Infantry Modernisation and Light Weapons for Low Intensity Conflict

the nation together, particularly in facing internal security challenges. India’s firstrate army has been saddled for long with obsolescent weapons and equipment, despite heavy operational commitments on border management and in counter-insurgency operations that require large numbers of manpower- heavy infantry battalions. Similarly, the CAPF are ill-equipped to face militant organisations that are often well armed and need to be modernised. However, like army modernisation, police modernisation has also been virtually at a standstill.