India developing integrated defence logistics system for three services
India is developing an integrated defence logistics system modeled after the US Defence Logistics Agency to improve coordination between its three military services. The project aims to streamline fuel management, procurement, and supply chain operations to support future theatre commands.
Why it matters
Modernizing military logistics is a key component of India's broader defense reform strategy to enhance operational readiness.
NEW DELHI: In a move to integrate defence logistics infrastructure that will help in seamless coordination among three services, especially during conflicts, the Union govt is developing an integrated logistics structure on the lines of the US to support its planned theatre commands.The details of the project, being spearheaded by the department of military affairs (DMA), have been explained in a letter that Rear Admiral Kunal Singh Rajkumar, a joint secretary (navy and defence staff) in DMA, wrote to Rajya Sabha MP Ajeet Madhavrao Gopchade in response to his missive to PM Narendra Modi in which the latter gave suggestions for “examining a unified defence logistics and fuel management framework on the lines of the US Defence Logistics Agency”.In his letter, MP Gopchade has drawn attention to the functioning of US DLA, which serves as a single centralised combat logistics support agency for the entire US department of defence.
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