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NE fine day, the top brass of the Ministry of Defence went to meet
PV Narasimha Rao, the then Prime Minister of India, regarding the procurement of weapons for India. Rao asked the officials, Is there any war
imminent in the near future with any neighbour or an unseen enemy? There was
no answer from the officials. Rao replied, So, why is there such a hurry to buy
weapons. The officials were dumbfounded at the mindset of a Prime Minister,
who thought that weapons should be procured only if there is a threat of war or
possible escalation of war. This, even as the 13-lakh-strong manpower of the
Indian defence forces were clamouring for the modernisation of the forces.
Global experts are aghast and pointing out that despite ranking No. 4 among the
forces of the world, India is lagging behind as a modern force by almost 25 years.
The Indian defence forces recently witnessed the seven-and-a-half-year regime
of the self-claimed honest Defence Minister AK Antony, wherein nothing moved.
Defence procurement is a critical area as public money is spent on the security and safety of India. The history of Indian arms procurement can be roughly
divided into four phases: (a) from independence in 1947 till the mid-1960s; (b)
from the mid-1960s, that is, after the 1962 Sino-Indian and 1965 IndiaPakistan
conflicts, till the mid-1980s; (c) from the mid-1980s to 1996; and (d) 1996 to
the present day. The first phase was characterised by off-the-shelf procurement
through imports, predominantly from France and the UK. During the second
phase, efforts were made to build up domestic defence production, mostly
through assembly under licence from the Soviet Union and the UK. The controversial phase started with large purchases by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhis
Government (198489), while gradual improvements were made in research
and development (R&D) and systems integration for in-country assembly of
weapons. The current dispensation is working with a policy of Make in India
and the new procurement policy revolves around this dictum. gfiles cover story
on the new Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) by the NDA regime indicates
a major shift. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has stressed that the new
policy will ensure that the modernisation of the defence forces remains unaffectedand least due to procedural intricacies. Every word (of the DPP) had
become a gate to stall projects during the previous government, he alleged. K
Subramanian writes, The new DPP gives preference to the private sector and
most importantly, gives preference to equipment designed and developed in
India as against just manufacturing in India. Designing and developing in India
would in large measure deal with the issues of absorption of technology and
intellectual property rights as well. Excluding the defence pensions, an amount
of `258,589 crore has been allocated for defence in the Budget this year. Apart
from this, `78,586 crore has been allocated for capital expenditure of the defence
services. This makes India the biggest arms importer in the world. It appears the
new DPP should be galvanised by the Make in India policy in such a way that not
only are the defence forces modernised, a new sector for job creation is created
so that in future, 1.7 per cent of GDP expenditure on defence can be optimised.
If this happens, it would really make the Indian Army competitive, at least in Asia.
Nothing would be better for the nation. Let us wait and watch.
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CONTENTS
LETTERS
editor@gfilesindia.com
05 Bric-a-Brac
Cover Story
08 what is stopping defence
production at home?
Security
16 re-assessing the terrorism threat
State Scan
20 madhya pradesh: mohanty in the
limelight
First Stirrings
24 meeting up with justice vikas
shridhar sirpurkar
Silly Point
28 more on intolerance
34 Book Review
35 Special
47 Perspective
50 Stock Doctor
57 By the Way
Power shift
Over the last four decades or so
a major power shift has indeed taken
place away from the legislature and
the executive to the judiciary and the
media (Testing times, gfiles, March
2016). The legislature has today been
reduced merely to a technicality to pass
Budgets and Bills, mostly without any
debate. As a result, the politician and
the bureaucrat have both been reduced
almost to non-entities. The judiciary
and the media have assumed ever
largereven overarchingrole in our
public life. This trend has been abetted
by judicial activism and trials by the
media. The country needs to introspect
on whether this is harmful for our
democracy and intervene before things
spiral out of control.
BC Sharma via email
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Bric-a-brac
fun & games
Catch-22 in Haryana
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COVER STORY
defence policy
The fear of
taking
decisions
The Make in India in defence still remains a
dream in-spite of the opening of the sector. The
inertia of the past might have something to do with
this curious resistance
by MK SHUKLA
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting Arun
Jaitley at the Make in India exhibition in Mumbai
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Make in India exhibition in Mumbai, where a number of defence companies took part
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defence policy
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BAE Systems has publicly promised to transfer technology to Indian partners and help them in capability building and improving technical skills, along with integration. Sources indicate that the proposed deal is expected
to enable BAE Systems to make a long-term investment in
India, apart from its $200-million offset investment. The
company has also promised to shift some of its existing
units from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US, to India and use
them for meeting its global orders.
The tie-up with Mahindra and other Indian partners is
set to help the company develop an Indian supply chain
that could be used for the British multinationals air, land
and sea programmes. The Mahindra deal will also begin
the process of indigenous manufacture of modern artillery in India. The Indian Army has a huge requirement
for modern land systems, both weapons and vehicles,
and we are well positioned to help India fulfil that, John
Brosnan, Managing Director (South-East Asia and India),
BAE Systems, recently stated in an interview.
Joe Senftle, VP and General Manager, Weapon Systems,
BAE Systems Inc, noted in a statement in February: The
facility is a fundamental part of the M777 production
line We will continue to support the two governments
to progress to contract agreement, so that we may begin
the process of Make in India for M777.
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COVER STORY
defence policy
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Rafale fighter
F-16
technology
know-how and know-whyor
it would simply set up an assembly
line. According to industry sources, so
far no foreign defence vendor, except
Saab, has offered to share the full
range of its defence technology with
India. In an interview to Bloomberg,
L&Ts Group Executive chairman,
AM Naik, said, All the technology
tie-ups are now programme-oriented.
Though we have increased FDI limit
to 49 per cent in defence offset, I have
not seen anybody wanting to come.
Even if tomorrow you raise the FDI
limit to more than 50 per cent and
make a huge investment, they (foreign firms) will use Indian engineers
as they are using them now in outsourcing centresas a low-cost engineering centre. They do it already.
They have their own captive centre
with several thousand people who are
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defence policy
The Make in India initiative is bold, but it still does not answer
how much technology can Indian firms absorb
by K SUBRAMANIAN
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asked to acquire the technology from the foreign vendor and produce in India. One of the many reasons why
the multi-billion dollar purchase of 126 fighters from
France fell through was because Hindustan Aeronautic
Ltd (HAL) needed more manhours to produce the Rafale
fighters than the French counterpart, pushing per unit
cost through the roof.
The Make in India initiative is bold, genuine and fresh,
but it still does not answer how much Indian industry
can absorb. However, one must accept that a beginning
has been made. In this regard, forcing the Indian Air
Force and HAL to sort out problems of the Light Combat
Aircraft (LCA)the first indigenously produced fighter
and induct it into the Indian Air Force is a step in the right
direction. Powerful lobbies had, till recently, ensured that
the Indian fighter stays out of favour.
The new Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) needs a
mention here. Breaking from the past, it gives preference to the private sector and most importantly, gives a
lot of weightage to equipment designed and developed
in India as against just manufactured in India.
Two things are required now to make this a success,
initiative from the private sector and openness from the
government to inform the entrepreneur about future
requirements. The latter is critical, because unless the
government sheds the veil of unnecessary secrecy on its
requirements, the private sector will have no clue to what
to design and develop.
Moving back to the old question: Should India cozyup with the US to achieve its national interest and,
more importantly, will the US help in that direction?
The reality has changed. Pakistan can no longer cater
to all US interests and the US wants to focus on China,
rather than Russia. India needs to ask, how much of its
long-term strategic goals or national interest is fulfilled
if the veil of neutrality is lifted. After all, the technology
to build a nuclear submarine or a BrahMos didnt come
from the US. And, finally, why should India be part of the
US plan to counter China? India gains more by increasing
trade with China. Shadow boxing with the Dragon on
behalf of the US may lead to encouraging soundbites in
Washington but will that serve Indias interests? g
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According to industry
sources, so far no foreign
defence vendor, except
Saab, has offered to share
the full range of its defence
technology with India.
Saab ABs India chairman,
Jan Widerstrom, has
publicly stated the Swedish
company was keen to
manufacture its Gripen
fighter aircraft in India
Industry is hopeful
Despite the delay in the
formulation of the DPP 2016, there is
a sense of relief in industry over the
transparency of decision-making in
the Modi administration. Industry
representatives believe that the DPP
2015 is undergoing fine-tuning to
ensure that the final policy document
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SECURITY
global threat
The problem
in
promoting
State-sponsored
terrorismbut to highlight that the
problem of terrorism is far graver and
complex than reasons explained by
State-State rivalry.
If one were to look at the emergence
of new factions within the South Asian
terrorist groups, given the intense
ideological differences, especially in
the Afghan and the Pakistan Taliban,
it is clear that there is no single overlord of these groups. Statements like
good Taliban, bad Taliban illustrate
clearly that not all terrorist organisations enjoy the Pakistani States
patronage and vice-versa. While it
is true that Pakistan has had a key
role in funding, training, arming and
harbouring a number of terrorist and
insurgent groups that have wreaked
havoc in Afghanistan, Kashmir and
Punjab, it will take us nowhere to lambast Pakistan now that Frankensteins
monster is beyond control. Pakistan
must be reprimanded and be held
responsible for its role in creating
INCE 9/11, terrorism has captured global attention; however, India has been battling
the threat for a far greater period.
Unfortunately, the realm of terrorism
studies and subsequent policymaking
and implementation seems to be lacking a nuanced understanding of the
contemporary threat that our country faces today. It appears that the
national discourse concerning terrorism is still glued to the age-old threat
from Pakistan and is overwhelmed by
newer and emerging threats.
During the 2nd Counter Terrorism
Conference (CTC) in Jaipur, held over
February 2-3, 2016, discussions at the
sessions and between them brought
to the fore the problem that has been
afflicting Indias security apparatus
when it comes to the national
discourse concerning terrorism.
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How is it different?
Changing terror landscape
and locale
Al Qaeda, the erstwhile face of
terrorism, employed the strategy
of localised terror in a globalised
world, i.e. it uses local issues and
grievances, such as the Palestine,
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global threat
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It is imperative to unwrap
the ISIS narrative and
study the reasons why
it resonates with its
supporters and
sympathisers. Why is
it that the worlds
now most dangerous
terrorist organisation has
been using the end of
time narrative?
that have a vested interest in spoiling
Indo-Pak peace processes and have a
lot to gain from spreading a reign of
terror in the region. Furthermore, the
new bad boys of terrorism, aka ISIS,
are trying to make a global presence
like never before and this change
must be reflected in Indias counterterrorism policy.
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STATE SCAN
mp controversy
From tainted
to trusted
SR Mohanty, the multicrore scam accused, has
wriggled his way into the
good books of the MP
Chief Minister and is in
the race for the Chief
Secretarys post
by RAKESH DIXIT
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STATE SCAN
mp controversy
Mohanty is not only in the good books of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (left) but was also close to Digvijay Singh (right)
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Uma Bharti acted against Mohanty when she was the Chief Minister
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FIRST STIRRINGS
Law
in his
blood
Most of Justice Vikas
Shridhar Sirpurkars
family members are legal
luminaries. He himself
started at the young age
of 21 and retired as a
Supreme Court judge
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Justice Sirpurkar
condemns the violence at
Patiala House court
against accused JNU
Students Union president
Kanhaiya Kumar and
mediapersons. That was
completely unjustified.
Law should not have
been taken into hands,
he says
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the election funds they have accumulated, the electoral alliances they have
forged and such similar factors.
In todays context, we have to look
at a host of disparate factors like
manifestoes, promises, statements
made to the electronic and social
media; personal interviews in live
interactions, comments offered by
party spokespersons, and so on. Some
of these would contribute amrit and
some halahalvish to the partys image
and electoral performance.
Many commentators throw up their
hands in despair about the future of
India as a country, a nation or a State.
They would worry about any and
every crackle in the opinion bush.
The whole thesis of this article is that
one need not be bowled over by small
incidents, but should be able to take
everything in our stride, notching up
pluses and minuses in our popularity
scale as each element comes into play.
The interesting fact about life
is that there is nothing clear-cut
about anything. Let us take a few
illustrations. Let us start with food.
What should a person eat or not
eat? Even nutritional experts are not
unanimous about what is desirable
for the human body and what is
not. When we travel to the plane of
morality, the matters become even
more difficult. An extreme view
could be that man should eat only
vegetarian food. If he eats animals, he
causes pain to other living beings who
have as much a right to survive and
prosper on this planet.
The matter is far from over with
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BOOK REVIEW
by ANCHAL CHAUDHRY
non-fiction judiciary
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HAPPENING HARYANA
GLOBAL INVESTORS SUMMIT-2016
Resounding success
357 MoUs signed in the two-day summit with a massive
proposed investment of `5.84 lakh crore
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MILESTONE INVESTMENT
units will be set up near major projects to accelerate the pace of development, and generate job opportunities.
The focus of the summit was on the
setting up of mega projects.
The break-up of the investment
proposals makes interesting reading.
As many as 16 per cent of MoUs were
signed for projects worth over `1,000
crore. As much as 30 per cent of the
projects were over `100 crore worth.
Since MSMEs constituted the backbone of industrial development and
enhanced job opportunities, 26 per
cent of MoUs belong to this sector.
Haryana has become the first state of
northern India to attract investment
of such magnitude.
Two MoUs were signed for aerospace and defence sector, 10 for education and skill development, 117 for
manufacturing, 22 for real estate, 16
for infrastructure, 48 for agro, food
processing and allied industries, 39
for energy, renewable energy and
solar parks, 35 for electronics, IT and
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MILESTONE INVESTMENT
Jianlin, Chairman, Dalian Wanda
Group, China said, We attach great
importance to partnership with the
state of Haryana. We are working with
the Haryana Government to set up a
super large project, where 150,000200,000 jobs will be created.
Indiabulls Group also announced a
major investment in the state, promising to invest `25,000 crore in the
next 7-8 years. It will directly lend
through home loans and also indirectly lend to the developers of various projects, especially in affordable
housing projects.
Real estate giant DLF announced
plans to invest `20,000 crore. Bharti
Enterprises announced `2,000 crore
in the electronics and information
technology sector. Baba Ramdev and
Patanjali Ayurved announced investment of `5,000 crore to set up a university and an international health
care centre. Ikea and Walmart committed themselves to `2,000 crore
and `500 crore investment, respectively, in the state.
The HSIIDC also signed MoUs with
several companies including Vatika
Limited and IREO Private Limited
worth `45,365 crore for infrastructure development. A MoU of `23
crore was signed for skill development
with All India Plastics Manufactures
Association, of `500 crore for logistic
park with Allcargo, of `680 crore for
solid waste management with Alqimi
India Private Limited and another
involving an investment of `125
crore for skill development with the
Amartex Group.
Apart from these, a MoU involving an investment of `200 crore was
signed for agriculture implements
with Beri Udhyog, `552 crore for food
processing plant with Boortmalt India
Holdings Private Limited, `8,650
crore for solar energy with CLP, `90
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MILESTONE INVESTMENT
ics, IT and ITeS with Vodafone and
`490 crore with Wanfeng-Aluminium
Wheel (India) Private Limited.
The other MoUs which were signed
included an MoU of `15,000 crore for
financial services signed with ICICI,
`2,000 crore for electronic, IT and
ITeS with Bharti Airtel. Similarly,
MoU of `283 crore was signed with
Star Wire (India) Limited for manufacturing special and critical steel
adopting high-tech technologies.
Also, an MoU of `200 crore was
signed with Minda Kosei Aluminium
Wheel Private Limited for automobile
parts alloy wheels, of `190 crore with
Honda for worker housing, and of
`150 crore with Plasser India Private
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gy sector and with the help of this policy, it is envisaged to add 4,000 MW
of solar power by 2022.
The Solar Power Policy would provide an enabling environment for fulfilling the vision of Prime Minister
Mr Narendra Modi to add 1,00,000
MW of solar power by 2022. For giving a boost to the solar energy sector,
various incentives like industrial status, exemption in change of land use
approval, electricity duty, besides free
wheeling and banking facility, exemption of T&D, cross subsidy charges
have been provided in the policy. The
government has also decided to purchase solar power over and above the
solar Renewable Purchase Obligation
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PERSPECTIVE
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Geometric allure
In the ashram, however, the buildings are bound together with natural
material: brick, lime and mud. The
simple logic is that all the bricks are
trying to come down at the same time,
so they cannot fall. The logic is simple: if 10 people try to go through a
door simultaneously, they will be
unsuccessful; only if one of them steps
back can the others enter. The same
rationale holds true here. The buildings here are relaxed, in perfect harmony with the forces of the planet. There is no tension whatsoever.
You can even say they are meditating!
I often tell people, When the buildings themselves are meditating, you
should be an easy case!
The whole universe happens
because of a certain perfection of
geometry. The planet is going around
the sun because the perfection of
geometry is keeping it in orbit. If the
planet goes off orbit even a little, the
games up! It will hurtle off into space.
When the Unmanifest begins to
manifest itself, the first and fundamental form to emerge from a state
of nothingness, is an ellipsoid. This
form was known in this culture as a
Linga. It is from this simple form that
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SPOTLIGHT
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural
Gas (Independent Charge), Dharmendra
Pradhan, at the signing ceremony of
agreements and MoUs between Rosneft and the
Indian consortium of Oil India Limited, Indian
Oil Corporation Ltd and Bharat PetroResources
and between Rosneft and ONGC Videsh Ltd, in
New Delhi. The Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas, KD Tripathi, and other
dignitaries were also present.
The Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. MMS Rai
with the Indian Army Everest Expedition Team during the
Flagging Off ceremony in New Delhi.
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Stock Shop
BY
RAKESH BHARDWAJ
Madhucon Projects
(CMP `52)
HE company is involved in infra projects and its business relates to construction of highways, flyovers, dams and
tunnels. The companys expertise in EPC
projects is rich and its railway projects
are very impressive. With the increased
focus of the government on infrastructure
and huge sums being set apart for the
same, the company is well positioned to
take advantage of this. The government
The author has no exposure in the stock recommended in this column. gfiles does not accept responsibility for investment decisions by
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cadre and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of
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The 1982-batch IAS officer of the
Jharkhand cadre has been appointed
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ANINDO MAJUMDAR
The 1985-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT
cadre has been appointed Chief Secretary,
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VD SHARMA
The officer has been promoted as Joint
Secretary (Legal & Treaties) in the
Ministry of External Affairs, Government
of India.
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The 1998-batch IAS officer of the UT
cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary,
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The 1988-batch IAS officer of the Manipur
cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of
India.
VIVEK JOSHI
The 1989-batch IAS officer of the Haryana
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SANTOSH D VAIDYA
The 1988-batch IAS officer of the UT
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Government of India.
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The 1992-batch IFS officer has taken over as
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