Issue Of Pakistani Drones To Feature Prominently At Army commanders’ Meet economictimes.indiatimes.com

The threat of Pakistani drones crossing the border into India reportedly for dropping arms and ammunition and how this challenge can be tackled will be discussed at the army commander conference which began in Delhi on Monday. The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir will also be discussed at the top level event being held until October 19. The conference is held in April and October every year, where the army’s top brass brainstorms on emerging security and administrative challenges and charts the force’s future course. It leads to important policy decisions. Modernization and the restructuring of the army proposed through four internal studies will also be raised. A crucial matter of newly proposed warfighting concept, Integrated Battle Groups (IBG), as part of the restructuring efforts will also be discussed at the conference. An IBG is smaller than a division and is a mix of existing elements of infantry, tanks, artillery, engineers and signals. They are designed to be self-sufficient and quickly mobilize during a conflict. An issue of raising the retirement age of soldiers, especially trained manpower such as nursing assistants will be discussed. The army sees this as an important move aimed at retaining soldiers who have been trained and specialized in a particular field over a long period of time.