National interest should remain supreme and not be compromised due to service parochialism and politico-bureaucratic hurdles. Discuss the Tri-Services integration in the light of above statement.
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IAS Parliament 7 years
KEY POINTS
Integration
· Integration in Tri-services implies synergized and integrated employment of resources of the three services to achieve the desired results in the least possible time.
· It implies enmeshing the three services together at different levels and placing them under one commander for execution of operational plans.
Necessity
· To avoid duplication of effort
· To ensure unity of command
· To enhance optimum utilisation of available resources
· To improve the effectiveness and success rate of military operations
· To promote economy of effort
· To give a clear idea of capabilities and limitations in armed forces
Challenges
· Inter-services rivalry
· Insecurity among the services
· Army’s dominance
· Transient political commitment
· Bureaucratic delays
Solutions
· Change in mindset of tri-services that, they are different only in colours, but not in the ultimate cause they intended to serve for.
· Even though India’s primary threats are still on land, India’s development as a regional power obligates it to work on both air and sea.
· Thus dominant-free integrated tri-services are a vital one.
· A strong political commitment will serve for the integration.
· Creating integrated commands similar to Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) will wipe out the fear of dominance among the trio.
