STRUCTURE OF DEFENCE BUDGET - MOSTLY FOR CIVILIANS IN DEFENCE DEPARTMENT
Cutting the defence budget: The invisible tail that no one talks about
Is the ministry of defence (MOD) appropriately structured to provide strategic and operational directions to the military and to handle situations in our borders? If what happened during the Daulat Beg Oldie incident in April 2013 is anything to go by where in an ad-hoc body called the 'China Study Group' consisting of the National Security Advisor and bureaucrats from other ministries including heads of central security agencies sidelined the MOD and took control of the situation, the MOD had abdicated its responsibility by failing to prepare itself for such contingencies by war-gaming and working out contingency plans and by integrating professionals in its organisation.
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