SOME PARTS HAVE BEEN COPIED FROM AANUAL REPORTS OF MOD:
After Independence, Ministry of
Defence was created under the charge of a Cabinet Minister and each Service was
placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. In 1955, the Commanders-in-Chief were
renamed as the Chief of the Army Staff, the Chief of the Naval Staff and the
Chief of the Air Staff. In November 1962, the Department of Defence Production
was set up to deal with research, development and production of defence
equipment. In November, 1965, the Department of Defence Supplies was created
for planning and execution of schemes for import substitution of defence
requirements. These two Departments were later merged to form the Department of
Defence Production and Supplies. In 2004, the name of Department of Defence
Production and Supplies was changed to Department of Defence Production. In
1980, the Department of Defence Research and Development was created. In 2004,
the Department of ExServicemen Welfare was set up. The Defence Secretary
functions as head of the Department of Defence and is additionally responsible
for co-ordinating the activities of the four Departments in the Ministry
The principal task of the
Ministry is to frame policy directions on defence andsecurity related matters
and communicate them for implementation to the Services Headquarters,
Inter-Service Organisations, Production Establishments and Research &
Development Organisations. It is required to ensure effective implementation of
the Government’s policy directions and the execution of approved programmes
within the allocated resources.
The principal functions of the
Departments are as follows: (i) The Department of Defence deals with the
Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) and three Services and various Inter Service
Organisations. It is also responsible for the Defence Budget, establishment
matters, defence policy, matters relating to Parliament, defence co-operation
with foreign countries and co-ordination of all defence related activities.
(ii) The Department of Defence Production is headed by a Secretary and deals with
matters pertaining to defence production, indigenisation of imported stores,
equipment and spares, planning and control of departmental production units of
the Ordnance Factory Board and Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).
(iii) The Department of Defence Research and Development is headed by a
Secretary, who is the Scientific Adviser to the Raksha Mantri. Its function is
to advise the Government on scientificaspects of military equipment and
logistics and the formulation of research, design and development plans for
equipment required by the Services. (iv) The Department of Ex-Servicemen
Welfare is headed by a Secretary and deals with all resettlement, welfare and
pensionary matters of Ex-Servicemen.
HQ IDS was raised on October 1,
2001 based on the recommendations of Group of Ministers on the Kargil Review
Committee (KRC) report. The HQ was raised under the overall Command and Control
of Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) to foster jointness and synergy
amongst the three Services. Since its inception, this HQ has achieved several
milestones in joint and integrated planning, coordination of intelligence,
joint conduct of Human Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations through
Defence Crisis Management Group (DCMG) and prioritising/ streamlining
procurements.
HQ IDS has been constantly
reviewing the joint training at nascent, intermediatory and higher levels to
foster greater jointness amongst the Services. At the nascent level, to address
the shortage of officers in the Armed Forces, the capacity of National Defence
Academy (NDA) has been enhanced from 1800 to 1920. In-principle approval of RM
has also been granted to further increase the capacity of the Academy to 2400,
which will be addressed by raising of 5th Battalion at NDA. HQ IDS conducted
training for officials of MoD, Mongolia and officers of Mongolian Armed Forces
in IT Security. As a follow up to the training conducted in year 2013, on
request from Mongolia, an advanced level training programme on IT Security was
conducted during the current year.
Finance Division in the Ministry of Defence
deals with all matters having a financial implication. This Division is headed
by Secretary (Defence Finance)/ Financial Advisor (Defence Services) and is
fully integrated with the Ministry. It performs an advisory role. The Ministry
of Defence enjoys enhanced delegated financial powers tofacilitate quicker
decision making. These powers are exercised with the concurrence of the Finance
Division. With a view to ensuring transparency in exercise of these powers in
respect of defence procurement matters and compliance with the laid down policy
guidelines, the Defence Procurement Procedure and Defence Procurement Manual
are updated from time to time.
Department of Defence Production (DDP) was set up in November 1962
with the objective of developing a comprehensive production infrastructure to
produce the weapons/ systems/ platforms/ equipments required for defence. Over
the years, the Department has established wide ranging production facilities
for various defence equipments through the Ordnance Factories and Defence
Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). The products manufactured include arms and
ammunition, tanks, armoured vehicles, heavy vehicles, fighter aircraft and
helicopters, warships, submarines, missiles, ammunition, electronic equipment,
earth moving equipment, special alloys and special purpose steels.
The organizations under the
Department of Defence Production are as follows: • Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) • Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) •
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) • BEML Limited (BEML) • Mishra Dhatu Nigam
Limited (MIDHANI) • Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) • Garden Reach Shipbuilders
& Engineers Limited (GRSE) • Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) • Hindustan
Shipyard Limited (HSL) • Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) Directorate
General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) • Directorate of
Standardisation (DOS) • Directorate of Planning & Coordination (Dte. of
P&C) • Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO) • National Institute for
Research & Development in Defence Shipbuilding (NIRDESH). With the
objective of achieving self-reliance in defence production, the Ordnance
Factories and DPSUs have been continuously modernizing and upgrading their
capabilities and widening their product range. A large number of major products
have been developed through in-house research and development initiatives in
addition to a number of products and equipment produced through transfer of
technology.
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is the
Research and Development arm of the Ministry of Defence. It was created in 1958
by merging the units of Defence Science Organisation, which was set up in 1948
to advise and assist the defence Services on scientific problems and to
undertake research in areas related to defence, with the then existing
Technical Development Establishments of the three Services. Subsequently, a
separate Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D) was formed
in 1980 to improve administrative efficiency. Starting from a cluster of about
10 laboratories in 1958, DRDO today has 46 laboratories which are spread far
and wide; from Tezpur in the east to Mumbai in the west, from Leh in the north
to Kochi in the south. DRDO’s mandate is to provide assessment and advice on
scientific aspects of weapons, platforms and surveillance sensors; to carry out
research and to develop cutting edge technologies leading to production of
state-ofthe-art sensors, weapon systems, platforms and allied equipment for our
defence Services. In the recent past, the mandate has been widened to support
national cyber security architecture which includes testing capabilities,
security solutions, networking systems and cyber defence tools. In this
process, it has also established national infrastructure, enhanced defence
industrial capability and developed committed quality human resources. DRDO is
headed by the Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri (SA to RM) who is also the
Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development and Director General
R&D (DGR&D). Based on the R&D work carried out by the 46
laboratories of DRDO, they are grouped into seven technology clusters namely,
Armament and Combat Engineering Systems (ACE), Aeronautical Systems (AERO),
Missiles and Strategic Systems (MSS), Naval Systems and Materials (NS & M),
Electronics and Communication Systems (ECS), Micro Electronic Devices and
Computational Systems (MED & CoS) and Life Sciences (LS). Each of these
clusters functions under the administrative control of the cluster DGs. The
seven DG offices are located at Pune (ACE), Bengaluru (Aero and ECS), Hyderabad
(MSS), Vishakhapatnam (NS & M) and Delhi (MED & CoS and LS). In
addition, DDR&D has one autonomous body viz. Aeronautical Development
Agency, one joint venture viz. BrahMos Aerospace, four human resource
institutions i.e. Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM), Institute of
Technology Management (ITM), Military Institute of Training (MILIT) and
Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC), one deemed university viz. Defence
Institute of Advance Technology (DIAT) and three certification agencies i.e.
Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification for airworthiness of
products, Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety for fire and
explosives and Scientific Analysis Group for grading of information security
products under its fold. These certification agencies provide services not just
for DRDO but other organisations of Government of India as well. Four research
boards (Aeronautics, Naval, Armaments and Life Sciences) functioning under DRDO
funding, provide thrust to basic research in academia in areas of strategic
importance.
DRDO headquarters (HQ) at Delhi,
which coordinates the overall functioning of the organisation, is the interface
between the Government and the laboratories. The HQ consist of corporate
Directorates viz. Budget, Finance and Accounts (BF&A), Extramural Research
and Intellectual Property Rights (ER&IPR), Human Resource Development (HRD),
Parliamentary Affairs, Personnel, Planning and Coordination (P&C), Public
Interface, Rajbhasha etc. Some corporate Directorates which oversee specific
functions with partner organisations are Industry Interface and Technology
Management (IITM), Interaction with Services for Business (ISB) and
International Cooperation (IC). DRDO has in the recent past set up new
Directorates/Groups with a specific role to assist/guide laboratories in
respective areas viz. Cyber Security (CS), Futuristic Technology Management
(FTM) group, Quality, Reliability and Safety (QR&S), Simulation and
Modeling Centre (SAM-C) and Technical Coordination Group. There are five Chief
Controllers R&D (CC R&D) to oversee the activities of the corporate HQ
namely, CC R&D Production Coordination and Services Interaction (PC &
SI), CC R&D Human Resources (HR), CC R&D Technology Management (TM), CC
R&D Resources & Management and Implementation (R&M and Impl.) and
CC R&D Systems Analysis & Modeling (SAM).
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