From dependence on imports to self-reliance – India’s defence transformation accelerates

India is accelerating a strategic shift in defence driven by policy, rising regional tensions and a global surge in military demand, which is giving an impetus to this move. As one of the largest defence spenders, India is increasingly investing in both modernisation and self-reliance.In this year’s union budget, defence capital acquisition budget stood at […]

Stolen Defence lands | The property mafia

In February 2024, Colonel Anuj Antal, the adm­inistrative commandant of the army cantonment in the border town of Ferozepur, Punjab, wrote to then governor Banwarilal Purohit, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry and the registration of an FIR against dis­trict revenue officials for forging records pertaining to 15 acres of land belonging to […]