BULLET POINTS FOR NIRMALA

| The new defence minister will have to come to grips with three separate armed forces, numbering 1,400,000 men & women | There are also five departments to deal

with, each headed by a secretary | She would have to learn the military’s ethos, culture and to publicly bat for an organisation that feels marginalised | She is responsible for spending the annual

defence budget — ~3,59,854 crore this year