Subhechcha Ganguly 
India cannot rely on “associates” and must improve its foreign intelligence in light of the struggle between the West and China.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to choose continuity in the top national security establishment by maintaining his Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in his third term. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to accompany Modi to the G-7 conference in Italy on June 13. We are awaiting the directives for Dr. P. K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the PM, and the NSA, to continue.
The decision about the new Army chief must be made by PM Modi, but it’s also time to choose Tapan Deka, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, who has performed admirably in gathering internal intelligence on Islamists and Maoists in the nation. On June 30, Deka, a renowned expert in counterterrorism, is expected to finish his two-year assignment.The PM can choose to appoint Lt General Upendra Dwivedi, the senior most Army Commander, who has served as Northern Army Commander for two years and has first-hand knowledge of Indian adversaries to the north and west, as Army Chief Gen. Manoj Pande is set to reach superannuation on June 30th after a stellar innings.
In addition, General Dwivedi has firsthand knowledge of the cross-border terrorism that occurs in the Rajouri-Poonch area; the most recent event, the firing in Reasi, claimed the lives of ten Hindu pilgrims. Although there are alternative choices available to the PM and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, drastic measures are not anticipated to manage a ship the size of the Indian Army.Modi 3.0 will see Bharat’s aspirations to become a global power, but in addition to self-proclaimed adversaries like the UK, Canada, Germany, and Turkey, India will also need to strengthen its domain awareness with respect to China and Pakistan. To put it plainly, India must enhance its own resources if it hopes to stay competitive and cannot rely on pooled external intelligence.
