Govt renames defence institute after Parrikar

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 18

The government has decided to rename the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), as ‘Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’.

The decision has been taken to honour the commitment and legacy of Manohar Parrikar, a former Defence Minister (November 9, 2014 – March 14, 2017), the Ministry of Defence said.

Parrikar worked to enhance India’s security capacities, boosted indigenous defence production and bettered the lives of ex-servicemen. His biggest contribution was towards the implementation of long-standing ‘One Rank One Pension (OROP)’ demand for the armed forces. He initiated major military reforms with the objective of having better teeth-to-tail ratio by setting up an expert committee under Lt Gen DB Shekatkar (retd) for enhancing combat capability and rebalancing defence expenditure.

An autonomous body under the Ministry of Defence, IDSA was established as a registered society in New Delhi in 1965.