Session I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mszwbdAspOwSession II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXzw6qLVHaUThe Parliament’s Standing Committee on Defence has recently examined the Union Budget for the Ministry of Defence 2018-19. The total allocation of Rs 404,365 crore amounts to 16.6% of the total government expenditure — it is 2.16% of the GDP. The capital budget of the Ministry of Rs 93,982 crore is 33% of the total capital expenditure of the government. Yet, all three Services have complained that their allocations are well below their projected requirements.
This half-day workshop explored the restructuring and reform of the Services, as well as their management and manpower policies.
Abhijit Singh, Senior Fellow & Head, Maritime Policy Initiative, ORF
Abhijnan Rej, Fellow, ORF
Amit Cowshish, former Financial Advisor (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence
ADM (Retd.) Arun Prakash
Debak Das, Visiting Fellow, ORF
Harsh V. Pant, Distinguished Fellow & Head, Strategic Studies Programme, ORF
Manoj Joshi, Distinguished Fellow, ORF
AM (Retd.) M. Matheswaran
Pravin Sawhney, Editor, Force Magazine
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Vinod Bhatia
The timing of the workshop was 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
