On December 12, the news of the clash between Chinese and Indian soldiers broke out. The recent clash happened in the Tawang sector of India\u2019s Arunachal Pradesh on December 9, 2022. According to the version of the Indian army, soldiers from both sides sustained injuries during the clash. However, the matter did not prolong, and local commanders of the Indian army held a meeting with the Chinese counterpart. The most conspicuous element in this news was that the Indian Foreign ministry and the defence ministry even declined to comment on the situation. When it comes to China, the Indian government, even Modi, remains dead silent.
\nThey do not try to threaten China as they try to threaten Pakistan and adopt an escalatory and offensive posture. Indian leadership remained silent even on the incident where 20 soldiers died. It showed that Modi understood that the Indian army was not ready to face China. Secondly, facing China will puncture Modi\u2019s narrative of a strong nationalistic leader; threatening security. It will threaten Modi\u2019s rule because even though the Indian economy is booming but it\u2019s not presenting an accurate picture of the whole of India.
\nIndia\u2019s army is unable to face China and its army. After 2020, India reoriented its six-division army from its northern borders with Pakistan to Chinese borders. This army was reoriented to stop any embarrassment and loss of territory. To pursue its aggressive agenda, India had already increased 50 per cent in its defence spending. According to International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the Indian defence budget increased from $49.6 bn in 2011 to $76.6 bn last year. It passed the UK and Russia to become the third-largest country that spends on the military. However, this defence spending could not show substantial results due to corruption in the Indian army.
\nIn 2012, India\u2019s army chief General VK Singh was offered a bribe and revealed that a lobbyist offered him a hefty bribe for the approbation of a deal. Middle man always existed in the bulwark deals, and India\u2019s bulwark contracts were always mired with corruption. Moreover, in March 2021, their news of corruption in the recruitment process of the Indian army. Many officers from different ranks accepted bribes from the candidates coming for a cull. In addition, in 2019, a significant General was involved in a corruption case.
\nFurthermore, corruption cases emerged in a house project for the military. The antecedent Indian army Chief Bipin Rawat acknowledges this corruption in a military housing project. In August 2022, Indian Lieutenant Colonel Rahul Pawar was injunctively authorizing 7-8 per cent, and Subedar Major Pardeep Kumar asked for 45-55 per cent of the total value of contracts awarded to contractors Dinesh Kumar and Pritpal Singh. In May 2022, a lieutenant colonel of the Indian army and his five other partners were involved in corruption of procurement of ration for the armed forces. With these corruption cases in the army and defence procurement, India\u2019s weapon indigenization process has become a disaster.
\nIndia is striving to indigenise the military industry, but its domestic industry has empty slogans to show. They are unable to provide weapons systems that are required to compete with China. The Indian air force was even unable to compete with the Pakistan air force. It lost an orchestration, and a pilot was apprehended in Pakistan. By 2023, the Indian air force will have 30 air force squadrons; however, according to IAF, it requires 42 squadrons to bulwark India. Indian bulwark industry is unable to engender quality products. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On December 12, the news of the clash between Chinese and Indian soldiers broke out. The recent clash happened in the Tawang sector of India\u2019s Arunachal Pradesh on December 9, 2022. According to the version of the Indian army, soldiers from both sides sustained injuries during the clash. However, the matter did not prolong, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11855],"class_list":{"0":"post-301843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorial","7":"tag-modis-nightmare"},"yoast_head":"\n