NEW DELHI: The over 1.2 million robust Indian Army plans to release a large transformation exercise by means of early-2019 to emerge as a lean, mean, rapidly-deployable and operationally flexible force within the years forward, grappling as it's with ballooning revenue expenditure and a huge pension bill that leaves little for modernisation.
Top resources mentioned the results of four ongoing research, all headed by means of senior lieutenant generals, on force reorganisation and optimisation, flattening headquarters at other levels, cadre evaluation and phrases of engagement for officials and jawans shall be mentioned on the Army commanders' convention in October.
"Army chief General Bipin Rawat will then take stock of the final consolidated and integrated plan towards November-end before it is sent to the defence ministry for clearance. If all goes well, the implementation should begin early next year," mentioned a source.
It continues to be seen how many of the radical measures under dialogue if truth be told translate on the ground because of institutional resistance and general politico-bureaucratic apathy. But there is not any getting away from the truth that there's an pressing wish to give a boost to the Army's poor teeth-to-tail ratio (the amount of military team of workers it takes to supply and make stronger each and every combat soldier) and boost its combat features to verify the force can meet future operational demanding situations with strategic flexibility and budgetary prudence.
Interestingly, the feasibility of raising 'special operations force brigades' for the western and northerly borders with Pakistan and China could also be being regarded as under the entire plan. The different proposals range from slashing non-operational or administrative flab and downsizing the Army headquarters in Delhi to making composite and built-in brigades, with four to 5 battalions each and every instead of the present 3, which shall be commanded by means of main generals. The proposal for these built-in brigades ties in with the ongoing cadre evaluation of officials, which is mulling the unconventional step of putting off the rank of brigadier or brigade commanders to verify higher profession prospects and parity with the civil services as well as arrest its greying profile of commanders, as was once previous reported by means of TOI.
The built-in brigades shall be better combat forces, with all fingers and services under them, and can report directly to the corps headquarters. This will get rid of the wish to have divisional headquarters, each and every of which controls 3 brigades at the moment, within the middle.
The Army recently has six operational or regional commands, which have 14 corps and 49 divisions under them, and one training command. "Some divisional HQs, especially under the four strike corps (1 Corps at Mathura, 2 Corps at Ambala, 21 Corps at Bhopal and the new 17 Mountain Strike Corps) may have to be retained but most can be done away with," mentioned a source.
Similarly, with the similar purpose to verify more officials are to be had for postings to frontline operational units quite than being deployed for staff duties, a drastic downsizing of the Army HQ at New Delhi could also be on the playing cards.
“The Army HQ has develop into unwieldy. It’s being tested which branches or directorates will also be merged, and those that can be closed down or relocated out of Delhi. There is lot of overlap and duplicity within the constitution of directorates/branches as of now,” mentioned another source.
Top resources mentioned the results of four ongoing research, all headed by means of senior lieutenant generals, on force reorganisation and optimisation, flattening headquarters at other levels, cadre evaluation and phrases of engagement for officials and jawans shall be mentioned on the Army commanders' convention in October.
"Army chief General Bipin Rawat will then take stock of the final consolidated and integrated plan towards November-end before it is sent to the defence ministry for clearance. If all goes well, the implementation should begin early next year," mentioned a source.
It continues to be seen how many of the radical measures under dialogue if truth be told translate on the ground because of institutional resistance and general politico-bureaucratic apathy. But there is not any getting away from the truth that there's an pressing wish to give a boost to the Army's poor teeth-to-tail ratio (the amount of military team of workers it takes to supply and make stronger each and every combat soldier) and boost its combat features to verify the force can meet future operational demanding situations with strategic flexibility and budgetary prudence.
Interestingly, the feasibility of raising 'special operations force brigades' for the western and northerly borders with Pakistan and China could also be being regarded as under the entire plan. The different proposals range from slashing non-operational or administrative flab and downsizing the Army headquarters in Delhi to making composite and built-in brigades, with four to 5 battalions each and every instead of the present 3, which shall be commanded by means of main generals. The proposal for these built-in brigades ties in with the ongoing cadre evaluation of officials, which is mulling the unconventional step of putting off the rank of brigadier or brigade commanders to verify higher profession prospects and parity with the civil services as well as arrest its greying profile of commanders, as was once previous reported by means of TOI.
The built-in brigades shall be better combat forces, with all fingers and services under them, and can report directly to the corps headquarters. This will get rid of the wish to have divisional headquarters, each and every of which controls 3 brigades at the moment, within the middle.
The Army recently has six operational or regional commands, which have 14 corps and 49 divisions under them, and one training command. "Some divisional HQs, especially under the four strike corps (1 Corps at Mathura, 2 Corps at Ambala, 21 Corps at Bhopal and the new 17 Mountain Strike Corps) may have to be retained but most can be done away with," mentioned a source.
Similarly, with the similar purpose to verify more officials are to be had for postings to frontline operational units quite than being deployed for staff duties, a drastic downsizing of the Army HQ at New Delhi could also be on the playing cards.
“The Army HQ has develop into unwieldy. It’s being tested which branches or directorates will also be merged, and those that can be closed down or relocated out of Delhi. There is lot of overlap and duplicity within the constitution of directorates/branches as of now,” mentioned another source.
Army gears up to shed flab, turn lean, mean & fast
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