Despite being faced with myriad and complex challenges to national
security, India's defence structures have not kept pace with
changing times. The defence reforms that were undertaken
periodically were reactive in nature and, in many cases, responses
to crises as well as being sporadic, piecemeal and often ad hoc.
The most recent review of security challenges undertaken occurred
close to two decades ago, in the aftermath of the Kargil conflict
of 1999. This was the Kargil Review Committee, and a subsequent
Group of Ministers committee was appointed to study its report and
suggest urgent measures for implementation of its suggestions,
especially focussing on intelligence reforms, internal security,
border management, and defence management. While many of the
suggestions made by the Group of Ministers committee were accepted
and have been implemented, a key reform-the establishment of the
Chief of Defence Staff-is yet to see the light of day. Keeping in
mind the necessity as well as the urgency of such reforms, this
volume brings together practitioners as well as researchers on
defence issues, on the key issue of defence reforms. The aim is not
just to interrogate the status of reforms in current times but to
also place the issue before a wider, interested readership. The 14
incisive chapters herein cover the broad spectrum of defence
reforms and provide perspectives on similar reforms in other
militaries, structural reforms, those dealing with budgets and
procurement issues, and, finally, education and communication. This
volume is an indispensable guide for practitioners, scholars and
researchers working on the area of defence and military studies,
strategic and security studies, India's defence and security
policies as well as to the informed reader.
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