Pravin Sawhney

As part of General Bipin Rawat’s manpower reduction and warfighting rejuvenation exercise, the directorate of Military Training (MT) will merge with Army Training Command (ARTRAC), with the latter shifting from Shimla to a more accessible location close to Delhi. The ARTRAC, responsible for Indian Army’s policy, future threat projections, operational strategy and land warfare strategy, has 105 officers, while the MT, which provides updates to defence ministry on army training has lesser strength. Is the merger and re-location of ARTRAC worth the time, effort and finances spent on moving its location?

Better questions to ask are: Will the ARTRAC help prepare the Indian Army for modern warfare? How good is the ARTRAC-formulated Land Warfare Doctrine 2018? What if the training commands of the army, air force (in Bangalore) and navy (in Kochi) were merged together? Instead of three separate warfare doctrines, there could be a single military doctrine for land and maritime warfare, with services