Question: Army Commanders Conference which took place between 8 -13 April 2019, was held in?
(a) Pune
(b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Visakhapatnam
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- The Army Commanders’ Conference, an apex level biannual event, which formulates important policy decisions,was held in New Delhi from 8th April to 13th April 2019.
The Conference:
- Army Commanders’ Conference is an important event in planning & execution process of Indian Army. To ensure due diligence, decisions are taken through collegiate system comprising Army Commanders & Senior Officers.
- The Army Commanders’ Conference has comprehensively deliberated all aspects of extant security dynamics, emerging security scenarios, enhancing operational capability in near and long term and enhancement of combat edge over potential adversaries.
- Reviews during the Conference included readiness, tri-services synergy, military diplomacy, joint exercises that have created capacity & environment and supporting operational plans that have evolved.
- An exhibition of emerging and future defence technological innovations was held to promote indigenization through Make in India. A total of 53 domestic companies participated in this event.
- Year 2019 has been declared as the year of Next of Kin with a focus on the welfare of the families of brave soldiers who made supreme sacrifice in the services of the Nation.
The key highlights of the conference are as given below:
- Optimum force readiness to be ensured.
- Re-prioritizing the existing requirements to ensure that the resources allocated for force modernization and capacity building be ensured by optimizing allotted budget.
- Increase the content of indigenization in force modernization.
- The state of existing infrastructure along Northern Borders and it has been decided to pursue these projects on higher priority. Ensure speedy move and all weather connectivity to Northern Borders are the focus areas.
- As the Indian Army was becoming a more networked and digitized force, the COAS emphasized on the need to enhance technological threshold of all ranks so as to imbibe state of art technology and exploit the same.
- The need to appreciate role of women officers in view of their permanent commission and align their employment gainfully with organizational requirements has been concurred by all.
- Avenues for making the lady officers experts in foreign languages, artificial intelligence, data management, cyber and space domains are being examined.