Articles By Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi
National security imperative: India's political leadership must act now to...
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 01 Mar , 2019
The saga of appointing a CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) has endured for so long that it is on the verge of becoming a myth. India needs to sweep aside all ifs and buts that have bedeviled the...
Need for Structural Changes in India’s Higher Defence Management
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol. 30.1 Jan-Mar 2015 | Date: 02 Mar , 2015
The reality today is that India is facing the strategic environment of the 21st century with its higher defence structures largely as they were in the 1940s. This is a recipe for disaster. A...
Children of a Lesser God
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 11 Feb , 2015
The Indian soldiers, on account of their faith in the officers who lead them, their innate goodness and the discipline that has been ingrained in them have a great capacity to accept and absorb...
Complacency Results in Avoidable Casualties
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Date: 16 Dec , 2014
The last fortnight has been troublesome for the security forces involved in counter insurgency operations. Two major attacks by different group of insurgents in two areas far apart, have left a...
Disaster Management: Why the Army continues to take the Lead
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 28 Oct , 2013
Conceptually, the armed forces ought to be called to aid the civil authorities only when the situation is beyond the capability of the civil administration. In practice, however, the armed forces...
India- Pak dialogue, futile exercise
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jan , 2013
The killing, and more importantly, savage mutilation of two soldiers of the Indian Army on the Line of Control ( LoC) has put a big question mark on the ‘ on- again/ off- again’ dialogue the two...
Why should old soldiers fade away?
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Date: 28 Nov , 2012
General Douglas Macarthur, a very famous General of the Twentieth Century, who served his country, the United States of America, with dedication and élan for over half a century, both in peace...
Pakistan's offensive against the Taliban
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 03 Aug , 2012
The Pakistan Army itself hardly fights. Instead, it directs others to do its bidding! The Pakistani generals consider the Taliban and other terrorist groups as the vanguard of the nation’s...
Relief for the War Disabled
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 02 Dec , 2011
Compensation for disability incurred in war or war-like-situations is at present paltry and highly inadequate. Although slightly higher in some respects than what is given to those disabled due...
Special Powers for Armed Forces : We need clarity, not emotions
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Nov , 2011
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, better known as AFSPA, has been brought out of wraps at various opportune times – opportune for those who have either something to gain, i.e. the...
Military Service Pay
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
The sixth pay commission is now about midway in their task of preparing their recommendations for the revision of wages of more than 33 lakh central government employees, including the personnel...