and one flew under the ......

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......and one flew under the ......

Category: Jets and Growth 1948-64

Last Updated: Wednesday, 25 April 2018 01:00

Written by P V S Jagan Mohan

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The year was 1964, a year and a half after India suffered the humiliation of being defeated in its short conflict with China. Even though, the conflict was limited, the lessons of the conflict were too painful to be ignored. The armed forces, in their plans to prevent the recurrence of such a situation, embarked on an ambitious expansion plan. The Army raised new divisions, the Air Force got out some of its mothballed aircraft and raised new squadrons. At that time the dream was to build up a fleet strength of 45 Squadrons. IAF had to train a large number of pilots in the shortest possible time frame.  The primary inflow for Pilots' Courses was from NDA. This was inadequate for the proposed expansion. To rapidly augment the recruitment, there was additional large scale induction direct from civvy street.

39,000 Army officers await 2012 increment

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/39-000-army-officers-await-2012-increment/574173.html

 

39,000 Army officers await 2012 increment

Defence accounts body told to rectify anomaly

The Army has written a letter to Controller General of Defence Accounts

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 14

Seeking rectification of an anomaly that has affected about 39,000 officers, the Army has written to the Controller General of Defence Accounts and reminded it that the error should have been corrected in August 2012 itself when the Ministry of Defence okayed the move.

In its letter, the Army has claimed that it had received a large number of representations about the provisions okayed by the government not being granted (by the CGDA).

As per directions by the Ministry of Finance and endorsed by the MoD, all officers in service as on January 1, 2006, were to get an additional increment. In July 2012, the Ministry of Finance issued a letter that Central Civil Pay Rules had been amended and July 1 was accepted as uniform date for annual increments for all employees.

It further said to bring parity, all employees whose increments were due between February and June 2006 may be granted one increment on January 1, 2006. Based on the Finance Ministry letter, the MoD issued its letter saying the same be implemented for the forces too. The Army has compiled details of all affected officers, some of whom may have retired, and sent a copy to the CGDA.

A senior functionary said most Army men held any post for not more than three years and there was no continuity or system of a follow-up. A matter that should have been sorted out automatically remained pending, forcing the Army to take it up, he said.

Fw: CRON Systems' tech to help army predict intrusions

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CRON Systems' tech to help army predict intrusions

By 

Sanghamitra Kar

, ETtech|

Apr 11, 2018

BENGALURU: Delhi's internet of things-based border security startup CRON Systems is set to help the Indian Army predict and prevent intrusions. 

The firm, founded by Tushar Chhabra, Saurav Agarwala and Tommy Katzenellenbogen, is working at the borders to build a suitable product based on Army's requirements. 

"We have found three pain points that the Army faces daily. There is no communication channel, due to lack of infrastructure they  cannot install new-age products and most of the time it becomes so complicated for the end users that they cannot even use it," said Chhabra. 

The company has installed multiple sensors in the poles for accurate intrusion verification. The sensors have a range of 100-200 m and are capable of recognising movement of friends or foes. 

As soon as a movement is detected beyond the perimeter or border, an alarm is raised and an alert is sent to an analytics platform through an encrypted wireless communication system. 

 

Fw: True Heroes - stories of valour

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