Rajnath Singh critiques army preparedness of Andaman and Nicobar Command

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the operational preparedness of Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) as a part of his two-day go to to Port Blair on Thursday. The Defence Minister additionally took inventory of infrastructure growth in strategic areas of the archipelago.

Headquartered in Portblair the ANC is India’s solely operational joint companies command and has been taking part in a key position in maintaining a strict vigil within the Indian Ocean within the wake of China’s rising forays into the area.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in an announcement stated, “Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Lieutenant General Ajai Singh briefed the Defence Minister about the geo-strategic potential of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the role they can play towards enhancing India’s influence and support to military operations in the area.”

The CINCAN briefed the Minister concerning the achievements, future plans and challenges of the ANC. He highlighted the numerous position performed by ANC in carrying ahead the Government’s Act East Policy and in realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of Security and Growth for All within the Region (SAGAR) by constructing ‘Bridges of Friendship’ with the nation’s maritime neighbours.

Rajnath Singh additionally visited the ANC Joint Operations Centre (JOC) which is the nerve centre for built-in planning for surveillance, the conduct of operations and logistic help.

In September 2022 Admiral R Hari Kumar stated China stays a formidable problem and has elevated its presence, not solely alongside our land borders but additionally within the maritime area by leveraging anti-piracy operations to normalise its naval presence within the Indian Ocean Region. The CNS specified that China started its Indian Ocean maritime deployment in 2008 utilizing anti-piracy operations “as the reason” and since then there was a steady presence within the area.

“At any point, we have anything between 5-8 Chinese Navy units, be it warships or research vessels and a host of Chinese fishing vessels operating in the IOR. We keep a watch on them and see how they are undertaking their activities in the IOR,” he stated.

Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) islands are one of the necessary strategic areas for the Nation on account of their distinctive location within the Bay of Bengal with has a attain and might train affect within the space which additionally has a number of the world’s most necessary sea lanes of communications (SLOCs).

Interacting with officers and jawans, Rajnath Singh recommended the Andaman and Nicobar Command. He added that since its inception in 2001, the ANC has considerably enhanced its operational capabilities, which displays its indomitable spirit and dedication. “Our Armed Forces will soon be among the strongest militaries of the world. This is our vision as well as our mission,” he stated.

Earlier, the Defence Minister reviewed a Quad-Service Guard of Honour and visited Sankalp Smarak, the placement of Netaji’s historic arrival on December 29, 1943. At the Sankalp Smarak, he paid solemn homage to honour the sacrifices of troopers of the Indian National Army. Upon his arrival in Port Blair, he was acquired by Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Admiral DK Joshi (Retd), CINCAN and senior authorities officers.

This is the primary go to of the Defence Minister to Indira Point since January 2019. Apart from the Strategic Signalling in view of the proximity of those far-flung islands to the Indo-Pacific, the go to of the Defence Minister to the ANC motivated the troops deployed in these distant and distant islands. It is pertinent to say that ANC is a 21-year-old profitable Integrated Theatre Command which is now being deliberate on the nationwide degree.

The ANC joint command, with the weather of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, got here into existence in October 2001 based mostly on the Kargil Review Committee and on suggestions of the Group of Ministers. India is engaged on the idea of reorganizing the Armed Forces into theatres which can have the weather of all of the armed forces underneath one commander.

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the operational preparedness of Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) as a part of his two-day go to to Port Blair on Thursday. The Defence Minister additionally took inventory of infrastructure growth in strategic areas of the archipelago.

Headquartered in Portblair the ANC is India’s solely operational joint companies command and has been taking part in a key position in maintaining a strict vigil within the Indian Ocean within the wake of China’s rising forays into the area.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in an announcement stated, “Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Lieutenant General Ajai Singh briefed the Defence Minister about the geo-strategic potential of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the role they can play towards enhancing India’s influence and support to military operations in the area.”

The CINCAN briefed the Minister concerning the achievements, future plans and challenges of the ANC. He highlighted the numerous position performed by ANC in carrying ahead the Government’s Act East Policy and in realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of Security and Growth for All within the Region (SAGAR) by constructing ‘Bridges of Friendship’ with the nation’s maritime neighbours.

Rajnath Singh additionally visited the ANC Joint Operations Centre (JOC) which is the nerve centre for built-in planning for surveillance, the conduct of operations and logistic help.

In September 2022 Admiral R Hari Kumar stated China stays a formidable problem and has elevated its presence, not solely alongside our land borders but additionally within the maritime area by leveraging anti-piracy operations to normalise its naval presence within the Indian Ocean Region. The CNS specified that China started its Indian Ocean maritime deployment in 2008 utilizing anti-piracy operations “as the reason” and since then there was a steady presence within the area.

“At any point, we have anything between 5-8 Chinese Navy units, be it warships or research vessels and a host of Chinese fishing vessels operating in the IOR. We keep a watch on them and see how they are undertaking their activities in the IOR,” he stated.

Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) islands are one of the necessary strategic areas for the Nation on account of their distinctive location within the Bay of Bengal with has a attain and might train affect within the space which additionally has a number of the world’s most necessary sea lanes of communications (SLOCs).

Interacting with officers and jawans, Rajnath Singh recommended the Andaman and Nicobar Command. He added that since its inception in 2001, the ANC has considerably enhanced its operational capabilities, which displays its indomitable spirit and dedication. “Our Armed Forces will soon be among the strongest militaries of the world. This is our vision as well as our mission,” he stated.

Earlier, the Defence Minister reviewed a Quad-Service Guard of Honour and visited Sankalp Smarak, the placement of Netaji’s historic arrival on December 29, 1943. At the Sankalp Smarak, he paid solemn homage to honour the sacrifices of troopers of the Indian National Army. Upon his arrival in Port Blair, he was acquired by Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Admiral DK Joshi (Retd), CINCAN and senior authorities officers.

This is the primary go to of the Defence Minister to Indira Point since January 2019. Apart from the Strategic Signalling in view of the proximity of those far-flung islands to the Indo-Pacific, the go to of the Defence Minister to the ANC motivated the troops deployed in these distant and distant islands. It is pertinent to say that ANC is a 21-year-old profitable Integrated Theatre Command which is now being deliberate on the nationwide degree.

The ANC joint command, with the weather of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, got here into existence in October 2001 based mostly on the Kargil Review Committee and on suggestions of the Group of Ministers. India is engaged on the idea of reorganizing the Armed Forces into theatres which can have the weather of all of the armed forces underneath one commander.