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India has held several rounds of military talks with the Chinese side to defuse the situation in eastern Ladakh without compromising its position of “complete disengagement and immediate restoration of the status quo ante,” the Defense Ministry said on Friday. .
In a year-end review, the ministry also said “hostile” elements “had re-energized” their attempts to disrupt the peace in the Kashmir Valley by selectively targeting minorities and non-locals.
He said, however, that proactive measures in the “non-kinetic” realm and intelligence-based “kinetic operations” by the security forces had succeeded in countering the “nefarious” designs of the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist groups.
Referring to the ambitious initiative to introduce reforms in the military, navy and air force, the ministry said concerted efforts were being made to move from a one-stop service approach to planning and integrated execution.
In this regard, he said that three joint doctrines had been formulated in the past year, while four new joint doctrines, namely “Capstone, Space, Cyber ​​and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)” are at a advanced stage.
The ministry said that a “joint three-service working group” has also been set up to study and define the nuances of integrating communication networks between services.
He said a review was underway to “resize / reshape” the army’s units.
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“There have been many rounds of talks with Chinese counterparts to defuse the situation without compromising India’s position of ‘complete disengagement and immediate restoration of the status quo ante’,†the ministry said.
“To this end, 13 series of meetings of senior military commanders have already been concluded,” he said in the end-of-year report published for the media.
Indian and Chinese troops have been stranded in several friction points in eastern Ladakh for more than 18 months, although they managed to complete the disengagement process in Gogra and on the northern and southern shores of Lake Pangong in August. and February respectively.
India insisted on reverting to the status quo that existed before the confrontation in early May last year.
The review listed major events, highlights of the functioning of the armed forces and the government’s initiative to further strengthen India’s military prowess, among others.
Regarding Jammu and Kashmir, the ministry said the military had ensured that the internal situation in Union territory remained under control.
“In 2021, a total number of 165 terrorists were neutralized by the security forces in which 39 security forces personnel also gave their lives. The normalcy thus established by the security forces in 2021 was amply evident in which both tourism and local employment have shown a positive trend, â€he said.
Mentioning the developments in Afghanistan, the ministry said that the situation that emerged after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan posed a unique challenge.
He said the IAF had been called upon to evacuate Indians and some other nationals from Afghanistan, adding that the evacuation was undertaken from Kandahar, Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul.
“A chaotic situation existed in Kabul due to the withdrawal of troops belonging to the United States and its allies. The IAF deployed its C-17 and C-130J planes for the evacuation,” the ministry said.
“One C-17 each was used for the evacuation of Kandahar (July 10) and Mazar-e-Sharif (August 10). In addition, five planes (four C-17s and one C-130J) were used. between August 15 and August 28 to rescue 132 government officials, 316 Indian citizens and 126 people of other nationalities, “he said.
India had evacuated its India-based staff from its consulates in Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif before the Taliban took control of Kabul.
The work of establishing theater / joint commands is also progressing rapidly.
The study group reports have been analyzed and the implementation roadmap is under deliberation.
Regarding the functioning of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), the ministry indicated that it is endeavoring to promote the integration of the three services through joint planning, for an optimal use of military capacities.
“Military procedures are being developed to integrate defense planning, procurement and operations. Other measures are also underway to rationalize the use of existing resources,” he said.
He said the appointment of the Chief of the Defense Staff (CDS) in 2020 and the establishment of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) remained the largest and most transformative defense reform undertaken by a government since. independence.
“Realizing its importance, the DMA assumed the responsibility of carrying out several reforms within the military establishment in order to ensure an optimal use of scarce national resources, to improve the synergy and the articulation between the services and to steer modernizing the military to meet “ever” the changing challenges of modern warfare, the ministry said.
He said the logistics structure was being completely reorganized to make it more efficient.
In this regard, three Joint Service Task Forces (JSSGs) are developing common logistics policies for services that will improve all functions of the supply chain such as planning, sourcing, inventory management, distribution, disposal and documentation.
He said a pilot project based on the creation of Joint Logistics Nodes (JLNs) each in Mumbai, Guwahati and Port Blair has already been rolled out.
“In order to improve combat capability and balance defense spending, more than 270 Indian Army logistics facilities have been closed or downsized, resulting in substantial savings for the Treasury,” said the Ministry.
He also underlined the initiatives undertaken by the services in favor of the empowerment of women, in particular the standing committee of women officers.
The ministry also cited the integration of 10 female officers into the air force combat stream, the deployment of female officers on board ships and the appointment of female officers to missions abroad.
He said the first group of female naval operations officers had been inducted into rotary wings and joined INAS 336 helicopter squadron at INS Garuda in Kochi in February.
Lt Kumudini Tyagi and Lt Riti Singh operated aboard warships as a combat crew.
He also mentioned that the Border Roads Organization appointed female officers to command major road construction companies (RCCs) along the border areas.
In April, Vaishali S Hiwase, an officer of the GREF (General Reserve Engineer Force) took over the reins of the 83 road construction company and was employed on a major Indochinese road connecting Munisairi-Bughdiar-Milam.
The ministry said the National Cadet Corps (NCC) had inducted an additional lakh of cadets in 173 border and coastal districts.
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