A national military strategy and a security framework will be finalised very soon to effectively deal with security challenges facing the nation, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday.
In an address at a Defence think tank, the Army Chief lamented that the spending on Defence is considered a “burden” by many in the country and the military is not getting its due share.
Citing China, he stressed that India’s true potential will be realised only when both economic growth and might of the armed forces go hand-in-hand.
He said the country must look for new friends and allies to deal with neighbours along India’s western and northern borders, an apparent reference to Pakistan and China.
Referring to India’s security challenges, Gen Rawat said the drafts of national military strategy and national security strategy were ready to deal with pressing issues coherently.
“We should be able to identify our own strategy. We do not have a national military strategy as of now. Directorate General of Perspective Planning has been tasked to come out with it.
“We are also coming out with the national security strategy which will be given to the Government. Both the draft documents are ready and hopefully we will be releasing them very soon,” he said after unveiling ‘Strategic Yearbook 2017’ at the United Service Institution, a national security and Defence think tank.