India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has castigated the federal government for overseeing a decline in the country's military capabilities due to a failure to modernise and "a state of ad hocism in planning and budgeting" - and of trying to cover up these deficiencies.
In a report tabled in parliament on 22 December, the 31-member committee presented a dismal picture of inadequate funding, severe equipment shortages in all three services, and continuing delays by the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to rectify the situation.
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I have to wonder how much of this is simply politics. The Parliament is responsible for the budgets and they get info on a regular basis, soooo...are they targeting Prime Minister Modi's government? Just wondering aloud. Not an expert.
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