PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Subject : Defence Context : The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the pleas of several women short service commission (SSC) officers seeking grant of permanent commission in the Army, while holding that the Annual Confidential Report (ACR) evaluation process was flawed and discriminatory in nature. Concept : Background Under […]

    BALLISTIC MISSILE Subject : Defence Context : North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in its first substantive provocation to the new U.S. administration of Joe Biden. Concept : A ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads on a predetermined target. A ballistic […]

    Index FRAMEWORK Subject: Defence Context: Starting-up for defence: Government plans to fund at least 250 defence start-ups. Concept: iDEX is an initiative taken by the government to contribute towards modernization of the Defence Industry. To reduce India’s reliance on defence imports, the defence ministry launched the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative.It was […]

    MILAN 2T ATGM Subject : Defence Context : Defence Ministry Seals Deal To Acquire 4,690 India-Made Anti-Tank Missiles For Army. Concept :       About MILAN-2T Anti-Tank Guided Missiles The Milan-2T is a Tandem Warhead ATGM with the range of 1,850 metres. The tandem warheads comprise a forward charge and a rear charge separated […]

    ARMS IMPORTS Subject : Defence Context : Arms imports decreased by 33% between 2011–15 and 2016–20 while India continues to remain the second largest arms importer after Saudi Arabia, according to a report from Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Concept : The overall drop in arms imports between 2011–15 […]

    INS KARANJ Subject: Defence Context: Indian Navy’s third stealth Scorpene class Submarine INS Karanj has been commissioned at the Naval Dockyard Mumbai through a formal commissioning ceremony. Concept: Six Scorpene Class submarines are being built in India by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, under collaboration with M/s Naval Group, France. INS […]

    DUSTLIK 2 Subject : Defence Context : At Exercise Dustlik-II between India and Uzbekistan from March 10-19, the Army will showcase its Counter Insurgency (CI) and Counter Terrorism (CT) skills. Concept : Dustlik-II is a bilateral military exercise between India and Uzbekistan. This exercise would be held in India between March 10 and […]

    PROJECT 75I Subject: Defence Context: Multi-billion deals for 30 armed drones from the U.S. and six advanced submarines under Project-75I are likely to be taken by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in April for approval, a government official said. Concept: Project 75I-Class Submarine The Project 75I-class submarine is follow-on of the Project 75 […]

    LCA TEJAS Subject: Defence Context: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) is actively looking for exports of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) with countries in South East Asia and West Asia showing interest in buying it. Concept: The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme was started by the Government of India in 1984 when they […]

    SUKHOI 30 MKI Subject: Defence Context: The resurrection of 222 Squadron at Thanjavur with Sukhoi-30 aircraft has paved the way for strengthening maritime security in the southern peninsula and maintaining Indian interests in the Indian Ocean region, Air Marshal Amit Tiwari, Air has said. Concept: Sukhoi 30 is a twin-engine Fighter Jet manufactured […]