Basic Needs of Army Jawan.

Recently there was a news item to the effect that Government ordered sophisticated rifles for its 13 lac army-men. Other supplies like winter outfit, army-man’s kit, many other sundry items have been proposed to be imported.
There is no infrastructure, roads, communication on border points.
India has fought three battles with Pakistan and one with China. But we have not learnt any lesson from it. It is shocking news that now after 62 years of independence, sophisticated rifles are ordered to be made available to the army jawans. What a shame, for the nation! HORRIBLE.

The defense ministers right from independence to
this date have done nothing for the three wings of the army.
George remained defense minister
for eight years. What did he do?
What was the CAG doing?
What for our ordinance factories are meant?
Why we have to import sophisticated rifles?
Why can our ordinance factories not assemble them?
In 1985 for the first time Mr. Sheshan as Election Commissioner opened the eyes of the government regarding the role of the election commission.
The Comptroller and Auditor General, like election commission is under direct charge of the President of India. The CAG has to open the eyes of the government. The role of the CAG is not to find clerical mistakes and omissions. It was CAG’s responsibility to point out that 13 lac soldiers
with 303 rifles cannot function.
As per the austerity standard, the jawans have to be equipped with all modern amenities. available to soldiers of other nations. The jawans were not supplied uniform articles and weapons as per standard.

This fact was not reported by the CAG in their reports. Get them tanks. Get them rifles. Get them binoculars. Get them the necessary kit to function like a respected member of the armed forces.
The government is seen deploying the army BSF and other security agencies to protect the civilians from the menace of terrorist groups. If they have no proper kit with them they will not be effective. It is a crime against humanity to keep them under-supplied of items of their protection against enemy. The government is responsible for death of tens and thousands of our jawans and officers who have laid their life for want of essentials to protect themselves against the onslaught of the enemy.
The morale of the army jawans and army officers has to be extraordinarily good. Both in attack and defense, they have to fight with fanatical courage. They have to develop their own particular form of closed society, inspired by a sense of belonging. They have to create a rank, second to none in the world arena.

A sense of trust has to be created among them. All doors to offices, rooms, private property, in the barracks have to be left open and unlocked. There would be no thieving. The traditional officers have to come from the elite army families.
Special recruitment stations for benefit of interior and border area youth have to be established. The modern youth has not to be turned into a wooden headed barrack soldier. They have not to be thrown in the battle in unwieldy formations to be slaughtered like cattle by enemy
machine guns. He has to be a modern soldier of an athlete type, an individual who is fit to think and speak and should know how to look after himself and would not throw away his life purposelessly. He should be a supple adaptable type of soldier helpful to the unit and not a burden.