tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post8929182619150080469..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Armed forces told to take “optimisation measures” amid Covid-19 crisisBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3627446992801494302020-04-27T23:58:48.946-07:002020-04-27T23:58:48.946-07:00Absolutely bad. If you want to save money, buy che...Absolutely bad. If you want to save money, buy cheaper weapons (a.k.a made in india), but never play with the morale of the forces. Or forcefully retire a few armchair generals. But please don't mess with the mess.Prasadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-77064504154273530762020-04-27T23:20:52.872-07:002020-04-27T23:20:52.872-07:00India in terms of number of test conducted per mil...India in terms of number of test conducted per million was between 250-300 per million. We still don't know how many of those were antigen/ antibody tests due to the deliberate opaqueness of Indian diagnostic test data. Compare this with 13,000 per million in USA. Further, India has so far tested roughly about 0.049% (6,65,819) of its population. Compare this with Iceland's 10% or Germany's 2.5% (2.07 million) or US's 1.7% (5.46 million) of their population. India will NEVER be able to expand its testing capacity due to bureaucratic intransigence and incompetence. A better option in the light of lesser reported fatalities is to lift the lock down and let nature run its course. If a miracle happens, then it will be in spite of government not due to government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-29732429287688595632020-04-25T20:38:05.688-07:002020-04-25T20:38:05.688-07:00No nation on earth would try to save 25 cr by risk...No nation on earth would try to save 25 cr by risking it's expensive tanks by housing them in tin sheds. By the way why should concrete structures to house a tank cost 25 crores ?Corruption so much ?<br /><br />If retired army veterans were to take up the issue of cost cutting measures in army with Modiji directly it would serve a national intrest.<br /><br />For instance our nation could have saved over 50 lac crores perhaps over the years had it restricted the pay commission recommend. to the military only n not to civilians in the govt. <br /><br />The Center anyway gives DA twice a year to take care of inflation.The govt employees are compensated very handsomely compared to their pvt sector counterparts particularly in the pay scale below 1 lac. A teacher or any govt servant earns twice to three times their equivalent pvt sector rank. Besides large hearted benevolent govt care in health n retirement benefits. So why do they need pay commission . And remember pay commission are recommendations , not mandated rules.<br /><br /><br /> The States follow the center and simrarly raise pay to their employees to center pay commission levels Last pay commission recommend set back our combined finances by 7-8 lac crores , I think.<br /><br /> The pay commision was started so that the military would be considered as a nice option to employment and the pay scale was brought to level or make it attractive to the civilian pay . By linking the civilians also , govts over the decades had fallen to the designs of civil secretaries drafting the paperwork who by their short sightness n pursuit of self interest have dealt a body blow to India's govt finances year after year.Mahesh k Rathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192567173330823471noreply@blogger.com