The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on the eve of 77th Independence Day 2023. These include four Kirti Chakra (posthumous), 11 Shaurya Chakras, including five posthumous, two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 52 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medal…
The list of Honorary Commission (Honorary Captain and Honorary Lieutenant) awarded on the occasion of Independence Day 2023 are enclosed as mentioned below :- (a) Active List Honorary Ranks. (b) Honorary Ranks after retirement. (c) Honorary Nb Sub Ranks after retirement. SUMMARY Ser No Rank/Award Active List After Retirement 1. Hony Capt 445 1388 2. Hony Lt 1811…
Vindhyagiri, a Project 17A Frigate, will be launched by the Hon’ble President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu, at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata on 17 Aug 23. Named after the mountain range in Karnataka, Vindhyagiri is the sixth ship of the Project 17A Frigates. Basically, these warships are follow-ons of the Project…
Two Indian Naval Ships INS Visakhapatnam and INS Trikand, under the command of Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty, Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet, arrived at Port Rashid, Dubai on 08 Aug 2023 to participate in a bilateral Naval Maritime Partnership Exercise with the UAE Navy. After two days of detailed planning, the two navies conducted the…
The 5th edition of the three day AI workshop on ‘Artificial Intelligence for the Future Fleet’ was organised at INS Valsura, Jamnagar from 09 – 11 Aug 23. The key note address was delivered by VAdm MA Hampiholi,Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. In his keynote address, he highlighted the initiatives taken by the Indian Navy…
During the last five financial years (2018-19 to 2022-23), 239 defence acquisition contracts have been signed for procurement of defence items/equipment. Out of which, 168 contracts accounting for 68% of total contracts value have been signed with Indian vendors including MSMEs. The year-wise details of capital contracts signed with domestic vendors are as under: S…
In line with Government of India initiative of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and to promote self-reliance in defence sector, funds under Modernisation Budget (Capital Acquisition) for Financial Year 2023-24 has been earmarked in the ratio of 75:25, where 75% i.e. Rs 99,223.03 crore is for procurement through Domestic sources and 25% i.e. Rs 33,078.24 crore is for Foreign Procurement. The details…
There is no meagre resource allocation for defence modernisation and allocation for modernisation under total Capital Outlay for defence services has gone up from Rs 80,959.08 crore in FY 2019-20 to Rs 1,32,301.27 crore in FY 2023-24. The projected and allocated funds under Capital Acquisition (Modernisation Budget) in BE 2023-24 are as follows: (Rs in…
The Indian Government has allocated a total of Rs 260 crore under the TDF Scheme (Technology Development Fund Scheme), since its inception from 2016. Further, Rs 64.35 crore has been disbursed as a grant-in-aid to industries for development of defence technologies. Noteworthy, the Government provides support to the private industries especially MSMEs and start-ups through…
The details of fatal casualties in respect of soldiers and casualties of civilians during the last three years and current year (till June 2023) due to ceasefire violation in border areas shared with Pakistan are as under: Year Fatal casualties of soldiers Casualties of civilians 2020 24 22 2021 04 – 2022 – – 2023…
