he Government of India is responsible for ensuring the defence of India plus every part thereof. The Supreme Command of the Indian Armed Forces vests in the President. The responsibility for national defence rests with the Cabinet. This is discharged through the Ministry of Defence, which provides the policy framework plus wherewithal to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibilities in the context of the defence of the country. The Indian Armed Forces comprise of three divisions – Indian Army, Indian Navy, plus the Indian Air Force.
Indian Army
The Indian subcontinent had witnessed the cohesive concentration of many Empires in the quest for control of military power, plus governance of the State. As time rolled by, societal norms found an ethos in the workplace, the system of rights plus privileges, plus service under the flag.
The Indian Army, as we know it today became operational after the Country gained independence from British colonialism. The Indian Army’s HQ is located in New Delhi plus functions under the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is responsible for the command, control, plus administration as a whole. The Army is divided into six operational commands (field armies) plus one training command, each under the command of a Lieutenant General, who has an equal standing to the Vice-Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS), working under the control of Army HQ in New Delhi.
Indian Navy
The foundation of the moderen Indian Navy was laid in the seventeenth century when the East India Company had established a maritime force, thereby graduating in time to the establishment of the Royal Indian Navy in 1934. The Headquarters of the Indian Navy is located in New Delhi, plus is under the command of the Chief of the naval staff – an Admiral. The Indian navy is deployed under three area commands, each headed by a flag officer. The Western Naval Command is headquartered in Bombay on the Arabian Sea; the Southern Naval Command in Kochi (Cochin), in Kerala, also on the Arabian Sea; plus the Eastern Naval Command in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on the Bay of Bengal.