Articles By Air Marshal SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)

OROP: Laying Out the Facts
By: Air Marshal SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Dec , 2020
Introduction Information has been obtained through RTI Act, 2005 from official documents has been utilised to arrive at views expressed herein and links provided for verification. Please accept...

Depriving Armed Forces to Reduce Defence Budget: Why blame the CDS for...
By: Air Marshal SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Nov , 2020
Introduction A former colleague of mine said recently, “The CDS has very good ideas. But he is not able to sell them properly.” Perhaps, that it is the difference between battles lost or won...

Defence Pensions – The Other Side of the Picture
By: Air Marshal SY Savur, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Nov , 2020
I tread with great trepidation on a subject that has drawn the attention of, and comments from two erudite, intellectual Generals and a civilian editor who writes often on Defence matters on an...