{"id":52497,"date":"2025-08-28T19:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=52497"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:50:17","slug":"three-joint-doctrines-armed-forces-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/28-08-2025\/three-joint-doctrines-armed-forces-india","title":{"rendered":"India Releases 3 Joint Doctrines For Armed Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Defence and Internal Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Indian Armed Forces are moving steadily towards <strong>greater jointness, integration, and theaterisation.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In this direction, the Ministry of Defence has recently cleared <strong>three new Joint Doctrines<\/strong>, at the <strong>&#8216;Ran Samvad&#8217; 2025 seminar<\/strong> at the Army War College in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Joint Military Doctrines released<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations:<\/strong> Brings together Army\u2019s Para (SF), Navy\u2019s MARCOS, and IAF\u2019s Garuds under a unified framework.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seeks common understanding, shared terminology, and standard operating procedures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus areas are joint training to reduce duplication, future weapon profiles for interoperability &amp; unified Command &amp; Control structures across land, maritime, and air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joint Doctrine for Airborne and Heliborne Operations:<\/strong> Aims for seamless coordination in para-drop and heli-lift missions.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Standardises planning and execution procedures across Army, Navy, and Air Force.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emphasis on integrating advanced air mobility assets (heavy-lift helicopters, transport aircraft), unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for real-time intelligence.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joint Doctrine for Multi-Domain Operations (MDO):<\/strong> Stresses integration across land, sea, air, space, and cyber to counter adversaries operating below conflict thresholds; calls for advanced technologies, innovative structures, and fully networked joint operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Integrated Theatre Command<\/strong><br>&#8211; It is a unified command in which the <strong>resources of all the services are unified<\/strong> under a single commander looking at a geographical theatre.<br>&#8211; The commander of a joint command will <strong>have the freedom to train and equip <\/strong>his\/her command as per the objective and will have logistics of all the services at his beckoning.<br>1. The three services will retain their independent identities as well.<br>&#8211; A committee headed by <strong>Lieutenant General D B Shekatkar<\/strong> had recommended three commands:\u00a0<br>1. <strong>Northern Command<\/strong> to address threats from China.<br>2. <strong>Western Command<\/strong> to counter challenges from Pakistan.<br>3. <strong>Southern Command<\/strong> to safeguard maritime interests.<br>&#8211; <strong>Current Structure:<\/strong><br>1. <strong>17 separate commands: <\/strong>Army (7), Air Force (7), Navy (3).<br>2. Each Service operates independently, though under broad CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) coordination.<br>3. <strong>Also there are two Unified Commands:<\/strong> Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) and <strong>Strategic Forces Command (SFC) <\/strong>responsible for nuclear assets.<br><strong>About the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)<\/strong><br>&#8211; Permanent Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC).<br>&#8211; Principal Military Adviser to the Defence Minister on tri-service matters.<br>&#8211; Key role in:<br>1. Driving jointness and theaterisation.<br>2. Integrating capability development and procurement.<br>3. Coordinating between Army, Navy, Air Force, and civilian leadership.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/iaf-chief-proposes-joint-planning-coordination-centre-in-delhi\/article69980913.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Indian Armed Forces are moving steadily towards greater jointness, integration, and theaterisation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Joint Military Doctrines released<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations: Brings together Army\u2019s Para (SF), Navy\u2019s MARCOS, and IAF\u2019s Garuds under a unified framework.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Seeks common understanding, shared terminology, and standard operating procedures.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Focus areas are joint training to reduce duplication, future weapon profiles for interoperability &#038; unified Command &#038; Control structures across land, maritime, and air.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Joint Doctrine for Airborne and Heliborne Operations: Aims for seamless coordination in para-drop and heli-lift missions.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/28-08-2025\/three-joint-doctrines-armed-forces-india\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52514,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52497\/revisions\/52514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}