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Raksha Mantri addressed the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas at Dras, citing Operation Sindoor (May 2025) as proof of India's decisive response capability
India's defence production reversed from 65–70% imported to 65% now manufactured domestically with indigenous platforms
Four Kargil PVC awardees honoured — Capt. Vikram Batra, Capt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav, Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
Reiterated that any talks with Pakistan would focus solely on PoK, an integral part of India
Post-war review that catalysed defence reforms — creation of CDS, DMA, and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Principal military adviser to the government; heads Department of Military Affairs
Funds defence startups and MSMEs for indigenous technology development under the Defence Innovation Organisation
Kargil War — Operation Vijay (Army), Safed Sagar (IAF), Talwar (Navy)
CDS post created as Kargil Review Committee recommendation; first CDS: Gen. Bipin Rawat
Pahalgam terror attack — 26 civilians killed by TRF, a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy
Operation Sindoor — precision cross-border strikes on 9 terrorist infrastructure sites; ceasefire on May 10, 2025
GS Paper 3 > Security > Defence; Role of External State and Non-State Actors
CDS/NDA > General Knowledge > Defence and Security
The "Param Vir Chakra" was replaced by which award after independence (referring to the British equivalent)?
Answer: Param Vir Chakra
Indian Army's 1999 ground offensive to recapture peaks along the LoC in Dras-Kargil-Batalik; also the 1961 codename for Goa's liberation
May 7–8, 2025 precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure across the LoC in response to the Pahalgam attack; ceasefire on May 10, 2025
MoD notifications banning import of 500+ defence systems in phased timelines to drive domestic manufacture under DAP 2020