effective. JLA shifted from its raised as Category ‘A’ Training interim location at Margoa (Goa) to Establishment and re-designated as Bareilly in July, 1999. The High Altitude Warfare School to Academy in a short span has function directly under the Army established itself as one of the Headquarters. It trains selected premier training institutions of the personnel in all aspects of high Indian Army. altitude (HA), mountain warfare and JUNIOR LEADERS ACADEMY develop techniques for fighting in (JLA), RAMGARH such terrain. 10.49 Considering the gigantic 10.52 The establishment played magnitude of our Army, the an important role in training the requirement of training Junior personnel who took part in the Indo- Leaders was only partially met with Pak Wars of 1965, 1971 and the raising of JLA Bareilly. Therefore, Operation Meghdoot and Operation it was decided to raise the JLA at an Vijay. The School’s contribution in interim location at Ramgarh in 2001. operations in Siachen too has been quite significant. 10.50 JLA Ramgarh has been organised on the same lines as JLA COUNTER INSURGENCY & Bareilly. This being an interim JUNGLE WARFARE SCHOOL location, only the existing (CIJW), VEIRANGTE infrastructure and facilities have been 10.53 Counter Insurgency and utilised. The institution has Jungle Warfare (CIJW) School is a commenced training from February, Category ‘A’ Training Establishment 2003. This institution is presently designed to conduct counter training 648 students every year. insurgency and counter terrorism

139 Counter Insurgency courses for officers, Charter and Role, the training JCOs and NCOs of the conducted in this institution is Training has benefited Army. The School also operation specific and mission units to understand conducts language oriented. the peculiarities of courses in Assamese, insurgency problem. Bodo, Manipuri & COUNTER INSURGENCY PRE Tangkhul and INDUCTION TRAINING BATTLE Nagamese. In addition, Pre-Induction SCHOOLS Training for all units inducted into 10.56 Due to escalation of Combat Insurgency grid is also insurgency problem in J&K and in conducted. Training of Para Military the East, a need was felt to impart Forces, Central Police Organisations pre-induction training to all units and State police personnel is also being inducted into counter carried out at the School. insurgency environment. Capacity 10.54 Even the US Army of CIJW School was limited, exhibited keen interest in training at besides peculiar operational the establishment, which took shape situation and administrative in the form of Joint Indo-US exercise problems of movement of units, it named EX VAJRA PRAHAR, EX was necessary to impart training to YUDH ABHYAS (04-01) and EX units in areas closer to their areas YUDH ABHYAS (05-01) conducted of operation. To overcome these during 2003, 2004 and current year problems, three Corps Battle respectively under the Indo-US Schools from within the resources Defence Cooperation Programme. of the Army have been established The School evolves and reviews tactical doctrine and techniques at Kheru, Sarol and Bhalra for units regularly for operations in counter moving into Northern Command insurgency and jungle warfare, and and at Thakurbari for units moving counter terrorism and keeps abreast into Assam and Meghalaya. Pre- of all tactical and technical aspects of induction training in these schools insurgency in all parts of the World. has benefited all the units, as they were able to understand the 10.55 A number of students peculiarities of the insurgency from Para Military Forces and friendly foreign countries also attend problem in their locality. Besides the courses conducted by CIJW training for counter insurgency, School. With the present capacity, these schools especially in the the School is imparting training to Northern Command are training 150 Officers, 575 JCOs/ NCOs in units for their role along the line of one training cycle. By virtue of its control and high altitude.

140 INFANTRY SCHOOL, MHOW is also a part of the Infantry School which is responsible for training of 10.57 The Infantry School is the shooters for national and largest and oldest Military Training international shooting events. Lt Col Institution in India. It conducts RVS Rathore who won a silver medal various courses of instruction apart in the Olympics last year for from developing new tactical shooting, was trained at Army doctrines, battle techniques and Marksmanship Unit. battle drills pertaining to the infantry. It is also involved in study and JUNIOR LEADERS WING (JLW), evaluation of the latest trends in the BELGAUM development of infantry tactics, weapons, ammunitions and 10.60 The Junior Leaders Wing equipment. at Belgaum trains junior officers, JCOs and NCOs in Sub-Unit level 10.58 The Infantry School Tactical and Special Mission conducts a total of 52 courses for Techniques to enable them to carry Officers, JCOs and Jawans of the out assigned operational missions in Infantry and trains a total of 7830 varied terrain under severe stress students in weapon handling and and strain and to command and tactics every year. The School has administer their Sub-Units effectively two training Wings at Mhow, in war and peace. It trains officers Weapons and Trials Wing and Young and NCOs of Army, Para Military Officers Wing. Forces, Central Police Organisations 10.59 The School also has a and friendly foreign countries in Junior Leaders Wing located at commando type of operations and Belgaum. A Non Commissioned make them capable of operating as Officers (NCOs) Academy at Binaguri part of special mission groups or raised on April 18, 2005 is also a part leading independent missions in all of the Infantry School. The NCOs types of terrain and operational Academy conducts courses for all environment. Non Commissioned Officers of the COLLEGE OF MATERIALS Indian Army in leadership MANAGEMENT development and combat training. In addition, Infantry School has a Trials 10.61 The College owes its Cell at Mhow responsible for lineage to Indian Army Ordnance conducting all trials of weapons and Corps (IAOC) School of Instruction equipment prior to their induction established at Kirkee in October, into service. The Army 1925. The School was later re- Marksmanship Unit located at Mhow designated as IAOC Training Centre

141 various sub-disciplines of the science in February, 1939 and shifted to its and methodology of artillery warfare. present location at Jabalpur. In It imparts technical training to the January, 1950, The IAOC School officers, JCOs and NCOs of the became the Army Ordnance Corps regiment of Artillery on artillery (AOC) School. With the changing weapons and systems including doctrines of training and the training of pilots for Air Observation advanced concepts introduced, the Post duties. AOC School was renamed as College of Materials Management (CMM) in 10.64 The School of Artillery has 1987 and affiliated to the University of trained a large number of Officers, Jabalpur (Rani Durgavati Vishwa JCOs and NCOs in the year to help Vidhyalaya) in 1987. Since 1990 them to imbue and develop technical CMM is an autonomous institution. skills and expertise in operating and The College is also registered as a employing artillery weapon systems. ‘Government College’ with the During the year, several officers and University Grants Commission. It also personnel from friendly foreign has the approval of All India Council of countries were also imparted training. Technical Education (AICTE). ARMY AIR DEFENCE COLLEGE, 10.62 The College is accredited GOPALPUR with National Assessment and 10.65 Army Air Defence Accreditation Council (NAAC), an College (AADC) earlier functioned autonomous body constituted under as a wing of School of Artillery, the UGC Act. NAAC has awarded Deolali till October, 1989, when it Five Star (Highest) Accreditation to was moved to Gopalpur as a the College. The college imparts precursor to bifurcation of Air necessary institutional training to all Defence Artillery from the main ranks of AOC and civilians entrusted branch of Artillery. The college with management of Ordnance trains personnel of Air Defence support in the Indian Army. It also Artillery, other arms and armed imparts training in handling unit forces personnel of friendly foreign administration and material countries in Air Defence related management to selected officers, subjects. JCOs and other ranks of all arms and services. 10.66 The Army Air Defence College conducts a number of SCHOOL OF ARTILLERY courses. Some of the courses are 10.63 The School of Artillery, Long Gunnery Staff Course Deolali is the academic centre for (Officers), Young Officers Course,

142 Training at Army Air Defence College, Gopalpur

Electronic Warfare Course, Senior 1999. It is a premier training institute Command Air Defence Course, imparting basic and advanced Long Gunnery Staff Course, training in multifarious disciplines viz Junior Commissioned Officer/ Non logistics management, transport Commissioned Officer, Technical management, catering, automated Instructors Fire Control Course, data processing etc to Officers, Aircraft Recognition Course, Unit Junior Commissioned Officers, Other Instructors and Crew Based Ranks and recruits of Army Service Training and Automated Data Corps as well as other arms and Processing Course. services. ARMY SERVICE CORPS CENTRE ARMY EDUCATION CORPS AND COLLEGE, BANGALORE TRAINING COLLEGE AND CENTRE, PACHMARHI 10.67 Army Service Corps Centre (South) and Army School of 10.68 The AEC Training College Mechanical Transport were merged & Centre, Pachmarhi is an ace with ASC Centre at Bangalore to institution for Educational Training in establish Army Service Corps Centre the Armed Forces. Only one of its and College at Bangalore on May 1, kind, it is both a Cat ‘A’

143 establishment and a at FLW for training in regional and MMW has 200 Cat ‘A’ Regimental foreign languages. musical compositions Centre. It is also an to its credits. Autonomous College MILITARY MUSIC WING, affiliated to Barkatullah PACHMARHI University, Bhopal with academic and 10.72 The Military Music Wing administrative powers to design, (MMW) was raised in October, 1950 conduct, test and award its own as a part of the AEC Training College courses and degrees. & Centre, Pachmarhi. The Military Music Wing has more than 200 10.69 The Department of Map musical compositions to its credit Craft runs the Map Reading and has also excelled in maintaining Instructors Course for AEC Officers the standard of military music in India and Personnel Below Officer Rank through a diverse range of courses (PBOR) of all Arms and Services of designed to train the recruit Indian Army, Para Military Forces bandsmen and pipers or drummers. personnel and personnel from friendly foreign countries. REMOUNT AND VETERINARY 10.70 The Unit Education CORPS CENTRE AND SCHOOL, Instructors (UEI) Course is an MEERUT invaluable course in training of ORs 10.73 The Remount and from all Arms and Services of the Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre and Indian Army to be effective instructors School, located in Meerut, is the alma in their Units. The Course duration is mater of all RVC personnel. The aim of 12 weeks. of the School is to train officers and 10.71 The Foreign Language personnel below officer rank of all Wing (FLW), which is one of the Arms and Services on animal three Divisions of the AEC Training management and veterinary aspects. College & Centre, Pachmarhi has Eleven courses for officers and six for today established itself as one of PBORs are conducted. The total the premier nodes of foreign strength of students being trained is language training, not only in the 250. Armed Forces but also in the ARMY SPORTS INSTITUTE national academic environment. The FLW has two digitised 10.74 An Army Sports Institute at language labs, each with a capacity Pune has been established with of 20 students. Recently, a Army Sports Nodes in selected Computer Aided Language disciplines at various places in the Learning Lab has been established country.

144 ARMY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL courses such as Pre Basic Pilot TRAINING, PUNE Course, Basic Army Aviation Course, Pre-Qualified Flying Instructor 10.75 Army School of Physical Course, Aviation Instructor Helicopter Training(ASPT) is a premier Course, Helicopter Conversion on institution imparting systematic and type, Flight Commanders Course comprehensive instruction to and New Equipment Course, are personnel of the Army regarding the conducted at the School. conduct of physical training in units and sub units. It also imparts basic COLLEGE OF MILITARY training in Sports and Games with a ENGINEERING (CME), PUNE view to improve standard in the Army 10.77 The College of Military and complement physical training Engineering at Pune is a premier through recreation in games and technical institution. The training is sports. These courses are attended conducted for personnel of the by Officers, JCOs and ORs of the Corps of Engineers, other Arms and Army, Para Military Forces and from Services, Navy, Air Force, Para friendly foreign countries. ASPT has Military Forces, Police and Civilians. started six allied sports courses in Personnel from friendly foreign collaboration with National Institute countries are also trained. CME is of Sports in Boxing, Volleyball, affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Basketball, Swimming and Life University (JNU) for the award of B. Saving, Judo and Yoga Courses for Tech and M. Tech degrees. All India personnel below officer rank. Council for Technical COMBAT ARMY AVIATOR Education(AICTE) also recognises TRAINING SCHOOL (CAATS), the graduate and post graduate NASIK ROAD courses run by the CME. The College trains on an average 1500 10.76 Combat Army Aviator officers and 800 PBORs every year. Training School(CAATS) has been set up at Nasik Road in May 2003 MILITARY COLLEGE OF with a view to train aviators in ELECTRONICS AND MECHANICAL aviation skills and handling of ENGINEERING (MCEME), aviation units in various operations of SECUNDERABAD war. It also trains aviation instructors, develop Standard Operating 10.79 The role of MCEME is to Procedures (SOPs) and assists Army provide technical education to all Training Command in development ranks of EME, including civilians, in of Aviation Tactical Doctrine in various disciplines of engineering, synergy with ground troops. The weapon systems and equipment with

145 focus on their maintenance, repairs Forces as well as by the students and inspection. It also provides from friendly foreign countries. training in management and tactics at senior, middle and supervisory levels. MILITARY COLLEGE OF The MCEME is designed to train 1760 TELECOMMUNICATION personnel (all ranks). It conducts a ENGINEERING (MCTE) range of 13 officers courses and 61 10.83 MCTE, Mhow, achieved a different courses for PBORs. new milestone in its modernisation CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE programme by establishing a state- CENTRE AND SCHOOL, of-the-art ‘Convergence Technology BANGALORE Lab’. 10.84 Army Officers, JCOs and 10.80 The aim of the School is to ORs undergoing various technical train officers and PBORs on military courses would get an opportunity to and police duties in legal matters, handle latest convergence investigation, traffic control etc. Four technology equipment which would courses for officers and fourteen enable them to engineer and courses for PBORs are being maintain various communication and conducted. Total strength of computer networks in the field units. students being trained is 910. 10.85 Keeping pace with latest ARMY AIRBORNE TRAINING development in Information SCHOOL, AGRA Technology, Geographical Information 10.81 The Army Airborne System (GIS) has emerged as a Training School (AATS) is located at major Decision Support System in Kilometer Stone 05 on the Agra - Indian Army. A GIS laboratory has Jaipur highway. It was previously been set up with the aim of giving designated as Army Air Transport hand-on exposure to the students on Support School (AATSS). The Army various aspects of GIS like digitization Air Transport Support School was of vector data, spatial analysis and redesigned as Army Airborne generation of Digital Elevation Models Training School with effect from (DEM) for better visualization and January 15, 1992. evaluation of terrain.

10.82 Presently five types of 10.86 A Wireless Network army courses and a total of nine Laboratory (Wi-Net) has also been courses in a training year are being established with the aim to provide conducted by the school. These practical handling and trouble courses are subscribed by Indian shooting experience of wireless Army (All arms/ service), Para Military networks to the students.

146 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE effectiveness of the equipment held TRAINING SCHOOL AND DEPOT in the hands of Indian Army. A number of officers and PBORs from 10.87 The Military Intelligence friendly foreign countries like Nepal, Training School and Depot Sri Lanka, Kenya, Zambia, Botswana, (MINTSD) is a premier Malaysia, Nigeria, Sultanate of establishment responsible for Oman, Trinidad and Tobago and imparting training on Intelligence Indonesia have been attending Acquisition, Counter Intelligence various courses conducted at EME and Security aspects to all ranks of School. the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force and Para Military Forces. The INSTITUTE OF MILITARY LAW, School also imparts training to KAMPTEE personnel of friendly foreign 10.89 The Institute of Military countries. The civilian officers of Law was established at Shimla. On the Department of Revenue August 26, 1989, the institute was Intelligence are also trained at this shifted to Kamptee. In the Army, establishment. The School imparts justice is administered by the training to 90 officers and 130 Commanders at various levels. Junior Commissioned Officers/ Non Minor offences can be disposed of Commissioned Officers of all arms summarily by powers vested in them at any one time. The School trains under the provisions of the Army Act. approximately over 350 Officers For grave offences, Courts Martial and 1100 Junior Commissioned are assembled on the orders of Officers/ Non Commissioned superior commanders. Commanding Officers every year. Officers are empowered to hold ELECTRONICS AND MECHANICAL Summary Courts Martial. As there is ENGINEERING SCHOOL, no approval to the decision of these VADODARA tribunals, it is essential that these powers are exercised judiciously and 10.88 The Electronics and laid down procedures are adhered Mechanical Engineering School is a to. The charter of duties of the premier establishment responsible School is to cater for a for conducting post graduate level comprehensive system of legal courses for officers and diploma and education for officers of all Arms and certificate level courses for PBORs. Services of the Army and to The mission of EME School is to undertake wide ranging research, provide education in science, development and dissemination engineering and management which work in the field of Military and allied would enhance the operational laws.

147 ARMOURED CORPS CENTRE Army establishments has increased AND SCHOOL, AHMEDNAGAR tremendously. Army personnel from neighbouring countries, South East 10.90 In 1948, after partition, the Asia, Central Asian Republic (CAR), Training Wings, the Recruits Training African continent and a few developed Centre and Armoured Corps Depot countries are being trained in India. and Records were shifted to Ahmadnagar where the fighting 10.92 The Government of India Vehicles School was already provides assistance to the functional and they were all developing and under developed amalgamated to form the Armoured nations under the Indian Technical Corps Centre and School and and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Armoured Corps Records. It has six programme of Ministry of External wings namely School of Armoured Affairs. Courses are also availed by Warfare, School of Technical training, Nepal and Bhutan under Special Aid Basic Training Regiment, Driving and Programme of Ministry of Defence. Maintenance Regiment, Automotive Under this programme, personnel Regiment and Armament and from developing countries get Electronics Regiment for Specialised training in service institutions either training in these disciplines. free of cost or at subsidised rates. Developed western countries also TRAINING OF FOREIGN ARMY send their officers for training in PERSONNEL these institutions on reciprocal basis 10.91 After Operation Vijay and and on self financing basis by paying Operation Parakram, the interest of cost of training and other related foreign armies for training in Indian charges.

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RESETTLEMENT AND WELFARE OF EX-SERVICEMEN

Pension grievances of Ex-servicemen being sorted out in Defence Pension Adalat

149 At the time of retirement majority of service personnel are at an age where they have numerous unfinished responsibilities, which necessitate their taking up of a second occupation.

11.1 The National Common concentrated in the states of Punjab, Minimum Programme (NCMP), as Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, adopted by the Government, Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan and envisaged setting up of a new Tamil Nadu. Department of Ex-Servicemen 11.3 The Department of Ex- Welfare in the Ministry of Defence. A Servicemen Welfare formulates new Department called “Department various policies for the welfare and of Ex-Servicemen Welfare” was resettlement of ESM in the country. created on September 22, 2004. The Department has two Divisions, The main objective was to give Resettlement Division and Pension focused attention to welfare Division and is assisted by two Inter programmes for ex-servicemen and Services Organizations i.e. their dependants including Directorate General of Resettlement pensionary benefits, re-employment (DGR) and Kendriya Sainik Board and rehabilitation. (KSB). While the KSB, which is 11.2 In order to maintain a youthful headed by Raksha Mantri as an ex- profile of the Armed Forces, officio President of the Board, lays approximately 60,000 service down general policies for the welfare personnel are retired/released every of ESM and their dependents and year at a comparatively younger age. also for administration of welfare At the time of retirement, majority of funds, the Directorate General of service personnel are at an age Resettlement implements various where they have numerous policies/ schemes/programmes of unfinished family and other social the Government. The Directorate responsibilities which necessitates General of Resettlement has five taking up a second occupation. Director Resettlement Zones (DRZs) There are about 19.5 lakhs ex- in five Army Commands. servicemen (ESM) and about 4 lakhs 11.4 The KSB/Directorate General of widows registered as on June 30, Resettlement are also assisted in 2005. The ESM population is mainly their task by various Rajya Sainik

150 Boards/Zila Sainik opportunities in government/ The primary thrust of Boards which are semi government/ public sector the Directorate under the General of organizations and assistance in administrative control Resettlement, employment with corporate of respective State Kendriya Sainik sector. Governments. The Board, Rajya Sainik (c) Schemes for self-employment, Government of India Boards and Zila and bears 50% of the Sainik Boards is on expenditure incurred dignified resettlement (d) Assistance in entrepreneurship on the organisation of and efforts are made and setting up small scale RSBs while the to explore various industries. remaining 50% avenues for expenditure is borne by TRAINING PROGRAMMES employment of Ex- the respective State Servicemen. 11.6 Training for preparing both ex- Governments, since servicemen and retiring service the welfare and personnel for their resettlement in resettlement of ESM is the joint civil life is one of the major functions responsibility of the Central entrusted to the Directorate General Government as well as the state of Resettlement. This year, the governments. Directorate General of Resettlement RESETTLEMENT has introduced some new courses which will provide nationally/ 11.5 The primary thrust of the internationally accepted certification Directorate General of Resettlement, to facilitate retired persons to get Kendriya Sainik Board, Rajya Sainik quick employment within/ outside the Boards and Zila Sainik Boards is on country. The programme includes dignified resettlement and efforts are courses on information technology, made to explore various avenues for managerial science, technical skills employment of ex-servicemen. To and agro based industries. Constant resettle/re-employ ex-servicemen, the endeavour is made to improve the Central Government arranges the quality of training by regular following:- monitoring. The courses are reviewed every year to include (a) Training programmes to courses in new fields based on the reorient retiring Defence current requirements of civil market personnel towards civil and corporate world and also to employment. remove obsolete courses.

(b) Reservation of posts for 11.7 Officers’ Training: The providing employment Directorate General of Resettlement

151 organises employment oriented to build successful new careers in the training programmes for officers to corporate/ self entrepreneurial enhance their qualifications and sectors. enable them to seek suitable 11.8 JCOs/ ORs Equivalent employment after retirement. The Training: Resettlement Training Resettlement Training Programmes Programmes for Junior range from vocational courses of Commissioned Officers/ Other Ranks three months duration to degree/ and their equivalent from the other diploma courses, via distant learning services are carried out under programme of one to three years Vocational Training. The training duration. The courses are conducted courses are conducted in diversified in multifarious fields like Information fields for a duration of upto one year Technology, Security Services, in government, semi-government and Entrepreneurship Development, private institutes spread all over the Business Administration, Personnel country. The salient fields covered Management, Hotel Management, Tourism, Human Resources are Security Services, Management, Development, Law and Insurance. Information Technology, Travel & Recently, management courses of six Tourism including Adventure Tourism, months duration have been Entrepreneurship & Small Business introduced at Management Management, technical (including Development Institute, Gurgaon and medical) trades, non-technical Indian Institute of Management, trades, secretarial support services, Lucknow. These courses have agro based industry and many other received an overwhelming response miscellaneous trades. This year from officers and resulted in good job courses offered by the Confederation placements in the coporate sector. In of Indian Industry (CII) under the City order to meet the aspirations of and Guilds banner, with retiring officers, many more reputed internationally accepted certification, institutes, including IIM Ahmedabad have been introduced for Personnel and IIM Indore, have been Below Officers Rank (PBOR) to empanelled to run additional improve their employment avenues. courses. Computer diploma and Three day capsules on Second Engineering courses of six months Career Transition/Preparation have duration have also been introduced also been introduced for retiring in various institutions across the PBORs in order to arm them with country. Besides these, an specially sufficient information for a smooth designed two week programmes in transition to a second career in the Second Career Transition have also civil market. The courses are been introduced for officers looking conducted on free of cost basis for

152 the PBORs and the course fee is RE-EMPLOYMENT paid directly to the institutes through 11.11 The Central and State the DGR budget. The course Governments provide a number of duration is treated as Temporary concessions to ex-servicemen for Duty and PBORs are permitted to their re-employment in Central/ State avail Free Railway Warrant for to and Government posts. These include fro journey. Details of courses are reservation of posts, relaxation in age published each year through a and educational qualifications, brochure distributed down to each exemption from payment of unit and Zila Sainik Board. application/examination fees, and 11.9 Ex-Servicemen Training: priority in employment to the Under this scheme, funds are disabled ESM and dependants of allotted to RSBs for conducting deceased service personnel on vocational training for ESM in their compassionate grounds. States. The scheme is primarily meant for those ESM who could not 11.12 Reservation in avail the facility of resettlement Government Jobs: The Central training while in service. The Government has reserved 10% of scheme has also been extended to Group ‘C’ posts and 20% of Group the widow/ one dependent of an ‘D’ posts for ESM, while central PSUs ESM, irrespective of whether his and nationalised banks provide death is attributable to military 14.5% reservation in Group ‘C’ and service or not. The course is free of 24.5% in Group ‘D’ posts. 10% posts cost for the ESM and a stipend of Rs. of Assistant Commandants in 700/- per month is paid to each paramilitary forces are also reserved trainee. for ESM. In Defence Security Corps, 100% vacancies are reserved for 11.10 The details of personnel ESM. In addition, most of the State imparted training in various fields during the last three years are given Governments are providing in table 11.1. reservations to ESM in State Government jobs.

Table 11.1 11.13 Security Agencies: The SCHEME 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06* DGR registers/ sponsors private ex-

Officers’ Trg 583 679 827 servicemen security agencies for providing security guards to various PBOR Trg 4019 3016 4395 PSUs and industries in the private Ex-servicemen Training 1102 1102 843 sector. The scheme offers good self-

* Figures upto January, 2006 employment opportunities to retired

153 officers and adequate employment Table 11.2 opportunity to ex-PBORs in a field 20032004 2005 where they have sufficient expertise. Central Govt 5503 5459 4313* Besides, some States have set up State Govt 3092 2517 1356* ESM corporations. They are also Private Sector 3064 2963 1706* providing security services. The Security Department of Public Enterprises Agencies 9543 10939 12110** (DPE) had issued instructions to all *Figures upto June 2005 PSUs to get security personnel ** Figures upto January , 2006 through State Ex-servicemen employment assistance and 2810 Corporations located in the officers have been sponsored for concerned State or DGR sponsored various employment opportunities. Security Agencies. The scheme has To spread awareness about potential shown good results. Through this in ex-defence personnel, a seminar scheme about 1800 ESM security was organised in conjunction with agencies have been empanelled and the Confederation of Indian approximately over 1,10,000 ESM Industries at Bangalore in October have gained employment. Fresh 2005 and another seminar was held forays have been made into the at New Delhi on January 4, 2006. banking sector with active intercession of the Reserve Bank of SCHEMES FOR SELF- India and the Finance Ministry. The EMPLOYMENT RBI has issued instructions that the 11.16 As it is not feasible to security of the treasury chests of all Banks in the country be entrusted to provide government jobs to all ex- DGR sponsored ESM Security servicemen after their retirement from Agencies only, in the absence of the the Armed Forces, Government has Banks own integral security. formulated several schemes for encouraging and giving financial 11.14 Placement of JCOs/ORs : support by way of loans to ex- The details of ex-servicemen, who servicemen entrepreneurs for setting have been provided employment up small and medium industries. through Directorate General Major self-employment schemes are Resettlement and Zila Sainik Welfare SEMFEX-II, SEMFEX-III and National Offices in the States during the last Equity Fund Scheme. Applications three years are given in table 11.2. for sanction of loans are submitted 11.15 Officer’s Employment : by ex-servicemen directly to During the current year, a total concerned Zila Sainik Boards in the number of 514 officers have been States who scrutinise the registered with the DGR for applications and recommend for

154 sanction of loan through Small loan limit for individual Industries Development Bank of entrepreneurs, cooperative societies/ India (SIDBI), Central Cooperative institutions and trusts is Rs. 25 lakh Banks, State Land Development per project to establish industries in Banks and Regional Rural Banks rural areas. This scheme is operative aided by National Bank for from the year 1992-93. Rs. 12.65 Agriculture and Rural Development crore loan has been sanctioned to (NABARD) and the State Khadi and 1074 ex-servicemen up to June, Village Industries Board (KVIB)/ 2005. Banks aided by the Khadi and 11.19 National Equity Fund Village Industries Commission Scheme (NEF): The scheme has (KVIC). been launched in collaboration with 11.17 SEMFEX-II Scheme: The SIDBI. Financial assistance is scheme has been promoted with the available to set up projects in tiny/ assistance of NABARD to set up small scale industrial sector, service agriculture and allied activities, enterprises and also for undertaking including State Road Transport expansion, technology upgradation, Operators (SRTO), and also for modernisation and revival of viable setting up of village, cottage, tiny and sick units in SSI Sector. The small scale industries in rural areas. maximum loan limit is Rs 50 lakh Agro/food processing units can be per project. This scheme is set up irrespective of location in rural operative from the year 2000- and urban areas. There is no upper 01. Rs. 2.30 crore loan has been age limit for loan in respect of sanctioned to 44 ex-servicemen up projects under farm sector including to June 2005. agro/food processing units. The 11.20 Allotment of Army financial assistance in case of non- Surplus Vehicles: Ex-Servicemen farm sector activities is available upto and widows of defence personnel, SSI limit, for setting up industries in who died while in service, are eligible rural areas. This scheme is operative to apply for allotment of an Army from the year 1988-89. Rs.124.87 surplus phased out Class V-B crore loan has been sanctioned to Vehicles. The application forms are 20455 ex-servicemen up to June routed through Zila/ Rajya Sainik 2005. Boards in case of retired personnel, 11.18 SEMFEX-III Scheme:The and through units for those in their scheme is operative in collaboration last six months of service, to DGR for with the Khadi and Village Industries registration and onward submission Commission (KVIC). The maximum to Army Headquarters for allotment

155 on the basis of depot-wise seniority disabled soldier. The functioning of maintained by them. During the year these companies is monitored by 2005, 2519 applications were DGR. At present 436 widows/ registered with DGR for allotment of disabled ex-servicemen are availing Army surplus vehicles. the benefit of this Scheme.

11.21 Coal Transportation 11.23 Allotment of Oil Product Scheme: DGR sponsors Ex- Agencies:Ministry of Petroleum and Servicemen Coal Transport Natural Gas has reserved 8% of the Companies for providing loading and Oil Product Agencies, i.e. LPG transportation of coal in various coal Dealership, Petrol Pumps, Kerosene subsidiaries of Coal India Limited Distributorship etc. for widows and (CIL). The unemployed retired dependants of those who died due to officers and JCOs registered with causes attributable to military service DGR, are selected to form ESM Coal and disabled soldiers with disability Transport Companies and are of 20% and above attributable to sponsored to respective coal military service. Eligible persons can subsidiaries for five years, extendable apply as and when such a vacancy by another four years. Presently, 94 under ‘Defence Category’ is such companies are operating under advertised in the newspapers. The the various coal subsidiaries of CIL. DGR sponsors eligible candidates by The functioning of these companies issuing eligibility certificate to them. is monitored by DGR. Interview is conducted by a Dealer Selection Board constituted by the 11.22 Coal Tipper Scheme: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural The widows of Defence personnel, Gas. Final allotment is made by the who died while in service due to concerned oil company to the causes attributable to military selected candidates. During 2005, service and disabled soldiers can 472 eligibility certificates have been be sponsored by DGR for attaching issued by DGR . one tipper truck in their name with an ESM Coal Transport Company. 11.24 Mother Dairy Milk and Eligible widow/ disabled soldier is Fruit & Vegetables Shops: Junior required to make a deposit of Commissioned Officers (JCOs)/ Rs.85,000/- with any nominated Other Ranks (ORs) are allotted coal transport company. The Mother Dairy Milk shops and fruit & company pays them Rs. 3000/- per vegetable shops in the National month for a period of five years, Capital Region. 686 milk shops and after which the deposited amount of 282 fruit & vegetable shops are Rs.85,000/- is paid back to widow/ being operated by ex-servicemen.

156 Dependant sons (where the Ex- NEW INITIATIVES AND THRUST Servicemen are not eligible) are also AREAS considered for allotment of fruit & 11.27 PM Scholarship Scheme: vegetable shops in and around A new scholarship scheme known as Delhi. “Prime Minister’s Merit Scholarship 11.25 Management of CNG Scheme” is being launched from the Stations in National Capital Region academic year 2006-07 to encourage (NCR): The scheme for management the wards of widows and ex- of CNG stations belonging to servicemen to take up higher Indraprastha Gas Limited was technical and professional launched as a pilot project in July education. The scheme would 2001. On success of the pilot project, provide a scholarship of Rs. 1250/- the scheme has been extended to p.m. for boys and Rs.1500/- p.m. for retired officers. As on date, there are girls for the recognised professional 60 retired officers managing 84 CNG and technical courses for a duration station. Three ex-lady officers have ranging from 2 to 5 years. A total also been allotted CNG stations in number of 5000 scholarships would Delhi. This scheme is be available to be funded from presently available in National Defence Fund, out of which To encourage higher Delhi only. 4000 scholarships will be for wards technical and of widows/ex-servicemen from armed professional 11.26 Reservation forces and the remaining 1000 will education for the in CSD: The Canteen be available to the wards of central wards of widows and Stores Department of para-military forces and Railway Ex-Servicemen of the India (CSDI) has Protection Force being managed by Armed Forces, ‘Prime reserved 15% of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry Minister’s Merit 30 selected CSD Scholarship Scheme’ items and the of Railways respectively. Ministry of Defence is being launched 11.28 Computerisation: A has reserved 10% of from the academic scheme for cmputerisation of data the 262 selected year 2006-07. A total items manufactured base to be implemented by DGR was number of 5000 by Ex-Servicemen approved at a cost of Rs. 86 lakhs. scholarships of Entrepreneurs under Rs.1250/- and Rs. PUBLICITY the Defence 1500/- per month for Purchase Programme 11.29 Wide publicity of policies boys and girls for which Ex- and various schemes sponsored by respectively, would be Servicemen DGR is of paramount importance so available under this manufacturing units as to reach each unit and ex- scheme. alone are eligible. servicemen/widows across the

157 length and breadth of the country. earnings of the Armed Forces Flay This is done by the DGR by means of Day fund. The fund has a corpus of publication of its periodical magazine Rs 125.22 crores. Financial “PUNARVAS”, brochures, leaflets, assistance is provided to articles in Sainik Samachar and institutions, such as, paraplegic Baatcheet. The electronic media is homes at Kirkee and Mohali, the also used for the purpose. Red Cross Society, Cheshire Homes, Military Hospitals, St. 11.30 The DGR had put up a Dustan’s After Care Organisation stall at the Aero-India 2005 at and Homes for taking care of old Bangalore to spread awareness and physically handicapped ex- about schemes concerning ex- servicemen and their dependents. servicemen. Various other forums Financial assistance is also provided by Command HQs, RSBs provided to individual ex- and Sainik Sammelans are also servicemen and their families who utilised for publicity purpose. are in a state of penury to meet 11.31 The activities of DGR and their specific needs. DGR also KSB have also been publicised funds the running of War Widows through CD –ROMs forwarded down Hostels, scholarships to ex- to Zila Sainik Boards and Units. DGR servicemen’s orphans and other participated in India Industrial Trade such philanthropic activities. The Fair held at Kolkata from December following is the amount of the 21 to 31, 2005 on the theme of financial assistance provided to “Access to excellence in Human various institutions out of the Armed Resources” and also in DEFEXPO at Forces Flag Day Fund upto January Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 2006. January 31, 2006 to February, 2006. (a) PRC Kirkee Rs. 18,78,874/- WELFARE (b) PRC Mohali Rs. 5,96,105/- (c) Cheshire Homes Rs. 1,12,000/- 11.32 Kendriya Sainik Board (d) Military Hospitals (KSB): The Kendriya Sainik Board (Vocational Trg (KSB) under the chairmanship of Centre) Rs. 1,01,256/- Raksha Mantri, is the nodal agency (e) St. Dunstan’s to look after the welfare of ex- After Care Rs.10,00,000/- servicemen and their families in (f) All India Gorkha liaison with Rajya Sainik Boards/Zila Ex-Servicemen Sainik Boards. The KSB also Welfare Association, Dehradun Rs. 5,00,000/- administers various welfare (g) Serious activities financed from interest Diseases Rs. 58,25,000/-

158 11.33 Assistance from Raksha (c) 25% seats are reserved for the Mantri’s Fund: A portion of the wards of serving and ex- earnings of Armed Forces Flag Day servicemen personnel in Sainik Fund is set apart as Raksha Mantri’s Schools. Discretionary Fund which is used to (d) States/ UTs have made provide financial assistance to poor reservation of seats in and needy ex-servicemen for professional colleges/ ITIs/ various purposes, viz, medical Polytechnics for wards of serving treatment, daughter’s marriage, and retired defence personnel. house repair and education of children. Monthly financial (e) Two educational grants viz., (i) assistance, upto a period of two Rs 600/- per month (ii) Rs 300/- years, is provided to old and infirm per month are provided to the ex-servicemen and widows of ex- wards of war bereaved and to servicemen living in penury. An the wards of disabled amount of Rs. 84,34,150/- as (attributable/non attributable) Financial Assistance out of Raksha and peace time casualties Mantri’s Discretionary Fund respectively, to enable them to covering 752 cases has been pursue their studies. These provided upto December 31, 2005. wards are housed in 35 War Memorial Hostels. Upto 11.34 Concessions and October 31, 2005 an amount of Facilities: The following Rs. 20,09,867/- covering 207 concessions and facilities are cases and Rs. 2,10,097/- available to eligible personnel :- covering 51 cases has been (a) Free educational facilities to provided by the KSB under the Children of Defence personnel two Educational Grants. killed or disabled in action in (f) Medical Facilities to Ex- schools/ colleges recognized Servicemen: Until now ex- by the Central or State servicemen and the families of Governments. deceased service personnel (b) 27 seats in the MBBS, one seat drawing pension of any kind in BDS and one seat in were entitled to free out-patient engineering stream are treatment and in-patient available through KSB to treatment (subject to availability dependants/ wards of certain of beds) in military hospitals. categories of defence With the introduction of Ex- personnel through Ministry of servicemen Contributory Health Health and Family Welfare. Scheme (ECHS) from April 1,

159 Medical officer checking the patients 2003, the ex-servicemen reputed hospitals and pensioners are eligible to get diagnostic centres have so far free medical facilities on been empanelled. becoming member of ECHS War widows and disabled after contributing prescribed veterans have been exempted amount. The scheme is optional from contribution for for ex-servicemen who retired membership. Non-pensioner before March 31, 2003 and ex-servicemen/ dependents, compulsory for service however, will continue to get pensioners retiring after April 1, financial assistance from Armed 2003. The scheme, to be Forces Flag Day Fund for completed in 5 years, envisages treatment of specified serious setting up of 227 polyclinics in diseases. The World War 104 military and 123 non-military Veterans will continue to get stations. Besides, there is a authorised medical treatment from Armed Forces Medical provision for empanelling Services. reputed hospitals and diagnostic centres where patients can be (g) Travel Concessions: Various referred by polyclinics. 195 concessions are given to War polyclinics have been set up till Widows/ Gallantry Award January 2006. Besides, 462 Winners for rail and air travel.

160 Table 11.3 (DPDOs) and five Pay and Accounts Year Pension Disbursed Offices (PAOs) scattered all over (Rs. in Crore) India. For the Armed Forces 2003-04 10999.67 pensioners residing in Nepal, 2004-05 11920.95 disbursement of pension is done 2005-06 10282.49* through three Pension Payment *Figures up to January 2006 Offices in Nepal. The eligibility (h) Reservation of House Sites/ conditions, rates etc. of different Houses: Several States have types of pension are detailed in the made reservations for serving/ succeeding paragraphs. retired Armed Forces personnel 11.36 The annual expenditure in allotment of house sites/ on Defence pensions, during last houses. three years, is given in table 11.3. (i) Sainik Rest House Facilities: Over 252 Sainik Rest Houses RETIRING/SERVICE PENSION have been built in the country, 11.37 For Commissioned officers, which provide transit facilities to the retiring/ service pension is Ex-Servicemen and their calculated at 50% of the average dependants at nominal rates. reckonable emoluments drawn during the last 10 months. In the (j) Cash Award/ Annuity/ Cash in case of Personnel Below Officers lieu of Land for Gallantry/ Non Rank (PBOR), it is calculated with Gallantry Award Winners: reference to the maximum of the The States/ UTs provide Cash scale of pay of the rank and group Award/ Annuity/ Cash in lieu of held for 10 months preceding land for Gallantry/Non gallantry retirement. Retiring pension shall Award winners. be subject to a minimum of PENSION TO ARMED FORCES Rs.1275/- p.m. and maximum of PERSONNEL upto 50% of the highest pay applicable to Armed Forces 11.35 As on April 1, 2005 the personnel. For pre-1996 number of Defence pensioners is pensioners, as per the formula estimated to be about 21.29 lakh. evolved under the modified parity, The pension is disbursed through all with effect from January 1, 1996, branches of the 27 Public Sector pension shall not be less than 50% Banks, four Private Sector Banks viz. of the minimum pay in the revised HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, UTI Bank scale of pay of the rank held by the and IDBI Bank, 640 Treasuries, 61 pensioners at the time of Defence Pension Disbursing Offices retirement.

161 11.38 Weightage : To daughters who fulfill the prescribed compensate for truncated career, the eligibility criteria. Armed Forces personnel are given 11.41 With effect from July 27, 2001, weightage for computing service family pension admissible under the pension. In the case of Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 Commissioned Officers, the and the Family Pension Scheme, minimum period of qualifying service 1971 under the Employees Provident required to earn retiring pension is 20 Fund Act, 1952 have been allowed in years. The officers are given benefit addition to the family pension of weightage ranging from three to admissible under the relevant nine years depending on the rank. Pension Regulation in the case of re- The minimum period of qualifying employed ex-servicemen pensioners. service for Personnel Below Officers Rank to earn retiring pension is 15 11.42 Merger of Dearness Relief years. They are given a uniform as Dearness Pension: With effect weightage of five years. For from April 1, 2004, 50% Dearness calculating gratuity, a uniform Relief has been merged with basic weightage of five years is given to all pension as dearness pension which ranks. qualifies for computation of dearness relief beyond 50%. COMMUTATION OF PENSION DISABILITY PENSION 11.39 Armed Forces personnel are permitted higher commutation of 11.43 A person who is released their pension at the rate of 43% for or retired from service on account of a officers and 45% for PBORs as disease or injury which is attributable compared to 40% for civilians. to or aggravated by military service, is FAMILY PENSION entitled to disability pension if the disability assessed by the Medical 11.40 Family pension is Board is 20% or more. On invalidment admissible to Armed Forces from service on account of causes personnel who die during service or attributable to or aggravated by after retirement with pension, at a military service, the extent of disability uniform rate of 30% of reckonable or functional incapacity is determined emoluments subject to a minimum of Rs.1275/- p.m. with effect from at 50% if the disability is less than January 1, 1996. With effect from 50%, 75% if it is between 50 and 75% January 1, 1998 ordinary family and 100% if it is 76% or above. This is pension is admissible to dependant an improvement introduced with effect parents, widowed/ divorced from January 1, 1996 on the

162 recommendations of the 5th Central upto the date on which he/ she Pay Commission. would have retired in that rank in the normal course including weightage 11.44 Disability pension consists of as admissible. War injury element is two elements viz., the service payable equal to reckonable element and disability element. emoluments last drawn for 100% Service element is related to the disablement. However, in no case, length of service rendered by the the aggregate of service element individual at the time of invalidment and war injury element will exceed and the disability element is paid in last pay drawn. the form of compensation for the disablement and depends on the 11.46 In case a person is found degree of disablement. The rate of to have a disability which is disability element of the disability sustained during war or war like pension for 100% disability is situations and the disability is Rs.2600/- p.m. for Commissioned assessed at 20% or more for life but Officers, Rs.1900/- p.m. for Junior the individual is retained in service Commissioned Officers and Rs.1550/ despite such disability and opts for - p.m. for Other Ranks. For lump sum compensation, he shall individuals who are retained in be paid the lump sum service despite disability and retire/ compensation in lieu of war injury are discharged on attaining the age element. The rate for calculation of of retirement or on completion of lump sum compensation in lieu of tenure, the same rates are applicable with effect from January 1, 1996. war injury element for 100% disability for life will be Rs.5200/- per WAR INJURY PENSION month for Commissioned Officers, 11.45 Considering the supreme Rs.3800/- per month for Junior sacrifice made by the Armed Forces Commissioned Officers and personnel during war or war like Rs.3100/- per month for Other situation or action against Ranks. extremists, anti-social elements etc, CONSTANT ATTENDANCE war injury pension is granted to the ALLOWANCE personnel who sustain injury or disability during such operations. 11.47 Personnel with 100% Service element is equal to retiring/ disability are paid a Constant service pension to which he/ she Attendance Allowance at the rate of would have been entitled to on the Rs.600/- per month on the basis of his/ her pay on the date of recommendation of the Medical invalidment but counting service Board.

163 SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION pension would continue to her subject to other prescribed 11.48 If the death of a Service conditions. Liberalised Family personnel has occurred on account Pension of those widows which was of causes attributable to or stopped on their remarriage before aggravated by military service the January 1, 1996 with a person other family is paid special family pension than real brother of the deceased, will at the rate of 60% of reckonable now be restored w.e.f. June 24, 2005. emoluments drawn by the deceased subject to a minimum of Rs.2550/- EX-GRATIA AWARDS IN CASES p.m. Widows who got remarried on OF DEATH OF CADETS (DIRECT) or after January 1, 1996 are also eligible for special family pension 11.51 The following ex-gratia subject to certain conditions. awards are payable subject to certain conditions in the event of death of a LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION cadet due to causes attributable to or aggravated by military training : 11.49 In the event of death of Armed Forces personnel in war or war like (a) Ex-gratia lumpsum of Rs. 2.5 operations, counter insurgency lakh. operations, action against terrorists, (b) An ex-gratia of Rs. 1275/- per extremists etc. the families are granted month in respect of both Liberalised Family pension at the rate married and unmarried equal to reckonable emoluments last personnel, to Next of Kin drawn by the deceased personnel at (NOKs) in addition to (a) above. the time of death. If the personnel is not survived by widow, but is survived 11.52 The ex-gratia lumpsum is admissible in cases of death of by children, they are cadets occurring on or after August entitled to liberalised Liberalized Family 1, 1997. However, the benefit of family pension at the Pension of those revised monthly ex-gratia amount as rate equal to 60% of widows, which was mentioned at (b) above, is admissible reckonable emoluments stopped on their to pre August 1, 1997 cases also with last drawn by the remarriage before financial effect with effect from deceased subject to January 1, 1996 with August 1, 1997. a person other than fulfillment of prescribed real brother of the conditions. EX-GRATIA AWARDS IN CASES OF DISABILITY OF CADETS deceased, will now 11.50 With effect from (DIRECT ) be restored with January 1, 1996 on effect from June 24, remarriage of widow, 11.53 The following ex-gratia 2005. full liberalised family awards are payable subject to certain

164 conditions in the event of invalidment the recent past. Some of the steps of cadet (Direct) on medical grounds taken in this regard are as under: due to causes attributable to or (i) Some more agencies involved aggravated by military training : in handling the pension (a) Monthly ex-gratia of Rs. 1275/- matters of Defence pensioners per month have initiated action to computerize the records. (b) Ex-gratia disability award @ Rs 2100/-per month for 100 % (ii) The process of pension disability during the period of sanctioning at PCDA(P) is fully disablement. The amount is computerized. PCDA(P), reduced proportionately from Allahabad has placed the the ex-gratia disability award in relevant orders and case the degree of disablement instructions relating to pension in is less than 100 %. their web site which also provides a calculator so that the pensioner (c) Constant Attendance could find out correct entitlement. Allowance(CAA) of Rs. 600/-per month for 100% disability on (iii) Regular Defence Pension the recommendation of Adalats, six in number, are Invaliding Medical Board. organised in different parts of the 11.54 The ex-gratia disability awards country to redress the grievances are applicable with effect from of the Armed Forces pensioners. August 1, 1997. However, the benefit In addition, mini pension adalats is admissible to pre August 1, 1997 are held by the Defence Pension cases also, with financial effect with Disbursing Offices. effect from August 1, 1997. (iv) All the branches of the Public STEPS TAKEN FOR REDRESSAL Sector Banks and 4 Private OF GRIEVANCES OF DEFENCE Sector Banks have been added PENSIONERS to the existing pension disbursement network. 11.55 It has been a constant endeavour of the Department to (v) A single window system has strengthen the mechanism for been introduced in DPDOs redressal of the grievances of the which facilitates hassle free and Defence pensioners promptly and prompt release of first payment effectively. In order to achieve this cheques on any working day end, several steps were initiated in after retirement.

165 With effect from (vi) A special drive have been significantly January 1, 2006, the has been launched for improved, following Group of pension of pre joint notification of family Minister’s recommendation on 1.1.1996 PBOR pension in the remaining the question of (i) one rank one retirees shall be cases of pre-1989 pension and (ii) removal of 33 revised with respect retirees. Endorsement of years conditionality for full to the maximum of family pension on PPO pension, as follows at an past 1.1.1996 pay of retirees prior to 1989, annual cost of Rs. 460 crores scales. The numbering about 2 lakhs per annum: weightage of all past were pending. A special (i) The pension of pre-1.1.1996 and future retirees of drive has been launched PBOR retirees shall be revised Sepoy, Naik and for joint notification of with respect to the maximum of Havildar ranks would family pension in the post-1.1.1996 pay scales. be increased to 10, 8 pending cases of pre- and 6 years 1989 retirees. (ii) The weightage of all past and respectively from the future retirees of Sepoy, Naik (vii) Role of Medical existing weightage of and Havildar ranks would be Adviser (Pension) has 5 years subject to increased to 10, 8 and 6 years been dispensed with for maximum qualifying respectively (from existing adjudicating disability service of 30 years. It weightage of 5 years), subject pension claims. The has also been to a maximum qualifying recommendation of the decided to give the service of 30 years. However, benefit of the higher Medical Boards, as in case a person is already scale given under approved by the getting more than 30 years with Assured Career prescribed authorities the existing weightage, he Progression for the would be treated as final. would continue getting that purpose of pension 11.56 Simplification/ benefit and there would be no calculation. liberalization of enhancement in his case. provisions relating to pensionary matters is a continuous The above measure would process so that the grievances of the benefit about 12 lakh pensioners are reduced considerably pensioners. and even if there are grievances the same are attended to promptly. 2. It has also been decided to give the benefit of the higher 11.57SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN scale given under Assured PENSIONARY BENEFITS Career Progression (ACP) for 1. With effect from 1.1.2006, the the purpose of pension pensionary benefits of PBOR calculation.

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COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES

Indian Army personnel in rescuing victims of earthquake in Jammu & Kashmir

167 Besides securing borders of our country, the Armed Forces also assist the civil authorities in maintenance of law and order and/ or essential services as well as in rescue and relief operations during natural calamities.

12.1 Besides securing borders of our established at various islands in the country, the Armed Forces also assist Andaman and Nicobar. These the civil authorities in maintenance of camps provided basic amenities like law and order and/ or essential food, water, medical and shelter to services as well as in rescue and about 46,000 persons and 48 doctors relief operations during natural were deployed in these camps. calamities. In addition of providing Power, water and telecommunication actual relief, the Armed Forces facilities were restored in shortest maintain regular liaison with the civil possible time. authorities to refine contingency 12.4 Southern States (Kerala, Tamil planning and to ensure timely Nadu and Pondicherry): Nine ships response. The details of assistance with four helicopters and twelve Army provided by the Armed Forces during Columns were deployed along the the period are outlined in the Southern Coast for search and succeeding paragraphs. rescue. 16 Relief Camps were 12.2 On December 26, 2004, established. Food was distributed to tsunami ravaged large areas in India, 1,19,086 persons and medical aid/ Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Maldives. treatment was provided to 26,213 The Government launched relief and persons. Assistance was provided rescue operations at a large scale, in for construction of temporary which the Armed Forces were also shelters. 170 feet Bailey Bridge was deployed. 35 aircraft, launched at Karaikal (Pondicherry), 35 aircraft, 42 42 helicopters, 40 ships two 40 tons Ferries were operated in helicopters, 40 ships and nearly 20,000 Alleppey (Kerala) and two causeways and nearly 20,000 armed forces personnel were established at Nagapatinam Armed Forces were deployed in the (Tamilnadu). relief operation. Personnel were 12.5 Assistance to Foreign deployed in the 12.3 Andaman & Countries: Sri Lanka, Maldives and tsunami relief Nicobar Islands: Relief Indonesia were provided immediate operation. camps were rescue and relief. Ten Naval and

168 Coast Guard Ships (for Sri Lanka-5, Road communication along the NH Male-3, Indonesia-2), five aircraft (for 22 was cut off between Karchham Sri Lanka-2, Male-3) and six and Sumdo. Five bailey bridges at helicopters (for Sri Lanka) were Leo, Khab, Akpa, Poari and deployed for relief and rescue Karchham were also washed away. operations. Relief material of about The Army immediately swung into 1,187 tons was provided, 860 sorties action. A total of eight task forces, were executed and 1,750 personnel each having strength of were airlifted to safer places. One approximately 40 personnel, were Army Field Hospital, two Hospital activated in Sumdo, Puh, ships and eight Medical Camps Karchham, Jhakri and Rampur, for provided medical services and rescue and relief operations. The treated 14,800 patients. Harbour Army columns rescued 235 survey, clearance of debris, persons, including 71 foreign evacuation of 1,200 persons, repair tourists. Later, assistance was of roads, water pumps, providing provided to Border Roads generators, restoration of power, Organisation for reconstruction of the water and communication services Khab, Akpa, Kharo and Karchham and establishment of nine relief bridges. camps were some of the major 12.8 Gujarat: During the period rehabilitation work carried out. June 29, 2005 to July 8, 2005, 12.6 In addition to provide relief and Gujarat was lashed with continuous succour during tsunami, the Armed heavy rains, which constituted Forces cooperated with the civil almost 69 percent of the average authorities and provided assistance, annual rainfall. 20 out of the total 25 whenever it was required. The details districts were affected by floods. are given in the following Four districts, namely, Vadodara, paragraphs. Anand, Ahmedabad Rural and Kheda, were severely affected. On ARMY request from the civil administration, Flood Relief Operations the Air Defence Brigade launched OP Yaduvanshi for relief and rescue 12.7 Flash Flood in Kinnaur District operations. More than 5,000 persons of Himachal Pradesh: On June 26, were rescued and approximately 2005, due to the collapse of the 3,00,000 food and water packets natural dam on the Pare Chu in were distributed. China, a flash flood situation arose in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh 12.9 Madhya Pradesh: Incessant in which 24 villages were affected. heavy rains in the State raised the

169 levels of numerous rivers, resulting in operations in Maharashtra. The Army inundation of large areas in the north personnel rescued about 26,000 eastern part of Madhya Pradesh. persons and provided medical aid to Eleven districts, with 415 villages and numerous patients. One act of 6 urban centres, were affected by bravery that showed out during the floods. One hundred twenty nine operation was the rescue of over 250 villages were marooned, out of which children from a submerged school 7 villages were submerged under building. water. The floods claimed 45 lives 12.12 Karnataka: Due to and affected more than 2.5 lakh heavy rainfall and flooding of rivers people. Civil administration a large population in Belgaum, requisitioned for aid from the Army Raichur, Gulbarga and Bagalkot on July 4, 2005. The Army personnel Districts was affected. Low-lying rescued more than 1700 lives in the areas along the Krishna River were districts of Amanganj, Saugor, badly affected due to release of Chhaterpur and Damoh. water from the Almati Dam. On 12.10 Uttar Pradesh: Heavy request from civil authorities major rains in Uttar Pradesh resulted in rescue aid relief operation was severe floods in various districts of undertaken by the Army team in the State. Four Army columns and 20 Belgaum, Raichur, Bagalkot and boats were deployed in the flood Bangalore Districts of Karnataka. relief operations in Uttar Pradesh The Army personnel rescued more when requested by the civil than 8,000 persons from the administration. The Army personnel flooded area. rescued about 2200 persons and 12.13 Similar rescue operations provided medical aid to about 1900 in flood affected areas of Tamil Nadu, patients, besides distributing relief Bihar and Orissa were also material. undertaken by the Army. 12.11 Maharashtra: Heavy rains in the coastal and inner regions of Earthquake Relief Operations in Maharashtra caused floods in the Jammu & Kashmir districts of Parbhani, Thane, Pune, 12.14 Operation IMDAD: A Mumbai, Raigarh, Ratnagiri, devastating earthquake struck Nanded, Satara, Sangli, Akola, Jammu and Kashmir on October 8, Solapur and Kolhapur. When 2005 which caused wide spread loss requested by the civil administration, to life and property. The Indian Army Army columns and medical teams and Indian Air Force unmindful of were deployed in the flood relief their own casualties mounted rescue

170 Indian Army distributing relief material to J & K earthquake victims

operation called “OPERATION Station already deployed from the IMDAD” almost immediately. Medical unit of Northern Command in the Uri and Tangdhar region. Later on 12.15 A disaster Co-ordination nine medical teams (three from Navy Cell was established at Base Hospital, and six from Army) from Southern Delhi Cantt and was manned round Command were also deployed in the clock by the officers of Director J&K. Seventeen civilian doctors General Armed Forces Medical including specialists were also Services and Director General provided by Emergency Medical Medical Services (Army) to co- Relief, Ministry of Health for medical ordinate medical relief for the affected relief in conjunction with the Army. As victims. Initially three surgical teams and a long term measure, Army have Army have adopted three medical teams adopted three villages of Chururda in three villages of from Western Uri Sector, Tethwal in Tongdher and Chururda in Uri Command were Karwan in the Punch Sector for Sector, Tethwal in launched immediately complete rehabilitation. Tongdher and Karwan for medical relief in J&K, in the Punch Sector OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE in addition to the eight for complete medical teams and one 12.16 The Avalanche Relief: rehabilitation. Advance Dressing The two avalanches that hit Jammu

171 and Kashmir on February 18, 2005 Teams for various requirements in painted a grim picture of death and Delhi during the month of November devastation. It was once again that 2005. Their demands were fully met our Armed Forces were mobilised on in view of the prevailing situation. a war footing and despite their own loss of lives and infrastructure, went ANTRACTIC EXPEDITION out of the way to extend a helping 12.20 The Army’s involvement in hand in the time of crisis. Antarctic commenced with the second expedition in 1982-83, when 12.17 Landslide in Raigarh a small contingent of three officers, District of Maharashtra: One Army including a medical officer, formed column and 3 medical teams part of the expedition. Ever since, provided aid from July 26, 2005 to the Army has been intimately August 08, 2005. The columns involved in the conduct of these rescued more than 219 persons and expeditions. The Army’s participation provided medical aid to 639 patients. mainly involves assisting the The column also recovered 58 dead Department of Ocean Development bodies from Jui landslide. in the following:- 12.18 The Overseas Operations (a) Construction of permanent Relief: In calamities like tsunami stations. in Sri Lanka, floods in Bangladesh, Hurricane Katrina in the USA, and the (b) Repair, maintenance and earthquake in Pakistan, help was extension of stations. extended across the seven seas and (c) Running of all life support on the Line of Control to the victims systems in the station and their of nature’s fury. The language of maintenance. humanity that the Indian Armed Forces have spoken in international (d) Overland transportation of men arena has helped to enhance the and material in Antarctica. image of India as a nation. 12.21 The strength and 12.19 Bomb Blasts in Delhi: composition of the Army contingent Three Bomb Disposal Teams were has varied with the tasks assigned to requisitioned by the Delhi Police for it in each expedition. Owing to the anti sabotage checks in various nature of the tasks, the Army locations at Delhi from October 30, contingent has comprised of 2005 to November 01, 2005. Due to personnel from the Corps of the heightened security threat, Delhi Engineers, Electrical and Mechanical Administration demanded the Engineers and Army Medical Corps. services of Army Bomb Disposal Presently, 24th Antarctic Expedition

172 comprising two officers, one Junior (BHN): Production Platform BHN Commissioned Officer and 10 Other caught fire due to pipeline rupture Ranks is in the Antarctica. resulting from collision by Offshore Supply Vehicle (OSV) Samudra COMMUNICATION SUPPORT Suraksha on July 27, 2005. 12.22 The Army has also been Indian Naval Ships Delhi, Mumbai, the front runner in providing Aditya Ganga, and Gomati were communications in aid to civil diverted from sea and Vinash was authorities. The Army sailed to carryout ‘Search and communications have been the Rescue (SAR) Operations’. Indian Nation’s only lifelines in times of Navy and Coast Guard’s Dornier disaster, be it the tsunami, floods or aircrafts undertook sorties to drop life the earthquake in Jammu and rafts for the survivors. Integral Kashmir. Besides, the Signals were helicopters of ships were also the only agency to establish employed for Search and Rescue. communications for the inauguration Two IAF MI-8s operating from Kunjali of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus also joined the Search and Rescue Service and the Jammu-Udhampur effort. Rai Link. 12.25 The Regional Contingency NAVY Committee (RCC) at Mumbai was activated and Indian Navy 12.23 Apart from the regular coordinated the Search and Rescue operations, the Indian Navy also Operation. The well-coordinated undertakes tasks such as operations of all the agencies rendering assistance to those in involved in this operation resulted in distress in the high saving of 361 persons and recovery A major relief seas or even those of 11 dead bodies. trapped during floods, operation code 12.26 Flood Relief Operations earthquake disasters, named ‘RAHAT’ was in Maharashtra: Heavy and etc. Assistance launched during incessant rains in the coastal areas rendered to various which a total of 24 of Maharashtra during July and agencies by the Relief teams August 2005 resulted in flooding of Indian Navy are (equipped with various locations. A major relief enumerated in Geminis) and one operation code named ‘RAHAT’ was subsequent medical team were launched during which a total of 24 paragraphs. deployed for Relief Relief teams (equipped with Operations in 12.24 Fire at Geminis) and one medical team Maharashtra and Production Platform were deployed for Relief Operations Karnataka. at Bombay High North in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

173 12.27 Diving Assistance to Civil Jharkhand on the night of June Authorities: The Divers of Indian 15, 2005 trapping 14 miners. A Navy have been actively involved in Naval diving team comprising various relief operations through out one officer and eight sailors was the country. deployed. They recovered the bodies of all 14 miners from the (a) About 75 Indian Naval divers accident site. were deployed for supply of relief material in remote areas, (c) Assistance in Flood Relief survey of Jetties and Islands in Operations in Maharashtra: Andaman &Nicobar Islands. Eight diving teams from Teams of Divers were deputed Western Naval Command and for relief operations in Indonesia five diving teams from Eastern and Sri Lanka after the Naval Command were December 2004 tsunami as mobilised on September 16, well. 2005 for deployment in Nagpur (b) An incident of accidental and Gondia Districts. A total of flooding took place in Central 254 people were rescued and Saunda Colliery of Central shifted to safer areas by the Coalfields Ltd at Hazaribagh, relief teams. The diving teams

Indian Naval personnel providing medical aid to tsunami victims in Andaman & Nicobar

174 distributed approximately seven Secunderabad- Guntur tons of medical and relief section. The team worked in supplies. close coordination with the railway authorities and (d) Assistance in Flood Relief provided the required Operations in Andhra assistance. Pradesh: The development of a Cyclonic storm on 12.28 Medical Camps: September 19, 2005, along the Medical camps are regularly Andhra Pradesh coast resulted organised by various Naval in heavy rains and subsequent Commands and outlying units. water logging in low lying (a) Blood Donation: A blood areas. Consequently, eight donation camp was organized naval diving teams were in association with the District deployed in Viskhapatnam, Health Authorities of Vellore on Khammam, Bhadrachalam, February 25, 2005. Indian Naval Kovvuru, Vijaywada, and personnel participated in the Pollavaram districts for flood blood donation camp and more relief operations. The teams than 100 units of blood was evacuated people to safety, collected. distributed essential supplies, water and medicines in the (b) Laproscopic Tubectomy: A affected areas. Six diving teams camp for conducting comprising 20 divers, three Tubectomy through Laproscopy medical assistants and one was organized on March 11, communication sailor were 2005, in conjunction with the deployed in various locations in Zonal Railway Hospital at Visakhapatnam. In addition to Arkkonam. relief and rescue operations, (c) Children’s Health: Free the teams also evacuated health check-up and treatment people from low lying areas to was organised for children safe grounds. studying and staying in (e) Assistance in Relief different Orphanages at Operations at Train Arkkonam on March 12, 2005. accident site in Andhra About 240 children in the age group of 8 to 16 years were Pradesh: On October 29, treated. 2005, a team of 15 Indian Naval divers was deployed at (d) Senior Citizens Health: Health the train accident site in the camps for senior citizens in

175 and around naval bases were rescued around 600 marooned organised to mark the Senior civilians. Citizen’s Day on October 1, 12.31 Assistance was provided 2005. The health check-up for Tamil Nadu flood relief operations included comprehensive in Porto Novo (Sethiathape) by investigations. Fresh ailments/ Indian Coast Guard ships Vikram, diseases detected during the Varaha and Habba Khatun from camp were followed-up and November 24 to 28, 2005. Thirty one therapeutic measures helicopter sorties were carried out instituted. from Indian Coast Guard Ships (e) Village Camp: With a view to Varaha and Vikram for rescue/ provide medical aid to the poor evacuation of 194 people and air and the needy villagers and dropping of 16500 food packets in also to create health the flood affected areas. On November 25, 2005, Indian Coast awareness amongst them Guard Ship Mandapam provided medical camps were organised flood relief assistance in Sivaganga at Kattarpati Villai, Kanmaniyin, district. Kudiyiruppu and Parappadi villages in Tamil Nadu during 12.32 Car Festival Of Puri: the year. Indian Coast Guard Ships (ICGS) Razia Sultana, Sucheta Kripalni and INDIAN COAST GUARD Jijabai provided security coverage 12.29 Bomay High North from July 16 to 18, 2005 during car (BHN) Fire Incident: After a major festival of Puri. fire at ONGC platform in BHN, 12.33 Operation OLIVA: From Indian Coast Guard Ships Vijaya, November 7, 2005, Operation OLIVA, Sagar and Vigraha, alongwith with for protection of endangered species pollution control equipments, of Olive Ridely Turtles was executed were sailed on July 27, 2005 to in east coast of India. assist the Search and Rescue efforts resulting in saving of 361 AIR FORCE lives. 12.34 Flood Relief 12.30 Tamil Nadu Flood Relief Operations: The Indian Air Force Operations: Ramnagar and (IAF) undertook flood relief Mandipakkam area in Chennai were operations in Andhra Pradesh, flooded due to heavy rains on Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, October 27, 2005. On request of civil Himachal Pradesh and administration, DHQ–5 diving team Maharashtra. During the period,

176 Indian Air Force personnel extending helping hand to the Mumbai Flood Victims

616 Tonnes of load and 3708 1018 sorties amounting to 586 passengers were airlifted by IAF hours. aircraft/helicopters involving total 12.37 International Relief flying efforts 1085 sorties Operations: amounting to 1024 hours. (a) Katrina Flood Relief One IL-76 12.35 Casualty Evacuation: was tasked for cyclone relief IAF evacuated 388 casualties from supplies to USA during Northern and Eastern sectors September 2005 carrying 25 involving 336 sorties amounting to tonnes of load and consuming 312 hours. 51 hrs of flying. In J&K Earthquake 12.36 Earthquake Relief Operation, (b) Pakistan Earthquake : One IL- Relief: In Jammu and 1285 tonnes of load 76 was tasked to carry Kashmir, during this and 1389 passengers earthquake relief supplies to period 1285 Tonnes of were airlifted by IAF Pakistan, during October load and 1389 aircraft/helicopters 2005. passengers were involving 1018 sorties airlifted by IAF aircraft/ 12.38 Air Maintenance amounting to 586 helicopters involving Operations: The IAF continued hours.

177 to provide air logistic support to round the year airlifting the Army and other civilian approximately 36319 tonnes of agencies operating in the difficult load during the year. The IAF and far flung areas in Northern provided airlift to the troops and and Eastern sectors. Both Fixed other personnel in remote areas Wing aircraft and Rotary Wing through air landing and airdrop aircraft continued to operate operations.

178 13

NATIONAL CADET CORPS

NCC Girl Cadets in Republic Day Parade, 2006

179 The NCC strives to provide opportunities to the youth of the country for their all round development with a sense of commitment, dedication, self-discipline and moral values so that they become good leaders and useful citizens.

13.1 The National Cadet Corps (NCC) TRAINING OF CADETS established under the NCC Act, 1948, 13.3 Training Camps: Camp training has completed 57 years of its is an important part of NCC curricula. existence. The NCC strives to provide The camps help in developing opportunities to the youth of the country for their all round camaraderie, teamwork, dignity of development. It tries to inculcate labour, self-confidence and the most sense of commitment, dedication, self- important aspects of Unity and discipline and moral values so that Discipline. The various types of camps they become good leaders and useful conducted are as listed below:- citizens and can take their appropriate place in all walks of life in the service of (a) Annual Training Camps (ATC): the nation. The progress and quality of Annual Training Camps are training is reviewed and necessary conducted at State Directorate changes are incorporated periodically level. It is ensured that a to bring about improvement. minimum of 50% of enrolled

13.2 The total sanctioned strength of strength of cadets attend at NCC cadets is 13 lakhs. The wing- least one camp every year. wise distribution of the cadet strength Approximately 900 such camps is as under: - are conducted in a training year.

(a) Army Wing - 9,68,094 (b) National Integration Camps (b) Air Wing - 66,360 (NIC): A total of 37 NICs are (c) Naval Wing - 67,265 scheduled in which 23480 (d) Girls Wing - 1,85,684 cadets from all States and

The NCC’s presence can be felt in Union Territories participate. almost all the districts In addition, Special NICs The total sanctioned of the country covering were conducted/are strength of NCC 8,029 schools and scheduled at the following cadets is 13 lakhs. 4,816 colleges. places: -

180 NCC Cadets presenting cultural programme (i) NIC Leh: The special NIC wherein 310 cadets from was conducted at Leh all parts of the country from July 1 to 12, 2005 participated. wherein a total of 170 (iv) NIC Port Blair: The cadets from all parts of the special NIC Port Blair country participated. (Andaman & Nicobar (ii) NIC Chakabama: The Island) was held from special NIC in the North February 12 to 23, 2006 East was conducted at with the participation of Chakabama (Nagaland) 180 cadets, including 80 from November 28 to cadets from the December 9, 2005 with mainland. the participation of 200 (c) Vayu Sainik Camp (VSC): cadets from the North East Every year an All India Vayu Region and 400 cadets Sainik Camp for Air Wing from the rest of India. Senior Division (SD)/ Senior (iii) NIC Srinagar: The Wing (SW) cadets is organised special NIC was for a period of 12 days. This conducted at Srinagar year the camp was conducted from June 1 to 12, 2005 at Air Force Station Jalahalli

181 (Bangalore) from October 18 to the months from March 2005 29, 2005 with a strength of 420 to January 2006. SD and 180 SW cadets. (g) Rock Climbing Camps: Eight (d) Nau Sainik Camp (NSC): This rock climbing camps are held camp of 12 days duration is every year to expose the cadets organized once a year. Four to the basics of rock climbing hundred SD cadets and 160 SW and to inculcate spirit of cadets attend the camp. The adventure. Four of these camp was conducted at camps are held at Gwalior in Visakhapatnam from October Madhya Pradesh and other four 15 to 26, 2005. Five cadets from camps at Neyyar Dam near Singapore also participated in Trivandrum in Kerala. 1080 boy the camp. and girl cadets attended these camps during the months of (e) Thal Sainik Camps (TSC): November to December 2005. Two TSCs, one for Senior Division(SD)/Junior Division(JD) (h) Republic Day Camp –2006: boys and other for Senior Republic Day Camp-2006 was Wing(SW)/Junior Wing (JW) conducted from January 1 to girls are conducted at RD 29, 2006 at New Delhi. The Parade ground, Delhi Cantt camp was inaugurated by the every year. Six hundred forty Vice-President of India on boy and 640 girl cadets take January 8, 2006. The camp was part in these camps. This year attended by 1800 cadets from the camps were conducted all over India and also cadets of from September 23 to October friendly foreign countries with 4, 2005. whom NCC have a Youth (f) Leadership Camps: These Exchange Programme. Inter camps are conducted on an all Directorate competitions India basis. There are four connected with institutional Advance Leadership Camps training, Cultural Competitions (ALC), one each for SD, JD, and National Integration SD Naval Wing boys and SW Awareness presentations were girls and three Basic conducted during the month- Leadership Camps, one each long camp. A host of dignitaries for SD boys, SW and JW girls. visited the camp. As a regular These camps impart training feature, Prime Minister’s Rally to 3220 boy and girl cadets was held on January 27, 2006 and were conducted during during the Camp.

182 13.4 Attachment Training: The (c) One thousand girl cadets were NCC cadets derive first hand selected for attachment with experience of immense value by various Military Hospitals. attachment to the Armed Forces (d) Thirty eight SD and 12 SW units. During the year, attachments cadets of Air Wing are conducted were as under: - attached to Air Force

NCC Cadets performing slithering as part of Air Wing Training

(a) Four hundred forty officers and Academy, Dundigal twice a 20,000 cadets were attached to year for 13 days. This year the army units. This includes the attachment was women officers and 560 SW girl conducted from June 20 to cadets. July 2, 2005 and October 9 to 21, 2005. (b) One hundred twenty boy cadets were attached to the (e) Naval Attachment – INS Indian Military Academy, Mandovi: Attachment training Dehradun from May 28 to June camp for 25 Naval Wing (SD) 8, 2005 and 48 girl cadets were cadets was conducted at Naval attached with Officers Training Academy, INS Mandovi, Goa for Academy, Chennai from a duration of 12 days during September 20 to 30, 2005. December/January.

183 13.5 Gliding and Microlite Flying: Mountaineering Institute, Gliding facilities are provided at Darjeeling and Directorate of 38 NCC Air Squadrons. Despite Mountaineering & Allied the fact that holding of the Sports, Manali every year. serviceable gliders has fallen to as During the year, 307 cadets low as 25% of the authorisation, were nominated for various the NCC Air Squadrons have courses. carried out 14839 launches during (b) Mountaineering Expeditions: the year. Microlite flying is being NCC has been conducting conducted in NCC as an two Mountaineering adventure activity with a view to Expeditions every year, one give air experience to the Air Wing for the Senior Division boy NCC cadets (SD). A total of 7384 cadets and the other for hours of microlite flying was Senior Wing girl cadets. This undertaken during the year. year the boys team successfully undertook an 13.6 Foreign Cruise: The expedition to Sudarshan following foreign cruises are Parbat (6507 M) in May/June conducted every year:- 2005 and the girls team (a) Coast Guard Cruise: Six Naval undertook an expedition to SD cadets proceeded to Japan Kalanag Peak (6387 M) in and Korea from October 25 to September/October 2005. December 15, 2005. (c) Cycle and Motor Cycle (b) Naval Cruise: Six cadets sailed Expeditions: These to Sri Lanka and Maldives from expeditions are organised March 8 to 30, 2005 and nine both at the national and state cadets sailed to Muscat and levels. During the current Abu Dhabi from September 15 year, Vehicle Rally was to October 8, 2005. organized by Gujarat Directorate from October 25 to ADVENTURE TRAINING November 10, 2005 from 13.7 (a) Mountaineering Ahmedabad to North Sikkim Courses: NCC nominates covering a distance of 6600 boy and girl cadets from all Kms. Twenty five SW cadets NCC Directorates to attend took part in the expedition. various courses at Nehru Karnataka Directorate Institute of Mountaineering, conducted a Motor Cycle Rally Uttarkashi, Himalayan from Bangalore to Kargil

184 covering a distance of 4725 (g) Desert Camel Safari: This Kms from July 8 to August 10, adventure activitiy is 2005. conducted every year with 20 cadets taking part in it. It is (d) Trekking Expedition: A total of conducted in the Jaisalmer 10 trekking expeditions were District of Rajasthan. conducted during the current year with the participation of (h) White Water Rafting: White 1,000 cadets per trek. Water Rafting Node has been established at Raiwala (e) Para Sailing: Para Sailing is (Haridwar). NCC is in the conducted at each Group level process of finalising as a part of adventure activity establishment of three more for boy and girl cadets of NCC. White Water nodes in During the year, 12,500 cadets Punjab, West Bengal and have been trained in this Gujarat. activity. (i) Sailing Expedition: The (f) Para Basic Courses: Every year 40 boy and 40 girl cadets major Water sailing undergo the Para Basic expeditions conducted during Course for 20 days at AATS the year are shown in Agra. Table 13.1: -

Table 13.1 S No. Dte From To Distance Date No. of Cadets

1. Bih Patna Patliputra 598 kms Sep 20 to Oct 1, 2005 20 SD+10 SW 2. Guj Garudeshwar Bhadboot 363 kms Sep 1-12, 2005 35 SD & 15 SW 3. Kar Karwar Malpe 404 kms Dec 6-21, 2004 24 SD & 16 SW 4. Mah Mumbai Goa 418 kms Dec 15, 2004 to Jan 7, 2005 27 SD & 13 SW 5. WB Farakka Kolkata 430 kms May 14 to Jun 2, 2005 80 SD & 10 SW 6. TN Pondicherry Kodiakarai 436 kms Jul 26 to Aug 6, 2005 40 SD 7. MP Brahmanghat Hoshangabad 418 kms Oct 17 – 24, 2005 40 SD 8. J&K Govindsagar Lake 459 kms Sep 14 – 23, 2005 25 SD+10SW 9. Pb Bilaspur Lathiani 545 kms Aug 29 to Sep 9, 2005 33 SD & 17 SW Kollam Thaneermukam 350 kms Sep 19 – 30, 2005 30 SD 10. Ker Calcut Payyoli 240 kms Jun 11-16, 2005 21 SD Kollam Kumarkam 350 kms Dec 6-17, 2004 50 SD Kochi Kollam 450 kms Oct 20-29, 2005 21 SD 11. Raj Jaisamand Lake 460 kms Aug 16-27,2005 38 SD Bilaspur Dam 456 kms Sep 5-16, 2005 20 SD & 10 SW TOTAL 504SD + 91SW

185 NCC has adopted YOUTH EXCHANGE (g) Visit of two officers and nine cadets to Singapore from community PROGRAMME (YEP) December 2 to 11, 2005. development activities 13.8 Out-Going YEP with the aim to imbibe Visits : The following 13.9 In-Coming YEP Visits: The values such as visits were undertaken following foreign delegations visited India during the year as part of selfless service for the during the year as part of YEP: - YEP:- community, dignity of (a) Visit of one labour, importance of (a) One officer and eight cadets officer and six cadets self help, protection of from Singapore for Nau Sainik (Naval Wing) to Camp at Visakhapatnam from environment and Singapore to October 15 to 26, 2005. upliftment of weaker participate in sections of the International Sea (b) Two officers and six cadets from society. Cadet Exchange Singapore for Desert Safari at Programme from Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) from May 29 to June 11, November 21 to December 2, 2005. 2005. (b) Visit of one officer and four cadets (Air Wing) to Singapore (c) Eighty five cadets and 14 to participate in International officers from eight countries Air Cadet Exchange were invited for Republic Day Programmes from May 29 to Camp, 2006. June 11, 2005. (d) One officer and six cadets from (c) Visit of one officer and twelve Bangladesh NCC attended All cadets to UK from July 19 to India Yachting Regatta from August 4, 2005. January 22 to 27, 2006 under (d) Visit of two officers and ten the aegis of NCC Directorate cadets to Russia from Orissa. September 16 to 26, 2005. SOCIAL SERVICE AND (e) Visit of two officers and twelve COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT cadets to Bhutan from 13.10 NCC has adopted November 7 to 13, 2005. community development activities (f) Visit of two officers and with the aim to imbibe values such thirteen cadets to Vietnam as selfless service for the from November 15 to 24, community, dignity of labour, 2005. importance of self help, protection

186 of environment and upliftment of the conduct of the Adult weaker sections of the society. Education Programme. This involves activities such as (e) Community Projects: adult education, tree plantation, Cadets of NCC participate in blood donation, visit to Old Age the rural and urban community Homes, slum clearance, village projects and other upliftment and various other development works like village social schemes. NCC cadets track improvement, well participate in the following cleaning etc. community development activities:- (f) Disaster Relief: NCC has always extended its helping (a) Tree Plantation: NCC hand during natural and other cadets plant saplings and look calamities and accidents. Over after them in conjunction with the years, NCC cadets have the concerned State rendered outstanding service Department/ Colleges/ Schools during floods, earthquakes, and Villages. This year, as cyclones, train accidents and part of NCC Day celebrations, every cadet planted one provided the healing touch in sapling. riot affected areas. NCC cadets actively assisted in the (b) Blood Donation: Cadets relief operations during the donate blood as voluntary tsunami disaster and the service whenever needed by earthquake in Jammu & Hospitals/ Red Cross. As Kashmir. part of NCC Day celebrations, all SD and SW (g) Anti Leprosy Drive:NCC NCC cadets have donated cadets have launched anti- blood. leprosy drive throughout the country and are helping (c) Old Age Homes: Old Age various voluntary Homes in the country are organisations. patronised and regularly visited by NCC cadets. (h) AIDS Awareness Programme: NCC participates (d) Adult Education: NCC cadets visit remote areas, actively in the AIDS awareness villages and underdeveloped programmes and is working areas to emphasise the need alongwith UNAIDS and for education and to assist in Directorate General Armed

187 Forces Medical Services (DG conducted in September- AFMS) in carrying out AIDS October 2005. Awareness Programmes (b) Subroto Cup Football throughout the country. A two Tournament: NCC has been year programme to spread participating in this awareness on HIV/AIDS is tournament for the last 26 being organised with the years. One NCC team each participation of UNAIDS. As a from Orissa and North Eastern precursor to “Train the Region NCC Directorate Trainer”, first batch was started participated in this year’s on September 19, 2005 with tournament held from Directors, selected officers and September 14 to October 13, WTLOs from all State 2005 at New Delhi. NER Directorates. Directorate team reached the (i) Cancer Awareness semi finals of the tournament. Programme: NCC cadets (c) All India GV Mavlankar actively participate in Cancer Shooting Championship: All Awareness Programmes India Mavalankar Shooting organised in various cities. Championship is conducted by Cancer Care India (CACI), an the National Rifle Association of NGO and NCC have joined India (NRAI) every year in the hands to launch Cancer month of October/ November. Awareness Programmes 32 selected cadets (16 SW & 16 (CAPS) throughout the country. SD) from NCC participated this So far, 17 such CAPS have year. been conducted. (d) All India NCC Yachting ACTIVITIES AT NATIONAL LEVEL Regatta: NCC Yachting Regatta in enterprise class 13.11 The NCC cadets also boats is held every year in the participated in the following activities month of January at INS conducted at the national level: - Chilka and coordinated by (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru Hockey Orissa Directorate. Forty Cup Tournament: NCC eight SD and 48 SW cadets fielded four teams (3 boys and from the State Directorates 1 girls) in the Jawahar Lal attended the programme this Hockey Tournament year.

188 TRAINING OF SAFF JD ANOs attended Refresher Course from September 5 to 13.12 The following courses with 25, 2005 at INS Circars, vacancies as indicated are Vishakhapatnam conducted for training of Associated NCC Officers (ANOs) and Permanent (g) Refresher Course for Naval PI Instructors (PI) staff:- Staff: Thirty Naval PI Staff attended Refresher Course at (a) Refresher Course for ANOs: Seamanship School, Kochi Sixteen courses are conducted from August 22 to September every year at Officer Training 10, 2005. Academy (OTA) Kamptee for (h) Pre-Commission Course for 1135 ANOs. Naval ANOs: Naval SD/JD (b) Orientation Courses for PI ANOs underwent Pre- Staff: Twenty six courses Commission Training at are conducted at OTA Kamptee Seamanship School, Kochi for 2810 PI Staff every training from July to October 2005 as year. follows: -

(c) Pre-Commission Courses: (a) Fourteen Naval SD ANOs Four Pre-Commission (PRCN) underwent Pre-Commission Training at OTA Kamptee courses are conducted at OTA from July 11 to July 30, Kamptee for 500 ANOs. 2005 and Seamanship (d) Refresher Courses for Lady School, Kochi from August ANOs: Four courses are 8 to October 8, 2005. conducted at NCC OTA Gwalior (b) Twenty five Naval JD ANOs for 110 lady ANOs. Two courses underwent Pre-Commission each are also conducted for training at Seamanship Senior and Junior Wing Direct School Kochi from August 8 Entry NCC ‘C’ Certificate ANOs. to October 8, 2005.

(e) Pre-Commission Courses for (i) Orientation Course for Air PI Lady ANOs: Two courses for Staff: Forty Air PI Staff undergo Senior Wing and two courses Orientation Course of 5 days for Junior Wing are conducted duration at OTA Kamptee every for ANOs at NCC OTA Gwalior. year.

(f) Refresher Course for Naval (j) Civil Defence Management ANOs: Thirteen SD and 44 Courses: A total of 27 Officers/

189 JCOs/ ANOs were detailed to institutions all over the country attend various courses covering a total of 25269 students. conducted at National Civil 13.14 Enrolment of Girls in Defence College (NCDC), Nagpur. Junior Division of Air and Naval Wing NCC: The landmark decision PLANNING SECTION has immensely influenced the 13.13 Increase in NCC junior girl cadets and they can coverage: During the year 2005- undertake Naval & Air Wing training 2006, NCC has been allotted to 220 also.

190 14

DEFENCE RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES

French Refueller refuelling IAF’s Su-30

191 India has stepped up dialogue and cooperation with various countries in order to find ways of using its capabilities for the overall well being of mankind.

14.1 As India’s political relations with pandemics, continued to mount the rest of the world were reinforced during the period under review. This and strengthened, India’s defence has encouraged nations across the ties with her traditional partners and earth to join hands in order to tackle new countries continued increasingly and eliminate such dangers. The during the year. Events such as joint defence forces of various countries, exercises held between the individual including India have also stepped up or combined Armed Forces of India their dialogue and cooperation in and its foreign partners assumed a order to find ways of using their new meaning, when the military individual capabilities for the joint assets of India, US and other good of mankind. countries joined together for 14.3 High level visits, including that coordinated and cooperative at the level of Defence Minister were initiatives to provide immediate help an important feature of the bilateral and relief to the huge populations dialogue between India and her affected by the Asian tsunami partner countries. In addition, five disaster. This was by far the most important defence cooperation tangible result of the bilateral and agreements/MOUs were also signed multilateral defence cooperation, and during the year, in addition to various provided ground for further such protocols and other mutually agreed effort. documents reflecting the close collaborative effort between India 14.2 The challenges facing the and her numerous international global community, including partners. terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, smuggling of 14.4 Raksha Mantri Shri Pranab narcotics, arms and human Mukherjee undertook an official trafficking, the growth of non-state bilateral visit to the United States in actors intent on using violence June 2005. In his talks with Defence against unarmed civilians and non- Secretary Rumsfeld and other senior traditional threats such as US leaders, the growing defence

192 Indian Sea Harriers with US FA18s during Indo-US exercise Malabar CY-05 partnership with the US was relationship, including in the field of reviewed. The two sides signed the supply of defence related products New Framework for the US-India from India to Chile, the host side also Defence Relationship. Raksha Mantri arranged for a visit to their base also delivered a talk at the Carnegie station in Antarctica, as a starting Endowment for International Peace point for scientific research at Washington DC on the topic, cooperation between the two ‘India’s Strategic Perspective’. From countries in Antarctica. Earlier in the the US a number of delegations year the Defence Minister of Chile visited India primarily to explore had visited India. All the three opportunities in the expanding Indian Service Chiefs from Chile also visited market for defence products and India during this period. services. Defence Secretary led the Indian delegation for the Seventh 14.5 Visits at the level of Chief of Meeting of the India-US Defence Defence/General/Joint Staff or Policy Group (DPG) on November Services form a vital part of our 21-23, 2005 to Washington DC. military-to-military relationship Raksha Mantri led the first ever visit expanding the framework of of an Indian Defence Minister to professional interaction and Chile in October 2005. Besides exchanges and enhancing mutual pledging to step up their defence understanding. From India Vice

193 Admiral Raman Puri, CISC visited Force, Australia (September 2005); China in June 2005 to attend the Lt. General S.H.S. Kottegoda, Cdr of “International Symposium on Non- Sri Lankan Army (September, 2005); Traditional Security: Challenges and Admiral Rodolfo Codina, Responses”. And Vice Admiral Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Sangram Singh Byce, DCIDS Navy (November, 2005); Admiral (PP&FD) visited Hawaii, USA in Sergio Siraghi, Chief of Italian Navy October 2005 to attend Chiefs of (November, 2005). Defence (CHOD) Conference. 14.7 From India General J.J. Singh, General Henri Bentegeat, Chief of Chief of the Army Staff visited Bhutan Defence Staff, France visited India in in May, 2005; Oman and United March, 2005. Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri, Chief of Defence Staff and Kingdom in July, 2005; Australia and Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy Myanmar in October-November visited India in June 2005, General 2005; and Egypt and Nigeria in Hajime Massaki, Chairman, Joint November-December, 2005. Air Chief Staff Council, Japan Self Defence Marshal SP Tyagi, Chief of Air Staff Force in September 2005 and Lt. visited Turkey in May, 2005, France in General Papa Khalilou Fall, Chief of June, 2005, Philippines in August, Defence Staff, Senegal Armed 2005; Germany in September, 2005. Forces in December 2005. Admiral Arun Prakash, Chief of the Naval Staff visited USA in March, 14.6 Visits at the level of Service 2005; Singapore (IMDEX) in May Chiefs include the visits of Vice- 2005; Thailand in May 2005, Admiral SOE Thane, Malaysia and Indonesia in July, 2005; Commander-in-Chief of The signing of the P- Maldives in November, 2005; Japan Myanmar Navy; 75 Scorpene in October, 2005; and Bangladesh in Admiral J. Fallon, submarine deal with December, 2005. Commander, U.S. French companies, Pacific Command 14.8 In Europe, our military- has added impetus to (April, 2005); Major industrial ties with France and the the high profile General Desmond UK continued to grow. The signing defence relationships Kuek, Chief of Army, of the P-75 Scorpene submarine with France which Singapore (June 2005); deal with French companies, gave was reviewed during General Juan Emilio an added impetus to the high Cheyre, Commander- profile defence relationship which Prime Minister’s talks in-Chief of the Chilean was reviewed during Prime with President Chirac Army (August 2005); Minister’s talks with President in Paris in September Air Marshal Geoff Chirac in Paris in September 2005. 2005. Shepherd, Chief of Air The India-France High Committee

194 IAF SU-30 with French Mirages during Garuda 2

on Defence Cooperation held its 14.9 Joint exercises between the review meeting in New Delhi in Indian Armed Forces and their November. The French Chief of counterpart organizations in France, Defence Staff visited in March 2005. Russia, Singapore, UK and the USA The newly appointed Secretary of were stepped up during the course State for Defence (Defence Minster) of the year. Satisfactory execution of of the UK, Dr. John Reid visited such activities has led to a demand for increased joint exercises in the India in early October 2005. Earlier coming years. the India-UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) held its annual 14.10 Raksha Mantri led a high meeting in London on level defence delegation to Russia in The signing of the September 26-28, November 2005 for the fifth meeting bilateral Intellectual 2005. The ongoing of the Indo-Russian Inter Hawk Advanced Jet Property Rights (IPR) Governmental Commission on Trainer production line Military Technical Cooperation. Joint Agreement with for India was Indo-Russian Naval and Airborne Russia was the inspected by the high Exercises were conducted in highlight of Prime level delegation led by October 2005 off the Visakhapatnam Minister’s visit to Defence Secretary, coast and at the Mahajan Firing Russia in December, which was in Britain Ranges in Rajasthan, which was 2005. for the DCG meeting. witnessed by the Russian Defence

195 Personnel during Indo-Russian Joint Exercise

Minister Mr. S. Ivanov. While he was Minister of Kyrgyztan, Lt Gen Ismail able to see the para-dropping and Isakov visited India from November commando assault on mock terrorist 24-28, 2005 at the invitation of headquarters exercises at Mahajan, Raksha Mantri and held discussions. due to bad weather he was unable to Both sides agreed on the need for travel to Visakhapatnam to witness enhancing cooperation in the field of the naval exercise. The signing of the defence training and military bilateral Intellectual Property Rights technical cooperation. (IPR) Agreement with Russia was the 14.12 Defence cooperation highlight of Prime Minister’s visit to between India and Singapore has Russia in December, 2005. grown considerably in the recent 14.11 With Uzbekistan, an times. A joint naval exercise hosted Agreement between India and by the Singapore Navy, was held in Uzbekistan on cooperation in military the South China Sea from February and military-technical areas was 26-March 2, 2005. While the two signed on 5th April 2005 by Raksha countries have held joint naval Mantri and by the Minister of Defence exercises for over a decade, the first of the Republic of Uzbekistan, during joint air exercise was held in the visit of the President of October 2004 and the second air Uzbekistan to India. The Defence exercise was held in January

196 2006. The first-ever joint army means to further defence exercise involving armour and cooperation projects. artillery was held in India in March 14.13 Defence cooperation 2005. The Defence Minister of between India and the Maldives is Singapore visited during this period marked by frequent high level visits to witness the exercise. With between the two countries. The Republic of Korea, India signed an Defence Minister of Maldives, H.E. MOU on Defence Industry and Mr. Ismail Shafeeu came on an Logistics Cooperation in September official visit to India from 24-28 2005 during the visit of Mr. Young September 2005. During the visit he Hwan Lee, Deputy Minister for held discussions with Raksha Mantri Acquisition, Ministry of National and other senior officials. Chief of Defence of ROK. Indian Coast Naval Staff visited Maldives in Guard ship “Samar” paid a visit to November 2005. The cordial ROK from November 21-24, 2005 relationship between Oman and and held joint exercises with the India was further strengthened with Korean Coast Guard (KCG) at the the visit of the Minister Responsible port of Busan. This was the first joint for Defence Affairs of Oman H.E. exercise between the two countries Sayyid Badr Bin Saud Bin Hareb Al and its successful conclusion was Busaidi from 5-7 December 2005. considered the first in expanding During the visit a Memorandum of cooperation between the two Coast Understanding on Military Guards. With Mongolia, the second Cooperation between India and Indo-Mongolian Joint Exercise was Oman was signed which will enable held in December 2005 at Vairangte, both countries to enhance their which was witnessed by the visiting defence cooperation. The Indo- Mongolian Defence Minister H.E. Mr. Oman Joint Naval Exercise has been Ts. Saravdorj. The Mongolian institutionalized under the name of Defence Minister met with Raksha ‘Thammar Al Tayyib’ meaning the Mantri and other senior officials. ‘The Best of the Dates’. The first During these interactions both sides Combined Exercise took place in emphasized the need for enhancing 1993 and the last exercise was held from 21-22 February 2005 in the Gulf the defence cooperation between of Oman. the two countries. Both sides agreed to establish a Joint Working 14.14 With China, the recent Committee on Defence initiatives taken by India for Cooperation, which will meet in strengthening defence ties include early 2006 to work out practical stepping up exchanges of military

197 delegations, high level visits, training under the Composite Dialogue exchanges and invitation to Framework covered the issue of participate as observers in each demarcation of the international other’s military exercises. The efforts boundary between the two countries are focused on building of trust and in the Sir Creek area. Indian Director confidence between the two General of Coast Guard visited countries. The officers of the Indian Pakistan in October 2005 to sign a Armed Forces Officers participated Memorandum of Understanding as observers in the second phase of (MOU) on the Establishment of a the India-Russia Joint Exercise held Communication Link between the at Qingdao, Shandong (China) in Indian Coast Guard and the Pakistan August 2005 and the Exercise “North Maritime Security Agency. An Sword 2005” in Beijing Command, Agreement on Prevention of China in September 2005. Recent Incidents on and over the sea has high-level visits include the visits of been signed between India and the Chief of Army Staff and Vice Pakistan. Chief of Naval Staff from India and 14.17 India has historically close the Chief of General Staff of the relations with Bhutan extending also People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to into the defence and security sphere. India. An Indian Army Training Team assists 14.15 India has traditionally the Royal Bhutanese Army in close defence ties with Nepal in the meeting many of its training sphere of training, equipment requirements. India has shown keen supplies and cooperation in the field interest on the operationalization of of security. Training programmes are the Air Traffic Control at the Paro continuing as in the past. Contacts International Airport. The meeting of with the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) the India- Bhutan Joint Group on are maintained through the Indian Border Management and Security Embassy in Kathmandu. The was conducted in September 2005. question of supply of lethal weapons 14.18 Defence relations with to the RNA, which were halted after Bangladesh continued in the form of February 1, 2005 remains under participation in training courses and constant review. ship visits of the Indian Navy and 14.16 Defence Secretary level Coast Guard. The External Affairs talks between India and Pakistan on Minister of India visited Bangladesh the Siachin issue were held in in August 2005. During this visit Rawalpindi in May 2005. The India- Indian assistance to Liberation War Pakistan talks on the Sir Creek issue Museum, Dhaka and medical

198 assistance to ‘Muktijodhas’ were Confidence Building Measures as discussed. The Chief of Naval Staff well as training, two Indian Naval visited Bangladesh in December ships INS Sukanya and INS Kirpan, 2005. Sixty ‘Muktijodhas’ were and three Sri Lankan vessels invited to the on-going Vijay Diwas participated in Sri Lanka-India Naval celebrations at Eastern Command, Exercise (SLINEX). Kolkata on December 15-16, 2005 14.20 In the face of the Asian with a view to bring together forces tsunami that befell Sri Lanka in who fought together for the first time December 2004, the Indian Navy in 1971. assisted in the relief operations by 14.19 India-Sri Lanka defence dispatching a number of vessels and ties strengthened soon after the aircraft with medical teams, medical signing of the ceasefire Agreement supplies, relief equipment and with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil supplies. The relief operations Eeelam (LTTE) by the Government of involved the immediate supply of Sri Lanka in February 2002. India-Sri food and drinking water, medical Lanka defence cooperation and camps for first aid and treatment of relations have developed positively casualties, diving operations, Search and comprehensively since then. and Rescue of marooned people off Defence cooperation with Sri Lanka the coast/outlying islands. As part of in the fields of defence training has the rehabilitation operations expanded manifold during the last underwater damage assessment, two years. The Sri Lankan armed minor salvage operations, forces comprise the largest number transportation of relief material, of foreign trainees in Indian armed hydrographic survey of harbours, de- forces training institutions. Vice- contamination of drinking water wells Admiral Daya Sandagiri, Sri Lankan by pumping out saline water, minor Chief of Defence Staff and repairs of generators, supply of water Commander of the Navy visited India purification tablets and medicines in June 2005. Lt. General SHS were undertaken. In addition, survey Kottegoda, former Commander of Sri ships were converted into 46 bed Lanka Army visited India in hospital ships for undertaking September 2005 to discuss areas of surgeries on board with pathological mutual interest and cooperation laboratory, X-Ray and ICU facilities. between the two Armies which inter- alia include areas such as disaster 14.21 The continent of Africa has management, United Nations Peace many countries with which India has Keeping Operations, assistance in had deep historical and political welfare activities etc. As part of bonds. Countries in the South and

199 West African regions have had close the IAF carried out joint exercises defence training interaction with with the Air Force of South Africa. Indian military training Indian Army Training Teams (IATTs) establishments. India is providing have also been set up in Seychelles, troops for peacekeeping missions in Botswana, Zambia and Lesotho. Africa in Ethiopia and Eritrea Agreements/Memorandum of (UNMEE) and Congo (MONUC). The Understanding on defence largest numbers of Indian military cooperation between India and some training teams are deployed in Africa countries in the African region are including helicopter-training under negotiation. detachments in Mauritius and Namibia. Despite the Denel incident, 14.22 India’s defence relations India-South Africa defence with foreign countries have resulted cooperation continues to have in a dramatic increase in the considerable significance for both number of foreign visitors to the the countries. The first ever Tri-Nation Ministry of Defence. Measures are Sailing ragatta under the auspices of being taken to strengthen its IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) was Protocol Section and initiate new conducted in South Africa from practices and protocols for visiting September 20-26, 2005. With a view foreign dignitaries, including a to enhancing the international image solemn ceremony to honour the of the Indian Air Force and its unknown soldier at the Amar Jawan increased role as a force multiplier, Jyoti.

200 15

CEREMONIAL, ACADEMIC AND ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES

Investiture Ceremony - 2005 held at Rashtrapati Bhawan

201 The Armed Forces cherish and nourish the spirit of adventure and sacrifice and commemorate them.

15.1 The Ministry of Defence premier research institution carrying encourages and promotes both out authoritative policy – related academic and adventure activities studies on national and international through autonomous institutions security issues. The Institute is a which are provided regular financial registered body under the Societies assistance. These institutions are :- Act of 1860 (Punjab Amendment Act. 1957) as amended from time to time (i) The Institute for Defence and is governed by an Executive Studies and Analyses, New Council elected by the members of Delhi; the Institute. The Institute is (ii) Mountaineering Institutes at accessible to political leaders, Darjeeling and Uttarkashi; and scholars, the media, service officers and others who have an interest in (iii) The Jawahar Institute of problems of national security. On the Mountaineering and Winter occasion of the 40th Anniversary, on Sports (JIM) at Aru, Kashmir November 11, 2005, Prime Minister, 15.2 The important activities of these Dr Manmohan Singh delivered the institutions during the period under Foundation Day lecture. review are enumerated in the 15.4 Activities: The Institute succeeding paragraphs. organised 50 Round Table INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE Discussions with visiting scholars, STUDIES AND ANALYSES (IDSA) diplomats and foreign delegations/ teams. 15.3 The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses was 15.5 The Research Faculty: The established in November, 1965 to Institute has a well-established and initiate studies and research multi-disciplinary research faculty of problems of national security and the over 50 scholars. They are drawn impact of defence measures on from the academia, the defence national development. Over the forces, the paramilitary organisations years, the Institute has evolved as a and the civil services. Their

202 collective efforts ensure an all 15.7 Research Orientation: The encompassing and by and large an research output of the faculty is Indo-centric assessment of various published mainly in the Institute’s regions, countries and issues that Quarterly journal ‘Strategic Analysis’ affect our current and future security or as monographs and books. The environment. The Institute also researchers frequently present their offers facilities to foreign scholars for papers in various national and their research. international seminars and also contribute articles and chapters to 15.6 Bilateral and Multilateral foreign journals and publications. Interactions: To enrich the quality Besides, the IDSA also brings out the of research work of the scholars, ‘Strategic Digest’ which is a monthly IDSA has developed bilateral ties compendium of information from with a number of similar Institutes open sources on nuclear and across the globe. At present, the disarmament issues, military Institute has bilateral ties and doctrines, arms transfer and multilateral interactions with the technology developments. It has Japan Institute of International been found useful by many Affairs, National Institute of Defence institutions and the defence Studies (Japan), Emirates Centre departments of the numerous for Strategic Studies & Research universities in India. Important books (UAE), South Africa Institute of published by the IDSA during the International Studies (South Africa), period under review are “Changing Institute of International and Security Dynamics in Eastern Asia”, Strategic Relations (France), “Emerging India: Security and Institute for National Strategic Foreign Policy Perspective”, “India Studies (USA), Bangladesh Institute and the World”, “United Nations, of International and Strategic Multilateralism and International Studies (Bangladesh), Institute of Security”, “India and Central Asia : Political and Advancing the Common Interest” International Studies IDSA has developed and “Bangladesh: A Fragile (Iran), Begin-Sadat Democracy”. bilateral ties with Centre for Strategic similar institutes Studies (Israel), 15.8 Training Programmes : across the globe and Kazakhstan Institute Besides the research projects, the is open to all who for Strategic studies Institute is also engaged in training programmes for the Government have an interest in (Kazadhstan) and the officers drawn from the Indian problems in national Council for Security Cooperation in the Administrative Service, Indian Police security. Asia Pacific (CSCAP). Service, Indian Foreign Service, the

203 Armed Forces, and the Para-Military (NIM), Uttarkashi in Uttranchal and Forces. During the year, one training Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering capsule was organised by the & Winter Sports (JIM), Aru (presently Institute for IPS officers. The faculty located at Pahalgam in J&K). The members have often been invited as expenditure on the institutes is guest speakers at various training shared by the Central and respective establishments and universities in State Governments as per agreed the country. funding pattern. These Institutes are run as private Registered Societies 15.9 Information Resources: The and have been conferred the status Institute has a sizeable resource of autonomous bodies. Raksha base on issues of national security Mantri is the President of these and defence strategy. It has a Institutes. The Chief Minister of the collection of over 50,000 books and a number of CD-ROM databases. In respective State is the Vice-President addition, more than 300 current of the Institute. These Institutes are journals, in print as well as governed by separate Executive electronic/online versions are Councils consisting of members received. IDSA also publishes a elected by the General Bodies, monthly bulletin called ‘Current nominees from amongst donors and/ Journal Contents’ that lists the or persons who are likely to promote contents of about 140 journals the cause of the Institute and received in the Library. The Institute representatives of Central and State maintains a website (address: http:// Governments. www.idsa-india.org) on which the 15.11 The HMI, Darjeeling was details of new activities as well as founded in November 1954 by the progress in the ongoing activities are then Prime Minister Pandit posted. Jawaharlal Nehru to commemorate MOUNTAINEERING INSTITUTES the historical ascent of Mount Everest by Late Tenzing Norgay 15.10 The Ministry of Defence along with Sir Edmund Hillary on administers, jointly with the May 29, 1953. This Institute provided concerned State Governments, three an impetus to mountaineering as a Mountaineering Institutes, namely, Himalayan sport in India. To give further boost to mountaineering and to inculcate The HMI aims to Mountaineering Institute (HMI), the spirit of adventure in youth, the inculcate adventure Darjeeling in West NIM, Uttarkashi was set up in and love for Bengal, Nehru Institute October 1965 and the JIM at Aru in mountains. of Mountaineering J&K in October 1983.

204 15.12 Due to disturbances in the 15.15 Trainees to these courses valley, students were reluctant to come from all parts of the country come to Aru for training. and include Army, Air Force, Navy, Accordingly, it was decided to shift ITBP and BSF personnel, NCC the Institute temporarily to Batote on Cadets and private students. the Jammu side of Banihal in August Foreigners are also permitted to join 1990. In October 2003, the Institute these courses. was shifted to Pahalgam where it is 15.16 The courses conducted by conducting the courses. these institutes from April 2005 to 15.13 The broad objectives of November 30, 2005 are detailed in the Mountaineering Institutes are:- table No. 15.1.

(a) to impart theoretical knowledge Table No. 15.1 and practical training in Courses HMI NIM JIM mountaineering and rock Basic 05 05 04 climbing techniques; Advance 02 03 01 (b) to awaken interest in and love for mountains and exploration; Adventure 02 03 - and MOI 01 01 - (c) to encourage and provide S&R - 01 - training in Winter Sports

15.14 The Institutes conduct 15.17 The number of students Basic and Advance Mountaineering trained in these courses are given in Courses, Method of Instruction table No. 15.2. Course (MOI), Search & Rescue Course (S&R) and Adventure Table No. 15.2 Courses. The syllabi, duration, age Courses Men Women limit of participants and grading Basic 662 135 system for various types of courses are almost uniform at all the Advance 158 21 Institutes. During the lean period, Adventure 90 83 the Instructors of the Institutes conduct rock-climbing courses at the MOI 18 09 request of Mountaineering Clubs/ S&R 23 - Organisations in the country. The Instructors also join various 15.18 HMI conducted 13 special expeditions. courses comprising Advance,

205 Adventure and Rock Climbing September 2005 in which 19 J&K Courses, in which 567 men and Armed Police personnel summated women were trained during the this peak. period. NIM also conducted 3 special courses for various CEREMONIALS, HONOURS AND organizations in which 155 men AWARDS were trained during the year. JIM 15.22 The responsibility for the has trained 541 men and 189 organisation of National Functions women in various special like the Republic Day Parade, the Adventure/ Tourist/ Guide/ Rock Beating Retreat Ceremony, Martyrs’ Climbing courses during the period. Day and the Independence Day is entrusted to the Ministry of 15.19 HMI Darjeeling also Defence. The Ministry also conducted an Adventure Camp for organises Defence Investiture SAARC nations from 7th to 17th Ceremonies for presentation of November 2005. Fourteen youths Gallantry and Distinguished Service from four SAARC countries, viz. Awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and association with the President’s Pakistan took part in this camp. The Secretariat. The organisation of adventure activities included Rock/ these ceremonies requires Artificial Wall climbing, trekking in coordination of activities of various high altitude, camping and water Ministries/Departments and other sports. agencies. The Ceremonial 15.20 To commemorate 40th functions organised during the year anniversary, NIM launched an are detailed in the following expedition to 8012 m high Mount paragraphs. Shisha Pangma in Tibet, China. All INVESTITURE CEREMONY, 2005 the seven members, without bottled oxygen, climbed the summit in one 15.23 The Defence Investiture push on May 17, 2005. Ceremony, 2005 was held at This was the first Indian Rashtrapati Bhawan on April 12 First Indian ascent to assent to this Peak. and 19, 2005 when the Gallantry 8012 m high Mount and Distinguished Service Awards Shisha Pangma in 15.21 JIM Pahalgam, mentioned in table No. 15.3 and Tibet, China was successfully carried 15.4, announced on the done to out an expedition of Independence Day 2004 and J&K Armed Police to Republic Day, 2005, were commemorate 40th Mount Stock Kangri presented by the President to the anniversary of NIM. during August- awardees.

206 Table No. 15.3 followed by the Prime Minister’s Gallantry Awards Address to the Nation. The ceremony concluded with the singing of Kirti Chakra 05 (3 National Anthem by the children and posthumous) the NCC Cadets from Schools of Shaurya Chakra 41 (26 Delhi and release of balloons. posthumous) 15.26 After the function at Red Table No. 15.4 Fort, the President laid wreath at the Distinguished Service Awards Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate Uttam Yudh Seva Medal 03 paying Homage to the memory of Param Vishisht Seva Medal 28 those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the motherland. Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medal 01 Ati Vishisht Seva Medal 49 15.27 The gallantry awards announced on the Independence 15.24 Other awards like Vishisht Day 2005 are detailed in table No. Seva Medal, Sena Medal, Nao Sena 15.5. Medal, Vayu Sena Medal and Bar to these Medals were presented by the Table No. 15.5 respective Chiefs of Staff and Senior Award Total Posthumous

Commanders at separate Investiture Kirti Chakra 01 - Ceremonies. Shaurya Chakra 19 08 INDEPENDENCE DAY CEREMONY, Bar to Sena Medal 2005 (Gallantry) 05 01 Sena Medal 15.25 Beginning of celebrations (Gallantry) 86 19 of the Independence Day was marked Nao Sena Medal with the choir singing of patriotic (Gallantry) 05 - songs by school children in different Vayu Sena Medal Indian languages at Red Fort on (Gallantry) 12 - August 15, 2005 in the early morning. Later the three Services and Delhi VIJAY DIWAS Police presented Guard of Honour to 15.28 Vijay Diwas was the Prime Minister. Thereafter, the celebrated on December 16, 2005 Prime Minister unfurled the National followed by inauguration of Defence Flag on the ramparts of the Red Fort Equipment Display-cum-Photo to the accompaniment of the National Gallery by Raksha Mantri followed by Anthem played by the Services Band. a cultural programme and band A 21 Gun Salute on the occasion was display at National Stadium.

207 Raksha Mantri at Vijaya Diwas Celebrations

AMAR JAWAN JYOTI by the Service Bands and 21 gun CEREMONY, 2006 salutes. Custodian of the two holy mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul 15.29 Prime Minister laid wreath Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia was the at the Amar Jawan Jyoti Memorial Chief Guest on the occasion. under the arch of India Gate in the early morning of January 26, 2006. 15.31 Army’s mounted columns Two minutes silence was observed of 61 Cavalry, mechanised columns for paying homage to those who comprising of MBT Arjun, Weapon sacrificed their lives in safeguarding Locating Radar, Agni-I & Agni-II the freedom of the nation. missiles, Mobile Communication Node, marching contingents and REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS, bands of Services, Para Military 2006 Forces, Delhi Police, RPF and NCC 15.30 Unfurling of the National were part of the parade. Out of the Flag at the Rajpath gave a glorious seventeen items displayed in the beginning to the Republic Day mechanised columns of the Services, Parade. President’s Body Guards twelve were indigenous. The DRDO presented the National Salute equipment column included ‘Pinaka’ followed by National Anthem played multi barrel rocket launcher, Bridge

208 Republic Day parade 2006

Layer Tank, Amphibious Ferry and disengaged from battle at sunset. Floating System, ‘BrahMos’ etc. The Beating Retreat Ceremony National Bravery Award Winning denotes departure of the troops Children on elephants, tableaux and assembled at Delhi to participate in cultural items were other attractions of the Republic Day Celebrations. This the parade. The tableaux and children year the Ceremony was organized at items reflected the cultural diversity of Vijay Chowk on January 29, 2006. the nation. The parade ended with This brought the curtain down on the dare-devil motor cycle display by BSF Republic Day festivities. Bands of ‘Janbaz’ followed by Fly Past by the three Services participated in this aircraft of the Indian Air Force. Ceremony. The conclusion of the ceremony coincided with illumination 15.32 The gallantry and of the Rasthtrapati Bhavan, North distinguished service awards Block, South Block, Parliament announced on the Republic Day are House and India Gate. given in table No. 15.6. MARTYRS DAY CEREMONY, 2006 BEATING RETREAT CEREMONY, 2006 15.34 On January 30, 2006, the President laid wreath at Mahatma 15.33 The ‘Beating Retreat’ is a Gandhi’s Samadhi at Rajghat. Floral centuries old military tradition dating tributes were also paid by the Vice from the days when troops President, the Prime Minister and

209 Table No. 15.6

Award Total Posthumous Kirti Chakra 03 03 Shaurya Chakra 24 9 Bar to Sena Medal/Nao Sena Medal/Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) 01 - Sena Medal/Nao Sena Medal/ Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) 85 21 Param Vishisht Seva Medal 29 - Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medal 02 - Ati Vishisht Seva Medal 52 - Bar to Vishisht Seval Medal 06 Vishisht Seva Medal 132 - Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry) 01 - Sena Medal/Nao Sena Medal/ Vayu Sena Medal (Devotion to duty) 73 - some of the Cabinet Colleagues of OFFICIAL LANGUAGE DIVISION the Prime Minister. This was followed by observance of two minutes’ 15.35Official Language (OL) Division of silence at 1100 hours to pay homage Ministry of Defence implements the to those who sacrificed their lives in Official Language Policy of the Union in India’s struggle for freedom. the Ministry of Defence, its subordinate

Beating Retreat Ceremony 2006

210 offices and various inter-service (i) Hindi workshops, aimed at organizations, Defence Public Sector motivating the officials to use Undertakings as well as all other Hindi in the official work were defence offices. The other main organised regularly. The functions of this Division are: participants in the workshops were provided practice (i) to translate the material exercises in their respective received from various offices/ subjects and were apprised of sections of the Ministry; the provisions of Official (ii) to impart training to the staff in Language Act and the Rules. Hindi language, stenography and typing through the Hindi (ii) Quarterly meetings of two Teaching Scheme of the departmental Official Language Ministry of Home Affairs; and Implementation Committees viz., one for the Department of (iii) to propagate and promote the Defence, Department of use of Hindi in official work by Defence Research & organizing Hindi workshops, Development and the seminars, etc. and encouraging Department of Ex-Servicemen the staff members through Welfare and the other one for various incentive schemes. the Department of Defence 15.36 Annual Programme: In Production were held in the the Annual Programme for the year Ministry of Defence. 2005-06 formulated by the (iii) Joint official language Department of Official Language, inspections of various Ministry of Home Affairs, the main headquarters/subordinate thrust was given to the targets offices of three services, inter- regarding correspondence in Hindi, compliance of the service organizations, defence provisions of the Section 3(3) of undertakings etc. The the Official Language Act as also inspections covered 28 of Rule 5 of Official Language subordinate offices and 21 Rules, operation of various sections in the Ministry upto incentive schemes to do official November 30, 2005. work in Hindi and training in Hindi (iv) Hindi fortnight was celebrated in stenography and typing to the the Ministry from September 1 to officers/staff of Ministry of 15, 2005. Competitions were held Defence. The progress in this during the fortnight in which a regard was reviewed in quarterly large number of officers and staff meetings on a regular basis. In participated. Cash awards and this connection, the following gifts were given to the winning measures were also undertaken:- competitors. Similar fortnights

211 were also organized in various 15.40 Scheme for writing Hindi Defence Undertakings, Inter- Books: The scheme for writing Service organizations and offices original Hindi books on defence located throughout the country. subjects has been made more attractive by doubling the total prize (v) Important orders, instructions etc. money. During the year, entries were issued by the Department of invited for the block year 2003-05. Official Language were reiterated. After completing the selection 15.37Translation Work: The material procedure under the scheme, translated from Hindi to English and awards will be announced. vice-versa included general orders, 15.41 Monitoring: The overall notifications, resolutions, administrative monitoring regarding the progressive and other reports, Parliament use of Hindi in the Ministry of Defence Questions, etc. Besides, material Secretariat, three Service relating to Public Accounts Committee Headquarters, Inter-Service matters, audit paras, Consultative Organizations and Defence Committee meetings, papers laid in the Undertakings is done by two separate Parliament, VIP references, Republic Departmental Official Language Day, Independence Day and Investiture Implementation Committees. Four ceremony programmes were also meetings each of the above translated into Hindi during the year. Committees were held during the 15.38 Hindi Training: Keeping in year, in which progress made in the view the targets fixed for imparting use of Hindi was reviewed and training to the staff in Hindi remedial measures were suggested. stenography and Hindi typing, the 15.42 Inspection of various maximum number of officials were Defence Organisations by the nominated to these classes. The Committee of Parliament on position/progress was reviewed in Official Language: During the year quarterly meetings of the the First Sub-Committee of the departmental Official Language Committee of Parliament on Official Implementation Committee. Language carried out official 15.39 Hindi Salahakar Samities: language inspections of a number of Both the Hindi Salahakar Samities for offices under the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Defence i.e., one for located at Delhi, Kochi, Dehradun, the Department of Defence, Joshimath, Silcher, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Department of Defence Research & Dibrugarh, Chennai, Mandapam and Development and the Department of Daman. Instructions were issued for Ex-Servicemen Welfare and the other ensuring timely fulfillment of the one for the Department of Defence assurances given to the Committee Production, were reconstituted. during these inspections.

212 16

ACTIVITIES OF VIGILANCE UNITS

A CVO for the Department of Defence, Ex-Servicemen Welfare, and Defence Research & Development Organisation, and one for Deptt. of Defence Production oversee vigilance work.

16.1 The Vigilance Division in the The Vigilance Division is responsible Ministry of Defence deals with for regular and surprise inspection of vigilance cases involving Group ‘A’ sensitive cases, review and civilian officers working in the streamlining of procedures and Ministry of Defence. For initiating other measures for administrative convenience, the combating corruption. The vigilance work in respect of the complaints received through the Department of Defence, Department Prime Minister’s Office and the CVC of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, and are also being dealt by the Vigilance Defence Research & Development Division. During the year, 32 (MES- Organisation is being looked after by 29, DGDE-1, DRDO-1 & CAO-1) one Chief Vigilance gazetted officers (Group ‘A’) were During the year major Officer and in respect given major penalty and 5 (MES-3, penalities were of the Department of DGDE-1- & DGQA-1) minor penalty. imposed on 32 Defence Production by A total of 57 complaints were gazetted officers and another Chief Vigilance investigated and brought to a logical minor penalties on 5 Officer. The Vigilance conclusion. of them. 57 Division looks after all 16.2 In accordance with the complaints were vigilance matters and directives issued by the CVC, investigated to logical provides a link between Vigilance Week was observed in the the Ministry/ conclusion. Rs.650.45 Ministry, Defence Public Sector Department and the Undertakings, Attached and lakh were saved due Central Vigilance Subordinate Offices in the month of to Vigilance work. Commission (CVC). November, 2005.

213 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION 16.3 The main activities of the 16.4 Hindustan Aeronautics Vigilance Units in DRDO during the Ltd.(HAL): The Vigilance year are as under: - Department has been laying greater emphasis on preventive vigilance. (a) Periodic sensitisation of all Preventive checks and surprise officers and staff on vigilance checks help in identifying areas aspects at all levels. which are prone to corruption and (b) Sensitisation programmes and subject them to intensive seminars bringing to fore the examination with a view to plug importance of a proper and loopholes in the system. Savings/ effective management of public pecuniary loss prevented due to funds and public resources. vigilance work (upto September 2005) amounted to Rs.650.45 Lakh. (c) Surprise vigilance inspections A seminar on ‘Integrity Pact’ was of laboratories/ establishments organised in co-ordination with the to ensure that standing HAL Management on May 10, 2005, instructions and orders are in which 55 executives from the being implemented. Government, Armed Forces and (d) Conducting confidential Public Sector Undertakings enquiries against malpractices participated. and bringing the errant to book. 16.5 Bharat Electronics Ltd.(BEL): (e) Processing vigilance cases/ The Chief Vigilance Officer in BEL is inquiries and preparation of assisted by 17 vigilance Committees. documents for vigilance charge Each unit/ Strategic Business Unit sheets. (SBU) has a vigilance committee responsible for implementing the (f) Ensuring compliance of various CVC/MOD guidelines and procedures of purchase supervising vigilance activities in management laid down by their Unit/SBU. The vigilance DRDO through periodic committee consists of Unit/SBU head vigilance inspection of as the chairman, the vigilance laboratories/ establishments. officers of the unit/SBU as the (g) Observance of Vigilance member secretary; head of Material Awareness Week as per Management, Finance Personnel guidelines laid down by the and Investigation officer, as CVC. members. The committee meets

214 once in a month to order to encourage employees and 6 Vigilance review and monitor other persons having business and Complaints Box has vigilance activities. other relations with the Company to been installed which come forward with information and 16.6 Bharat Earth are opened every grievances with a vigilance angle, six Movers Ltd. (BEML): Monday. Vigilance Complaint Boxes have An elaborate and well- been installed at various places in structured vigilance system has been the premises of the Company. established covering all the areas and operations of organisational 16.9 Garden Reach Shipbuilders & activity. The Vigilance Department is Engineers Ltd. (GRSE): During the functioning effectively for ensuring current year, the vigilance activities in the objectives of Central Vigilance GRSE emphasised maintaining Commission (CVC) by adopting transparency in all dealings and preventive and detective measures in thus, preventive vigilance remained the organisation in accordance with the thrust area of activities of this the guidelines issued by CVC from department. All the Open Tenders time to time. were invariably pasted on the GRSE website. All payments are made 16.7 Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL): through Electronic Cash System During the current year, Vigilance (ECS) mode only. No cash payment Department received 10 complaints was made. It has been the out of which 4 were anonymous and endeavour to ensure that payment pseudonymous while 6 were signed was released within 30 days of complaints. The anonymous/ submission of bills. Files dealing with pseudonymous complaints were filed procurement/contracts over Rs.50 without action upon as per the lakhs were subjected to special guidelines of the CVC. Investigations vigilance scrutiny. Special workshops are under process in the case of the on Vigilance Awareness were 6 signed complaints. organised for the personnel, working in sensitive departments. Vigilance 16.8 Goa Shipyard Ltd.(GSL): The Complaint/Suggestion Box have Vigilance set up in Goa been placed at all conspicuous All the Open Tenders Shipyard Ltd. is places in GRSE. Registration of headed by a full-time were pasted on the vendors has been made most Chief Vigilance Officer GRSE Website, and stringent to ensure that only vendors (CVO). He is assisted payments are made with adequate expertise, experience by one Senior Vigilance through Electronic and infrastructure are registered. Supervisor, a Senior Cash System (ECS) Assistant and two 16.10 Bharat Dynamics Ltd. mode only. Vigilance Guards. In (BDL): The Vigilance Department

215 continued its efforts focusing on against one AGM and one GM have preventive steps leading to systems ended in imposition of major improvements, which included penalties. Achieved savings to the highlighting environmental issues. tune of 2.95 crores on account of Joint Surprise Checks were held intensive inspection of supplies along with the CBI in some of the made by M/s John Galt International, cases. The disciplinary cases Mumbai.

216 17

EMPOWERMENT AND WELFARE OF WOMEN

A woman officer with the President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in forward areas

217 The role of women has been increasing steadily in the field of national defence. Women Officers in various non-combatant branches of the Armed Forces like logistics and law have a larger role to play and have carved a niche for themselves.

17.1 The role of women has been Branch and Air Defence Artillery. increasing steadily in the field of Vacancies for women officers have national defence. Women are been increased to 75 per course. employed in Defence Production There are two courses in a year and Units, Defence Research & each course is of six months’ Development Laboratories, and as duration conducted at OTA, Doctors and Nursing Officers in the Chennai. Women are offered Short Armed Forces. With the induction of Service Commission in three women in various non-combatant streams viz Non Technical, Technical and Specialist for a period branches of the Armed Forces like of ten years, extendable by logistics and law, a larger role is additional four years purely on envisaged for them. voluntary basis.

INDIAN ARMY 17.3 5% of the vacancies released, 17.2 Women Special Entry are earmarked for induction of Scheme Officers (WSES-O): widows of the officers and the Eligible women candidates are personnel below officer rank in the recruited in Army as Short Service Army, whose husbands died in Commissioned Officers through the operation or discharge of duties to Women Special Entry the Government . Women Officers are Scheme [WSES(O)]. 17.4 Induction of Women Officers Commission is granted recruited in Army as Through Short Service in Corps of Electrical Short Service Com- Commission Scheme: and Mechanical missioned Officers Engineers, Engineers, The tenure of Short Service into the various Signals, Army Commissioned Officers(SSCOs)/ branches for 10 years Education Corps, Army Women Special Entry Scheme with an option to Ordnance Corps, Army Officers(WSESOs) has been continue for another 4 Supply Corps, Military increased to 14 years from March 31, 2004. The Government has also years. Intelligence, Judge Advocate General’s approved the following:-

218 (a) Closure of the 17.7 Mechanism to deal with A Court of Inquiry or existing Women Sexual Harassment cases: The Board of Inquiry is Special Entry Scheme. Armed Forces of the Union have in- mandatory in all built measures in their respective (b) Induction of cases of reported Acts to deal with sexual harassment women officers under sexual harassment involving service personnel. the Short Service involving service However, keeping in view the Commission scheme. personnel. judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme (c) Grant of Court in this regard, institution of a substantive promotion by time Court of Inquiry or Board of Inquiry scale upto the rank of has been made mandatory in all Lieutenant Colonel to SSCOs cases of reported sexual harassment at par with permanent involving service personnel. commissioned officers. INDIAN NAVY 17.5 Existing Schemes and Policy 17.8 The Indian Navy first inducted on Women as Civilian Defence women in 1992. A total of 179 Employees: Women cells have women officers (including 58 been established in Army units/ Medical Officers) are serving in establishments that have sizable various units in the Navy. These number of civilian women for officers are very much part of the welfare of women civilian mainstream and their promotion employees in the lower formations prospects, training as well as career of Army. The women cells at the progression are at par with their unit level undertake developmental male counterparts. activities for women employees as well as female members of 17.9 The Naval Wives’ Welfare employees’ families. Common Association (NWWA), has been room, crèche, ladies toilets regularly conducting adult literacy attended to by women safai and computer classes for women. karamcharies are provided to women employees in most of the 17.10 Information Technology Army units. (IT) complex have been opened for ladies and family members for 17.6 The work of women cell at the computer and IT learning. unit level is monitored at the Command HQ level as well as at 17.11 All the Naval Commands Army HQ. A redressal mechanism conduct regular programmes to exists for prevention of sexual encourage young women to opt for harassment at work places. a career in the Indian Navy. This

219 Women officers on job

includes visits onboard Indian 17.13 As per present policy, the Naval Ships. women officers are given an initial term of engagement for 10 years with INDIAN AIR FORCE an extension of 4 years, giving them 17.12 In 1992, the an overall tenure of 14 years. At the At the end of 14 Indian Air Force (IAF) end of 14 years, the women officers years, the women began induction of are equipped with not only a very high degree of confidence but also a officers are equipped women as Transport high level of professional with not only a very Pilots, Engineers, Administrators, competence and experience. The high degree of confi- Logisticians, women officers of the IAF have dence but also a high Accountants and carved a niche for themselves and level of professional Education Officers. The proved beyond doubt that they are competence and first batch of 12 as good as men. experience and carve General Duty Women COAST GUARD a niche for them- Cadets joined Air Force selves and prove Academy in July 1992. 17.14 The Indian Coast Guard Today a force of 530 has recruited lady officers in the rank beyond doubt that women officers are of Assistant Commandant through they are as good as serving in the front line open direct recruitment. Presently, men. IAF bases. 14 such lady officers are in service.

220 Young Women Officers being briefed

17.15 In the Coast Guard, similar career profiles as Gentlemen women officers are inducted in officers. Specialist courses are administration, logistics and pilot assigned to them as per cadre cadre on permanent commission for requirement, such as, Long Logistics ashore duties. The selection Management Course (LLMC), Long procedure is same as applicable to Electronic Data Processing course their male counterparts. (LEDP) for administration branch and Defence Public The training pattern is MET & ATC courses for pilots. Sector Undertakings designed as per the FAMILY PENSION (DPSUs) in cadre requirement, association with after completion of 17.16 Ministry of Defence has Standing Conference basic training which is special pension schemes for the of Public Enterprises common for all trades. widows of Service personnel. If the (SCOPE) has been As women officers are death of a Service personnel has creating necessary inducted for ashore occurred on account of causes attributable to or aggravated by facilities for billet, they are exempted from sea military service the family is paid harnessing the full training, though an special family pension at the rate of potential of women introductory capsule 60% of reckonable emoluments employees in the attachment is provided drawn by the deceased subject to a DPSUs. to them. They have minimum of Rs.2550/- p.m. Widows

221 who remarried on or after January 1, the aegis of the Standing Conference 1996 are also eligible for special of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) to family pension subject to certain assist the DPSUs in harnessing the conditions. full potential of women employees and also to play a catalytic role in 17.17 With effect from January 1, improving the status of women in the 1996 on remarriage of a widow, full DPSUs. Almost all DPSUs have liberalized family pension would provided certain facilities such as continue to her subject to other crèches for the children of working prescribed conditions. Liberalised women, lunch and rest rooms to Family Pension of those widows working women. which was stopped on their remarriage before January 1, 1996 17.20 Some of the important with a person other than real brother steps taken by the Defence Public of the deceased, has now been Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) for restored w.e.f. June 24, 2005. empowerment and welfare of women DEFENCE RESEARCH & are as follows:- DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (i) Hindustan Aeronautics (DRDO) Limited (HAL): The strength of women employees in HAL as 17.18 DRDO is sensitive to the on December 31, 2005 was need with regard to empowerment 1608. A sizeable number of and welfare of its women employees. women employees are in It is ensured that women employees supervisory and executive are accorded equal opportunities for cadres. They are provided with enhancement of their skill and equal opportunities for knowledge. The laboratories of advancement in their career. DRDO have already been instructed Training programmes to set up Women’s Cell to look after exclusively for women are the welfare of women employees. A arranged at the Technical Women Cell has been constituted in Training Centre and HAL DRDO Headquarters too. Management Academy.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE Over and above the provisions PRODUCTION under the Maternity Benefit Act, 17.19 A separate forum of the company has a policy to Women in Public Sector (WIPS) has grant one month’s extra leave, been established in Defence Public in case of the female Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) under employees who are not

222 physically fit to join duty after Akshaya – run by the Bharat delivery. Electronics Ladies’ Association (Bangalore) provides Conduct, Discipline and Appeal employment opportunities for (CDA) Rules have been destitute women. amended in line with the directions of the Hon’ble (iii) Bharat Earth Movers Limited Supreme Court of India on (BEML): The Company has prevention of sexual constituted Women Cells in all harassment of women at work the Production Units as well as place. Complaints Committees in the Corporate Office to have been constituted in each redress the grievances of the Division/Complex. women employees in accordance with Hon’ble (ii) Bharat Electronics Limited Supreme Court directives in this (BEL): A total of 2458 women regard. The total strength of employees are working in its women employees and officers various units and offices. BEL in the company is 218 and 77 has been providing a variety of respectively. facilities and benefits to women employees. Specially furnished (iv) Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL): exclusive Rest Rooms are also A women Cell in MDL has been provided for ladies working in set up to deliberate on ways large numbers in areas like and means of promoting the Assembly Departments. Creche growth and development of facilities are also provided to women employees in MDL enable working mothers to towards harnessing their full leave their infants for day care. potential. A database has been Awareness programmes on prepared to collect various women oriented topics comprehensive information on are conducted for women the profile of women employees to evolve meaningful policy in employees. Women employees order to improve the status and are nominated to participate in position of women employees. the meets / conferences Similarly, MDL have a Standing organised by the set up Committee on Redressal of “Women in Public Sector” Complaints of Sexual (WIPS). Women employees of Harassment. Non-ESI category also get the complete maternity benefits (v) Bharat Dynanics Limited including pre-natal care. (BDL): There were 215 women

223 employees (30 Executives and Central Public Sector 185 are non-Executives) in Undertaking from Women in December, 2005. The company Public Sector (WIPS). has amended its Standing (vi) Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited Orders to include sexual (MIDHANI): The company harassment of women continued its focus on employees at work place as empowering women employees misconduct. A Complaints Committee headed by a lady by providing a necessary Additional General Manager platform to realize their potential with five Women and one male and creating necessary officer as members has been environment at all work places appointed. The Company with statutory safeguards and accords necessary facilities to amenities, so that they can women employees for work safely, with due dignity. participation in the conferences/ There is a well designed programmes organized by redressal mechanism in place.

224 APPENDIX-I MATTERS DEALT WITH BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

A. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE 11. Hydrographic Surveys and preparation of navigational 1. Defence of India and every part charts. thereof including preparation for defence and all such acts as 12. Formation of Cantonments, may be conducive in times of delimitation/ excision of war to its prosecution and after Cantonment areas, local self- its termination to effective government in such areas, the demobilization. constitution and powers within such areas of Cantonment 2. The Armed Forces of the Union, Boards and authorities and the namely, the Army, the Navy and regulation of house the Air Force. accommodation (including the 3. Integrated Headquarters of the control of rents) in such areas. Ministry of Defence comprising 13. Acquisition, requisitioning, of Army Headquarters, Naval custody and relinquishment of Headquarters, Air Headquarters land and property for defence and Defence Staff purposes. Eviction of Headquarters. unauthorized occupants from defence land and property. 4. The Reserves of the Army, Navy and Air Force. 14. Defence Accounts Department.

5. The Territorial Army. 15. Purchase of foodstuffs for military requirements and their 6. The National Cadet Corps. disposal excluding those 7. Works relating to Army, Navy, entrusted to Department of Air Force. Food and Public Distribution.

8. Remounts, Veterinary and 16. All matters relating to Coast Farms Organisation. Guard Organisation, including :-

9. Canteen Stores Department (a) surveillance of maritime (India). zones against oil spills;

10. Civilian Services paid from (b) combating oil spills in Defence Estimates. various maritime zones,

225 except in the waters of 3. Bharat Electronics Limited. ports and within 500 4. Mazagon Docks Limited. metres of off-shore exploration and 5. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & production platforms, Engineers Limited. coastal refineries and 6. Goa Shipyard Limited. associated facilities such as Single Buoy Mooring 7. Bharat Dynamics Limited. (SBM), Crude Oil Terminal 8. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited. (COT) and pipelines; 9. Defence Quality Assurance (c) Central Coordinating Organizations including Agency for Combating of Directorate General of Quality Oil Pollution in the coastal Assurance and Directorate and marine environment General Aeronautical Quality of various maritime zones; Assurance. (d) Implementation of 10. Standardisation of defence National Contingency Plan equipment and stores for oil spill disaster; and including Directorate of (e) undertaking oil spill Standardisation. prevention and control, inspection of ships and 11. Bharat Earth Movers Limited. offshore platforms in the 12. Development of aeronautics country, except within the industry and co-ordination limits of ports as among users other than those empowered by the concerned with the Ministry of Merchant Shipping Act, Civil Aviation and the 1958 (44 of 1958). Department of Space. 17. Matters relating to diving and 13. Indigenisation, development related activities in the country. and production of defence 18. Procurement exclusive to the equipment and participation of Defence Services. the private sector in the B. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE manufacture of defence PRODUCTION equipment. 1. Ordnance Factory Board and 14. Defence exports and Ordnance Factories. international Cooperation in 2. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. defence production.

226 C. DEPARTMENT OF facilities; programmes and DEFENCE RESEARCH & projects of the Department. DEVELOPMENT 6. Aeronautical Development 1. Apprising, assessing and Agency. advising Raksha Mantri on the 7. All matters relating to influence on National Security of certification of the design air emerging developments in worthiness of military aircraft, Science and Technology. their equipment and stores. 2. Rendering advice to Raksha 8. All matters relating to the Mantri and to the three services protection and transfer of and inter-services organizations technology generated by the on all scientific aspects of activities of the Department. weapons; weapon platforms; 9. Scientific analysis support and military operations; surveillance; participation in the acquisition support and logistics in all likely and evaluation proceedings of theatres of conflict. all weapons systems and 3. To function, with the related technologies proposed concurrence of the Ministry of to be acquired by the Ministry of External Affairs, as the nodal co- Defence. ordinating agency of the 10. To render advice on the Ministry of Defence on all technological and intellectual matters relating to Instruments property aspects of the import of Accord with foreign of technology by production Governments relating to the units and enterprises acquisition of technologies manufacturing, or proposing to whose export to India is the manufacture, equipment and subject of national security stores for the Armed Services. related controls of foreign 11. To deal with reference made Governments. under section 35 of the Patents 4. Formulation and execution of Act, 1970 (39 of 1970). programmes of scientific 12. Financial and other material research and design, assistance to individuals, development, test and institutions and bodies evaluation, in fields of relevance corporate, for study and for the to national security. training of manpower on 5. Direction and administration of aspects of Science and agencies, laboratories, Technology that bear on establishments, ranges, national security.

227 13. In consultation with the Ministry 17. Financial sanctions relating to of External Affairs, international the Department. relations in matters connected 18. Any other activity assigned to, with the role of Science and and accepted by, the Technology in national security Department through including:- understandings or (i) matters relating to arrangements with any other relations with Research Ministry, Department, Agency of Organizations of other the Government of India whose countries and with Inter- activities have a bearing on the governmental agencies, scientific and technological particularly those which aspects of national security. concern themselves, inter D. DEPARTMENT OF EX- alia, with the scientific and SERVICEMEN WELFARE technological aspects of 1. Matters relating to Ex- national security. Servicemen including (ii) arrangements with pensioners. Universities, educational 2. Ex-Servicemen Contributory and research-oriented Health Scheme. institutions or bodies corporate abroad to 3. Matters relating to Directorate provide for foreign General of Resettlement and scholarships and the Kendriya Sainik Board. training of Indian scientists 4. Administration of :- and technologists under the administrative control (a) the Pension Regulations of the Department. for the Army, 1961 (Parts I and II); 14. Execution of works and purchase of lands debitable to (b) the Pension Regulations the budget of the Department. for the Air Force, 1961 (Parts I and II); 15. All matters relating to personnel under the control of the (c) the Navy (Pension) Department. Regulations, 1964; and

16. Acquisition of all types of (d) the Entitlement Rules to stores, equipment and services Casualty Pensionary debitable to the budget of the Awards to the Armed Department. Forces Personnel, 1982.

228 E. DEFENCE (FINANCE) monitor the progress of the DIVISION Schemes against the budget.

1. To examine all Defence matters 7. To exercise post-budget having a financial bearing. vigilance to ensure that there 2. To render financial advice to the are neither considerable various functionaries of Ministry shortfalls in expenditure nor of Defence and the Service unforeseen excesses. Headquarters. 8. To advise heads of branches of 3. To act as integrated finance the Armed Forces Headquarters Division of Ministry of in the discharge of their Defence. financial responsibility.

4. To assist in the formulation and 9. To function as the accounting implementation of all Scheme/ authority for Defence Services. proposals involving 10. To prepare the Appropriation expenditure. Accounts for the Defence 5. To assist in the formulation and Services. implementation of Defence 11. To discharge the responsibility Plans. for payments and internal audit 6. To prepare Defence budget of Defence expenditure through and other estimates for the the Controller General Defence Defence Services and to Accounts.

229 Appendix-II MINISTERS, CHIEFS OF STAFF AND SECRETARIES WHO WERE IN POSITION FROM APRIL 1, 2005 ONWARDS

RAKSHA MANTRI Shri Pranab Mukherjee From May 23, 2004 onwards RAKSHA RAJYA MANTRI Shri B.K. Handique From November 30, 2004 to January 29, 2006 RAKSHA UTPADAN RAJYA MANTRI Rao Inderjit Singh From January 29, 2006 onwards RAKSHA RAJYA MANTRI Shri M.M. Pallam Raju From January 29, 2006 onwards

Defence Secretary Chief of Army Staff Shri Ajai Vikram Singh General J.J. Singh, From July 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005 PVSM,AVSM,VSM, ADC From February 1, 2005 onwards Shri Shekhar Dutt From August 1, 2005 onwards Chief of Naval Staff Secretary, Defence Production Admiral Arun Prakash, Shri Shekhar Dutt PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM, ADC From August 2, 2004 to July 31, 2005 From August 1, 2004 onwards Shri Dhanendra Kumar From July 31, 2005 to October 31, 2005 Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, Shri K.P. Singh PVSM,AVSM,VM,ADC From November 2, 2005 onwards From December 31, 2004 onwards Secretary (DR&D) and Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri Shri M. Natarajan From August 31, 2004 onwards Secretary (Defence Finance)/ Financial Advisor (Defence Services) Ms. Somi Tandon Secretary (Defence Finance) From August 10, 2004 to July 31, 2005 Smt. Sheela Bhide, Addl Secy & FA(Acqn) From August 4, 2005 to November 8, 2005 Shri V.K. Misra Financial Advisor (Defence Services) From November 8, 2005 onwards

230 APPENDIX-III SUMMARY OF LATEST COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL (C&AG) REPORT ON THE WORKING OF MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

I. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE Non-utilisation of Radio Receiver Sets: Radio receiver sets valuing Poor Management of Peace Keeping Rs.7.79 crore urgently required for Mission Accounts: Permanent national security remained unutilized Mission of India (PMI) held an amount from May 2002 onwards due to of USD 81.70 Million (Rs. 393 crore) in rejection of antenna mast, which was Peace Keeping Mission accounts an accessory and could have been maintained at New York without proper replaced by purchasing at risk and investment. At the instance of audit, cost of defaulting firm. PMI negotiated with the bank and got additional credit of interest of USD Ministry also confirmed the fact in 130590 (Rs. 60.16 lakh) from January December 2004 that the equipment to September 2003 with future was still lying unutilized and rejection recurring benefits. The benefit of of equipment was due to lack of earning interest of an estimated USD coordination between various 0.2 Million (Rs. 96 lakh) per annum agencies. however had been lost in the past. (Para 2.4 of Report No. 6 of 2005) (Para 2.1 of Report No. 6 of 2005) (Army and Ordnance) (Army and Ordnance) II. ARMY Delayed purchase and insignificant utilization of equipment procured Working of Army Base Workshops: under the Fast Track Procedure: Eight Army Base Workshops provide Demining equipment valuing Rs. repair and overhaul support to the 103.91 crore were procured from a Army for tanks, infantry combat foreign firm under “Fast Track vehicles, artillery guns, transport Procedure” in view of operational vehicles and other equipment. urgency. The equipment were Performance audit of the base received eight to sixteen months of workshops disclosed significant requirement. Army had, meanwhile, under performance with reference to to resort to manual demining which the targets for overhaul. They missed involved risk to human life. the targets of overhaul by 40 to 68 per cent during 1999-2004. The (Para 2.2 of Report No. 6 of 2005) inefficient performance left the Army (Army and Ordnance)

231 with accumulation of large number of 2004, 1608 recruits declared repairable tanks, combat vehicles medically fit at the time of their and guns, which could affect their enrolment by Recruiting Medical battle readiness. The facilities for Officers (RMO) were subsequently overhaul of Bofors artillery gun at the declared medically unfit during annual capacity of mere 20 were second medical examination. Out of woefully inadequate to cover the these, 1083 recruits were overhaul requirements of the guns. invalidated on the grounds of The norms for estimating the diseases, which existed even before capacity of the base workshops and enrolment but could not be detected the yardstick for overhaul of tanks by RMO casting doubts on the were slack and need to be tightened. quality of medical examination. This Besides, the Army and the base led to infructuous expenditure of workshops need to pay attention to Rs.2.63 crore on pay, allowances advance planning and procurement/ and ration of invalidated recruits. manufacture of the spares required (Para 3.3 of Report No.6 of 2005) for repair/ overhaul. (Army and Ordnance)

(Para 3.1 of Report No.6 of 2005) Loss of Rs.1.44 crore due to over (Army and Ordnance) provisioning of specialized Oil-OX- Recoveries/ Savings at the instance 320: Directorate General of Supplies of Audit: Based on audit & Transport (DGST) procured large observations relating to irregular quantity of oil-OX-320 (a lubricant) payments, units/ formations having a limited shelf life without recovered unauthorised payment of assessing the actual requirement various allowances, electricity duty, resulted in a wasteful expenditure of testing charges, electricity/ rent and Rs 1.44 crore on over provisioning of allied charges, liquidated damages oil. etc. amounting to Rs 3.52 crore and (Para 3.7 of Report No.6 of 2005) cancelled 14 irregular work sanctions (Army and Ordnance) resulting in savings of Rs 18.33 crore. Avoidable payment of container (Para 3.2 of Report No.6 of 2005) detention charges: Failure of (Army and Ordnance) Directorates of Service Headquarters/ Infructuous expenditure of Rs.2.63 consignees to send shipping crore on invalidation of recruits documents to Embarkation due to suspect medical Headquarters (EHQ) in time coupled examination at the time of with the delay by EHQs in fulfilling recruitment: Between 1999 and port formalities resulted in avoidable

232 payment of container detention IV.DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE charges of Rs.1.04 crore. PRODUCTION (Para 3.8 of Report No.6 of 2005) Non-recovery of Rs 1.17 crore from (Army and Ordnance) a firm on failure to complete the III.WORKS AND MILITARY supply: In violation of Ministry’s ENGINEER SERVICES guidelines of 1987, Department of Defence Production paid an advance Engineer Stores Depot: The Engineer of Rs 48.82 lakh to a firm for the Stores Depots (ESDs) Kankinara and supply of Arm of Road Wheel. The Delhi Cantonment responsible for firm failed to supply the full quantity procurement, receipt and issue of and consequently a sum of Rs 1.17 engineer equipment, plant and stores crore on account of advance and of engineer origin, failed to meet the interest remained unrecovered even demands of the users timely and after a period of more than eight effectively affecting the performance of years. the dependent units. The Engineer (Para 5.1 of Report No.6 of 2005) Stores Depot Kankinara is largely (Army and Ordnance Factories) underloaded while having the major share of manpower. Infructuous expenditure of Rs. 2.77 crore on procurement of (Para 4.1 of Report No.6 of 2005) Ammunition shells: Department of (Army and Ordnance) Defence Production did not cancel a Extra expenditure due to delay in contract despite failure of the firm to implementing ‘Fast Track supply the item for over eight years. Procedure’: Failure of Military The long delay resulted in the item Engineer Services (MES) to accept being no longer required leading to the tenders for married wasteful expenditure of Rs. 2.77 accommodation projects within the crore and undue benefit to the firm time stipulated under the Fast Track (Para 5.3 of Report No.6 of 2005) Procedure led to re-tendering and (Army and Ordnance Factories) resultant extra expenditure of Rs.1.44 crore on acceptance of the V. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT contracts at higher rates. The main ORGANISATION objective of sanctioning the work Failure to recover advance of Rs under Fast Track Procedure was 12.93 crore from a foreign firm: thus defeated. While importing modification kits for (Para 4.2 of Report No.6 of 2005) air defence system, Defence (Army and Ordnance) Research and Development

233 Laboratory (DRDL) accepted a bank manufacturing of clothing items of guarantee for advance payment of Rs combat uniforms, parachutes, 12.93 crore as per vendor’s format. tents, blankets etc. for defence When the vendor did not supply the services disclosed significant equipment due to arms embargo, underperformance. The ordnance DRDL failed to encash the bank factories could not meet the guarantee and recover the amount as targets of production and the format favoured the foreign overstated the figures of vendor. production and issues in their report and accounts. They carried (Para 6.1 of Report No.6 of 2005) forward large spill-over (Army and Ordnance Factories) productions from the previous VI.BORDER ROADS years during each of the financial ORGANISATION years covered under the review. The material and labour cost of the Avoidable extra expenditure due same items produced by two or to injudicious planning: Army more factories varied in an Headquarters approved the road unacceptable range. The ordnance improvement work in Srinagar- factories paid enormous amount of Sonamarg-Gumri (SSG) road to overtime, while the available National Highways Double Lane standard man-hours remained (NHDL) specification in October unutilized. The factories failed to 1999. Meanwhile, Director General realize good value for money from Border Roads executed an equipment/ machines due to intermediate berm strengthening setting up excess capacity, sub- work on three portions of the same optimal utilization and failure to stretch leading to duplication of commission the machines. work and an avoidable extra expenditure of Rs.72.83 lakh. (Para 8.2 of Report No.6 of 2005) (Army and Ordnance) (Para 7.1 of Report No.6 of 2005) (Army and Ordnance Factories) Extra expenditure due to rejection of 5.56 mm rifles: Rifle VII. ORDNANCE FACTORY Factory Ishapore incurred extra ORGANISATION expenditure of Rs. 3.05 crore in Performance of Ordnance manufacture of 2800 service rifles, Equipment Group of factories: which were issued as Drill Purpose Review of performance of due to rejection in proof. The ordnance equipment group of factory also accumulated 866 factories, which are entrusted with rejected rifles valuing Rs. 1.50 crore that were awaiting

234 conversion for use in training VIII. AIR FORCE establishment. AND NAVY (Para 8.3 of Report No.6 of 2005) Avoidable expenditure on (Army and Ordnance) repatriation/ expatriation due to defective drafting of a contract: Extra expenditure in procurement Three Naval frigates, Talwar, Trishul of item from sister factory: and Tabar acquired at a cost of Rs. Ordnance Factory, Dehu Road 3040 crore were delivered after obtained tail units from a sister delays ranging from seven to factory at un-economic costs in thirteen months. Naval HQ failed to disregard of OFB instructions. This led to an additional burden of synchronise the training of the crew Rs.3.04 crore on the defence of the frigates with the frigates’ exchequer. actual delivery schedule. Delay to repatriate the crew immediately after (Para 8.4 of Report No.6 of 2005) training, irregular retention of (Army and Ordnance) personnel, coupled with expatriation Loss due to defective manufacture of crew caused avoidable of cartridge cases: Defective expenditure of Rs. 30.12 crore. Navy manufacture of empty cartridge also failed to levy liquidated cases at Ordnance Factory, damages of Rs. 177.10 crore on the Varangaon and Metal and Steel builder. Factory, Ishapore resulted in (Para 2.1 of Report No.7 of 2005) rejection of cartridge cases worth (Air Force and Navy) Rs.6.44 crore without any prospect of its utilization. Exploitation of Dornier Aircraft: Nine years after CCPA approved (Para 8.6 of Report No.6 of 2005) acquisition of Dornier Aircraft, (Army and Ordnance) Navy is yet to acquire vital Loss due to rejection of operation role equipment for the ammunition: Defective manufacture aircraft, limiting the role of eight of 30 mm Armour Piercing Tracer aircraft costing Rs. 188 crore to ammunition at Ordnance Factory mere surveillance as against their Khamaria had resulted in rejection of specific role of maritime ammunition worth Rs.17.12 crore reconnaissance and anti during 2000-01 to 2003-04. submarine warfare.

(Para 8.7 of Report No.6 of 2005) (Para 2.2 of Report No.7 of 2005) (Army and Ordnance) (Air Force and Navy)

235 Unauthorised operation of towards interest from Bharat training institutions in Naval Dynamics Ltd. Repair charges of Rs. Bases: Indian Navy permitted 26.45 lakhs for manufacturing defect running of three professional and excess payment of Rs. 23.18 institutions in Naval Bases in lakh due to wrong application of Mumbai and Visakhapatnam rates were also recovered from without proper authorization. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. These institutions utilize Naval (Para 2.6 of Report No.7 of 2005) infrastructure and installation (Air Force and Navy) located in high security area. Revenues earned through Irregular payment of Modified Field exploitation of Government land Area Allowance: In violation of Govt. and buildings were retained in non- orders, DSC personnel attached to public funds. Naval authorities also an Air Force unit who were not levied unduly low rents on these eligible for Field Service institutions. Concessions, drew Modified Field Area Allowance of Rs. 0.57 crore (Para 2.3 of Report No.7 of 2005) (approximately). (Air Force and Navy) (Para 2.7 of Report No.7 of 2005) Non accounting of revenues earned (Air Force and Navy) from Defence Assets: Indian Navy was crediting gate money (estimated Irregularity in purchase of at Rs. 1.10 crore) realized from visitors mosquito nets: HQ Maintenance of a museum run on a de- Command, Air Force, wrongly commissioned Navy ship to non- granted Proprietary Article Certificate public funds. Air Force and Naval for mosquito nets to a private firm authorities are using defence assets and placed orders on them on for golf courses although these are single tender basis. Subsequently, not authorized under scales of repeat orders were also placed on accommodation. Entire income from the same firm. Requirements were them was being credited to non- arbitrarily inflated, which resulted in public funds. excess procurement of mosquito nets valued at Rs.3.78 crore. (Para 2.5 of Report No.7 of 2005) (Air Force and Navy) (Para 3.1 of Report No.7 of 2005) (Air Force and Navy) Recovery from PSUs at the Avoidable extra expenditure on instance of Audit: At the instance of procurement of stores from HAL: Audit, the Defence Accounts Air HQ placed supply order on HAL Department recovered Rs. 3.93 crore

236 for aircrafts spares even though Procurement of spares for these were available from abroad at frigates: Navy imported 446 items less than one-third the cost. This of spares exercising special resulted in extra expenditure of over financial powers delegated for Rs. 4.29 crore. meeting operational requirements. The import was despite the fact that (Para 3.2 of Report No.7 of 2005) 252 items were indigenously (Air Force and Navy) available with HAL, of which, 114 Recovery at the instance of Audit: items were cheaper by Rs.1.76 Indian Air Force deposited Rs. crore. Past trends in consumption 21.40 lakh, realized from tea revealed that procurement of seven gardens, into Government items costing Rs.10.41 crore was Accounts at the instance of Audit. unnecessary. The foreign firm In another case, erroneous charged different prices for the payment of Rs. 5.53 lakh on same items, resulting in excess account of Composite Transfer payment of Rs.0.40 crore. Grants and Baggage Allowance to commissioned officers on first (Para 4.4 of Report No.7 of 2005) appointment was also recovered by (Air Force and Navy) IAF at the instance of Audit. Procurement of defective shoes: (Para 3.5 of Report No.7 of 2005) Violation of induction procedure of (Air Force and Navy) new clothing items by Naval HQ resulted in infructuous expenditure of Delay in setting up of facilities for Rs. 39 lakh on procurement of Sea King helicopter: Despite unsuitable shoes. release of entire project cost of Rs. 71.68 crore to HAL, the repair and (Para 4.5 of Report No.7 of 2005) overhaul facilities for the (Air Force and Navy) transmission systems of Sea King Lack of competitive tendering in helicopters was delayed. Out of this purchase of clothes for Naval released amount, Rs. 36.68 crore uniforms: Procurement of uniform were paid in violation of CCS material costing Rs. 9.94 crore on stipulates. In absence of repair single tender basis resulted in extra facilities in the country, Sea King expenditure of Rs. 3.62 crore with components were sent abroad for reference to rates obtained overhauls at a cost of Rs. 16.90 subsequently on competitive crore since April 2003. tendering.

(Para 4.1 of Report No.7 of 2005) (Para 4.7 of Report No.7 of 2005) (Air Force and Navy) (Air Force and Navy)

237 Ill-conceived augmentation of In contravention of DPE guidelines, testing facilities: Center for Airborne inclusion of ‘family planning System (CABS), Bangalore, incentive’ as part of ‘emoluments’ for augmented Lightning Test Facilities payment of ex-gratia under voluntary investing Rs 1.20 crore on the basis retirement scheme resulted in extra of willingness expressed by Bharat expenditure of Rs.51.60 lakh. Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) to (Para 7.1.2 of Report No.3 of 2005) use the HVDC testing facilities in (Commercial) CABS. BHEL had, however, not placed a single order with CABS Garden Reach Shipbuilders & even after four years of the Engineers Limited augmentation. The augmented Introduction of revised pay scales facilities remained unutilized for retrospectively in contravention of the almost four years rendering the DPE guidelines resulted in avoidable investment unproductive. expenditure of Rs.3.22 crore.

(Para 5.1 of Report No.7 of 2005) (Para 7.2.1 of Report No.3 of 2005) (Commercial) (Air Force and Navy) Goa Shipyard Limited Delay in development of Advanced Due to construction of housing Experimental Torpedo: Despite colony without basic amenities such delay of over 12 years and as road and water supply, the expenditure of Rs 46.24 crore, the Company could not allot the quarters Advanced Experimental Torpedo to its employees. This resulted in project failed to fructify, compelling blocking up of funds amounting to Navy to extend the life of obsolete torpedoes. Rs.8.17 crore with a consequent loss of interest of Rs.93.96 lakh. (Para 5.2 of Report No.7 of 2005) (Air Force and Navy) (Para 7.3.1 of Report No.3 of 2005) (Commercial) IX. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION (COMMERCIAL) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Abnormal delay in realisation of Bharat Electronics Limited deferred revenue expenditure from Procurement of spares in anticipation the Ministry of Defence resulted in of orders from customers resulted in loss of interest of Rs.6.68 crore. blocking of funds of Rs.4.60 crore for over seven years and consequential (Para 7.4.1 of Report No.3 of 2005) loss of interest of Rs.4.57 crore. (Commercial)

(Para 7.1.1 of Report No.3 of 2005) Failure on the part of the Company to (Commercial) detect inclusion of imported items

238 as indigenised items in the price = The Company’s catalogue resulted in avoidable extra investment of Rs. 27.40 expenditure/commitment of Rs.6.60 crore in seven projects crore. was largely Idle/ unproductive due to (Para 7.4.2 of Report No.3 of 2005) preparation of unrealistic (Commercial) feasibility reports, under Failure to furnish the required utilisation of capacity due to indemnity bond/documentation in unwarranted expansion, non- time, to avoid shortages in supply receipt of anticipated orders, and to ensure continuous pursuance inability to capture market of the invoices with Mazagon Dock and non safeguarding of its Limited, resulted in delayed interests. realisation of dues with consequent = The Company could not loss of interest of Rs.1.88 crore achieve its objective of self- (Para 7.4.3 of Report No.3 of 2005) reliance through indigenization (Commercial) as it continued to import 73 per cent of the raw materials and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited components. executed an order without finalising the terms of purchase order resulting = The Company could not in non-realisation of packing and withstand the competition in forwarding charges of Rs.1.56 crore. non-defence sector resultantly its sales (non-defence sales to (Para 7.4.4 of Report No.3 of 2005) total sales) decreased from (Commercial) 26.06 per cent in 1999-00 to Mazgaon Dock Limited 22.85 per cent in 2003-04. It The Company incurred a loss of also incurred loss of Rs.8.57 Rs.11.90 crore due to unrealistic crore in taking up four estimation while tendering for the products meant for civilian construction of a Tug for Jawaharlal sector. Nehru Port Trust. = There was delay in raising sales (Para 7.5.1 of Report No.3 of 2005) invoices from 12 to 424 days (Commercial) resulting in loss of interest of Rs.3.93 crore. Bharat Electronics Limited

Project Implementation, Production = The Company’s existing Planning, Marketing Activities and internal control procedures Internal Controls were not adequate to keep

239 pace with increasing business which had not moved for one to activities and change in two years was identified as fast- technology. moving in one of the divisions.

(Report No.4 of 2005) = Right of access had been giving (Commercial) to employees without analysis of minimum access Bharat Electronics Limited requirement. Information Technology Audit on the Computerisation of inventory (Report No.4 of 2005) management at Bangalore Complex (Commercial)

= The primary objective of GARDEN REACH SHIPBUILDERS implementation of Integrated AND ENGINEERS LIMITED Information System with Review on Shipbuilding Activities particular emphasis on scalability and upgradeability = The Government of India was not achieved. acquired the erstwhile Joint Stock Company under the = Discrepancies to the tune of name and style of Garden Rs.67.75 crore existed in the Reach Shipbuilders and comparable data between Engineers Limited (GRSE) in Manufacturing Resource April 1960 to cater to the Planning System-II (MRP-II) and defence requirements relating Integrated Finance Accounting to shipbuilding and ship repair. System (IFAS); 350 items The company has three valued at Rs.26.07 crore functional divisions namely appearing in IFAS did not ship division, engineering appear in MRP-II. division and engine division. Of these, ship division carries out = Alteration of financial data in the main activity of IFAS for reversal of sale of shipbuilding. Rs.29.78 crore was done but no = Shipbuilding is essentially a alterations took place with stock manufacturing-cum-assembly position. industry and the capacity of

= The criterion adapted by the shipbuilding should be judged system for fast, slow and non- taking into account all aspects moving Inventories analysis was of ship construction. It should flawed and consequently be measured in terms of a material worth Rs.2.16 crore single parameter like

240 “Standard Ship Unit” (SSU). Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Though other Companies Information Technology Audit on involved in shipbuilding computerisation of integrated activities under the Ministry of material management system. Defence have adopted this The Local Area Network (LAN)/ parameter, GRSE has, in spite- = Wide Area Network (WAN) of being in operation for the established in March 2003 in last 44 years, failed to measure its capacity in terms three Divisions of the Company of SSU. at a cost of Rs.2.53 crore were not being utilised optimally due = While the Company has been to non-compatibility with earning profits, this has been Central Network Server essentially on account of ‘cost Systems. plus’ contracts where the customer ensures a margin = There was absence of a well over the actual cost. laid down password policy and logical access control = Of the vessels delivered by mechanism rendering the the Company in the last six system vulnerable to abuse years, there was a time besides making it difficult to fix overrun ranging from one to responsibility in case of 125 months. There was a cost manipulation/ corruption of the overrun of Rs.1669.88 crore database. in the construction of 15 ships. In addition, the = Various deficiencies in Company has incurred application control resulting in liquidated damages incomplete, inaccurate and amounting to Rs.7.35 crore unreliable data were observed due to delays that occurred for want of required level of on the part of the Company. input controls, absence of validation checks/constraints at = The Company incurred an data entry level, duplication of avoidable expenditure of work without compensating Rs.l4.28 crore on salary and controls, duplicate material wages for idle mandays. codes, duplicate part numbers, (Report No.4 of 2005) error in programme logic, non- (Commercial) inclusion of key fields,

241 numerous manual interventions deficiencies in system logic/ and non-devising of monitoring applications; as such system adjustments had to be carried out for Rs.51.38 crore and = Helicopter Division charged off Rs.67.47 crore in 2002-03 and a sum of Rs.22.64 crore to 2003-04 respectively. consumption and cost of sales on an ad-hoc basis through a = The Company had not dummy work order. formulated any IT Policy.

= There were negative balances (Report No.4 of 2005) in the material ledger due to (Commercial)

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