Express Investigation: Delayed Research; Delayed Organisation – Part – Five Will anyone dare audit the DRDO? Amitav Ranjan Posted: Thu Nov 16 2006, 00:00 hrs NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 15: For a full 20 months now, the Defence Ministry has been sitting on two crucial recommendations of a committee on reforming defence procurement chaired by former […]
DRDO opposes it but House panel underlines: you need outside audit
DRDO opposes it but House panel underlines: you need outside audit Amitav Ranjan , Shiv Aroor Posted: Thu Dec 28 2006, 00:00 hrs NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 27: The Defence Ministry strongly resisted it. The Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister discarded it as unnecessary. But the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has now categorically rejected […]
Sanctioned in ’83, LCA Tejas is yet to take off
Sanctioned in ’83, LCA Tejas is yet to take off Rajat Pandit, TNN Feb 12, 2008, 01.55am IST NEW DELHI: When defence minister A K Antony witnesses a flight demonstration of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in Bangalore on Tuesday, he should take a close look at the fighter which typifies all that is wrong […]
DRDO turns to NRIs to reverse brain drain
DRDO turns to NRIs to reverse brain drain Rajat Pandit, TNN Mar 13, 2008, 03.09am IST NEW DELHI: Pack your bags, return to India and work in the cutting-edge defence technology arena to bolster the country’s military strength. Often lambasted for huge time and cost overruns in strategic projects, the Defence Research and Development Organisation now […]
DRDO gets vote of confidence to meet defence needs
TNN Jun 4, 2008, 02.05am IST NEW DELHI: In view of some Western countries unwilling to part with strategic defence technologies, the government on Tuesday said it would further strengthen the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for providing strategic defence with suitable delivery systems. Amid concerns expressed by members of a Parliamentary consultative committee on […]
If wishes were horses……….Manoj Joshi October 18, 2006
There is a time in the life of many a business establishment — and a marriage — when the realisation dawns that things are not working. The only options are to close shop or get a divorce. Government behemoths are a tad different, but even then, we think the time has come for terminating the […]
AAP KI ADALAT-EPISODE -2
Following is the contribution of honest, hardworking, sincere and sensitive government servants’ of DRDO, Ministry of Defence concern to national defence. I acknowledge their sincerely and commitment towards uprooting the corruption, nepotism, favoritism prevailing in DRDO. Regards Prabhu Dandriyal Aap ki Adalat Sh PDD (DRDO Anna) and all non corrupt colleagues of DRDO A group […]