Department of Military Affairs (DMA)

  India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed significantly since he assumed office in 2014. With his electoral victories in 2019 and again in 2024, Modi’s leadership has marked a dynamic shift...

New Delhi: With threats along the Western and Northern borders of India continuing to pose serious threat to national security though terrorist threat from Pakistan has receded, the threat from China has grown dramatically. President...

  In a strategic response to the evolving challenges posed by China, the Indian Army has swiftly taken measures to bolster its capabilities. A report from The Economic Times (ET) reveal an allocation on of...

  With the notification of the third ‘positive indigenisation list’ of 101 items on April 07, 2022, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) has so far banned import of 310 defence items in the last...

New Delhi: In a move aimed at streamlining the functioning of the nearly 40,000-strong Territorial Army (TA) for better operational and intelligence capacity utilisation, it is set to undergo major changes as per the...

  New Delhi: As part of 100-day agenda set by the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, senior government officers are working out for the establishment of theatre and joint commands...

  New Delhi: After much hype over the modernisation drive of the armed forces and talk of war on two fronts, the allocation for the Defence Budget 2020-21 was only a marginal increase of about...

  New Delhi: With the setting up of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) under the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the Ministry of Defence has shifted administrative and revenue procurement matters to...

  New Delhi: Defence Ministry has drawn up the Rules of Business for the newly created Department of Military Affairs (DMA) headed by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). The Rules which have got a stamp...

  New Delhi: In what may appear to be heading towards becoming another government ministry run by bureaucrats, the newly-created Department of Military Affairs headed by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat will...

  New Delhi: General Bipin Rawat on January 1 assumed office of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and he would be the Principal Military Advisor to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on all Tri-Services...