Articles By Prof (Dr) SN Misra
Two Cheers To INS Vikrant
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Sep , 2022
India has the dubious reputation of being the largest importer of conventional arms (SIPRI Yearbook). Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, heading a committee to suggest improving India’s self-reliance...
Capacity, Autonomy and Venality: The Larger Challenges of Governance
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Apr , 2022
Mr. Suba Rao, previously RBI Governor, has stirred a hornet’s nest by calling the IAS’ elitist, self-serving, perpetuating a set of bureaucrats who are out of touch with reality and wallow in...
‘Atmanirbharta’ in Defence Manufacturing
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Feb , 2022
Economic liberalization came to defence manufacturing in 2001, a decade after liberalization in other sectors, which then permitted full partnership of private sector and equity inflow of 26% from...
Corporatisation of OFB and Bolstering Military Industry Capability
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Vol. 36.4, Oct-Dec 2021 | Date: 28 Jan , 2022
Introduction Atmanirbhar Bharat has been touted as an umbrella concept (2014) for promoting efficiency, competition and resilience in the Indian industry, providing level playing field to the...
Corporatisation of OFB & Fault lines of India’s Military Industry Capability
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Oct , 2021
Corporatisation was listed as one of the 167 transformational ideas to be implemented in the first 100 days of NDA manifesto (2019). The delay in corporatisation of 41 ordnance factories which...
Major Structural Reform for Defence Modernization
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Feb , 2021
Introduction The Union Budget 2021-22 has come in the backdrop of severe economic crisis, induced by a global Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian economy, whose growth was already decelerating in...
More Than A Bhadralok
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Date: 02 Sep , 2020
I had the privilege of working with four Defence Ministers,beginning with Sri Mulayam Singh Yadav (1996-98), Sri George Fernandes (1998-2004), Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (2004-06) and Sri A. K. Antony...
Far reaching reforms in Defense Production
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May , 2020
As a part of PM’s grand initiative to combat COVID and looming economic crisis, the FM has been unveiling a slew of major initiative to resuscitate MSMEs, Power sector, migrant workers, farmers...
India’s Aerospace Industry: Structure, Strategies, Policies and the Road Ahead
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Vol. 34.4 Oct-Dec 2019 | Date: 29 Jan , 2020
The aerospace industry accounts for nearly 40 percent of global military expenditure which stood at $1,822 billion last year (Sipri 2018). The US is a major player in terms of military expenditure...
Reforms in Defence Acquisition
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jan , 2020
Defence is a strategic component of Sovereign India and the Services have the onerous responsibility to discharge this ‘integrity’ mandate. The expenditure, that the country commits, though...
The challenges before Chief of Defence Staff
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jan , 2020
General Bipin Rawat has taken over as the first CDS of India, he will function as a Secretary in a newly created Department of Military Affairs within the Ministry of Defence. He will be the...
The Uncertain Terrain of Chief of Defence Staff
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Aug , 2019
John F. Kennedy had said “Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought”. In voicing an opinion on the recently announced creation of a CDS by the PM on the...
India’s Defence Budget for 2019-20: The Disturbing Trends
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Jul , 2019
The General Budget for 2019-20 can be pigeonholed as a ‘wish list’ for infrastructure to propel India to a $5 trillion economy by 2024. The new Finance Minister has sought to change the syntax...
A Road Map for the New Defence Minister
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jun , 2019
Like Mr. Modi’s googly in the general election, the shifting of Rajnath Singh to the South Block is nothing short of a Chinaman. And the country he has to checkmate in the coming years in terms...
Beyond Defence Deals: The Alchemy of Elections
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 May , 2019
There is a consensus that the NDA government (2014-2019) has followed broadly the same path of economic liberalisation as the UPA government during (2004-2014). To be fair to the NDA, they have...
The Joint Venture for AK-203: The Long Term Challenge of Indigenisation
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Mar , 2019
The Army has been looking for a modern assault rifle to replace the INSAS which was inducted in 1994. The army has been generally dissatisfied with the rifle design of INSAS because of its...
The true Import of C&AG report on Rafale
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Mar , 2019
The C&AG report tabled on the Parliament is being considered as a victory by the NDA government and by the opposition too. The ruling party is gung-ho that the auditors have vindicated their claim...
Hosannas to a Gadfly
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Date: 18 Feb , 2019
George Mathew Fernandes was an ace trade unionist, free thinker and a minister, who held portfolios like communication, industry, railways and defence. He organized an All India Railway strike in...
Bharat Ratna for Pranab Mukherjee
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jan , 2019
Defence is the first charge of a nation’s budget, as it protects a nation’s sovereignty. Sardar Baldev Singh was India’s first Defence Minister. There have been 26 Defence Ministers so far....
The Holy Grail of Indian Judiciary
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Date: 17 Dec , 2018
In delivering the judgement yesterday on the Rafael deal, the Supreme Court has decided not to stir muddy political waters further, but has given benefit of doubt to the government and IAF...