The Indo – Russia joint training Exercise INDRA 2021 commenced at Prudboy Ranges, Volgograd on 04 Aug 2021 with an impressive opening ceremony that saw the unfurling of the National Flags of both countries. Exercise INDRA 2021 will enhance interoperability between the Indian and Russian Armies.
The aim of the exercise is to facilitate joint training between Indian and Russian Armies to jointly plan and conduct counter-terror operations under the United Nations mandate. The conduct of the exercise will also entail academic discussions between expert groups of both contingents.
The exercise will focus on unit-level joint planning and conduct of anti-terrorist operations and will include cordon & search operations, intelligence gathering and sharing, perception management, humanitarian laws, and hostage rescue in simulated settings.
Exercise INDRA – 2021 will strengthen mutual confidence, interoperability and enable sharing of best practices between both the armed forces. It will be another landmark event in the history of Indo-Russian defence cooperation.
Exercise INDRA2021 – In an Opening Ceremony marked by march-past of contingents & Fly-Past by helicopters, India-Russia Joint Exercise INDRA2021 was Declared Open at Volgograd Russia. pic.twitter.com/KZFubrNINN
UPSC has published CDS 2 2021 notification today and with this defence aspirants have got the opportunity to join the premier military training institutes like Indian Military Academy IMA, Officers Training Academy Chennai OTA, Air Force Academy AFA and Indian Naval Academy INA.
CDS 2 2021 Notification is published by Union Public Service Commission on 04 August 2021 as per the UPSC Examination Calendar 2021 and some important dates are released officially by UPSC. Candidates who are interested can apply for UPSC CDS II 2021 notification at upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in. UPSC conducts the CDS exam twice a year and this is one of the most popular defence exams among the aspirants who are willing to join as an Officer in the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, and Officers Training Academies.
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Most defence aspirants preparing for CDS exams do so in chapters, units and sections. By the end of it all, they believe they are well prepared to take the CDS exam. But on the final exam day, often everything once learned is forgotten in the flash of a second. This happens because of a tendency to underestimate the toughness of the questions and the scope of the syllabus in combined way.
UPSC has published the CDS 2 2021 Notification Today. In this article, we are going to cover some important information related to CDS 2 2021 examinations, notification, exam pattern, cut-off, syllabus, and mock tests.
Finally, CDS 2 2021 Notification has been published by Union Public Service Commission on 04 August 2021 as per the UPSC Examination Calendar 2021 and some important dates are released officially by UPSC. Candidates who are interested to apply for UPSC CDS II 2021 notification can apply at upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in. UPSC conducts CDS exam twice a year and this is one of the most popular defence exams among the aspirants who are willing to join as an Officer in the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, and Officers Training Academies. SSBCrackExams takes the initiative and helps the youngsters to know the CDS Exam 2021 eligibility criteria, exam dates, selection, etc., If you are planning to write the CDS 2 2021 Exam, you can read the following details below. A short summary of eligibility criteria for CDS 2 2021 Exam is given below:
CDS 2 2021 Important Dates: UPSC has published the CDS 2 2021 notification and important dates. Let’s have a look at the detailed schedule for CDS 2 2021 exam.
A Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2021 will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 14th November 2021 for admission to the under mentioned courses : Name of the Course and Approximate No. of Vacancies:
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun – 153rd (DE) Course commencing in July, 2022 [including 13 vacancies reserved for NCC `C’ Certificate (Army Wing) holders] – 100 vacancies
Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala – Course commencing in July, 2022 Executive Branch (General Service)/Hydro [including 03 vacancies for NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Naval Wing through NCC Special Entry ) holders ]. – 22 vacancies
Air Force Academy, Hyderabad—(Pre-Flying) Training Course commencing in July, 2022 i.e. No. 212 F(P) Course. [including 03 vacancies are reserved for NCC `C’ Certificate (Air Wing) holders through NCC Spl. Entry] – 32 vacancies
Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) – 116th SSC (Men) (NT) (UPSC) Course commencing in October, 2022 – 169 vacancies
Officers Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) 30th SSC Women (NT) (UPSC) Course commencing in October, 2022. – 16 vacancies
Total 339 Vacancies
CDS 2 2021 Eligibility Conditions: Now we will be going through the eligibility conditions of CDS 2 2021 Notification, here we can get the maximum knowledge about the notification issued by UPSC and we can know the new amendments and updations done by UPSC it might be in syllabus, exam pattern, recruitment stages.
CDS 2 2021 Educational Qualifications: Candidates should be well known with the education qualifications before applying the examination. Here we brought the complete details of the educational qualifications required for CDS 2 2021 Notification.
ACADEMY
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY
Graduation Degree
INDIAN NAVAL ACADEMY
B.E/B.Tech (10+2 with Physics & Maths)
AIR FORCE ACADEMY
Graduation, B.E/B.Tech (10+2 with Physics &Maths)
OFFICERS’ TRAINING ACADEMY (MEN)
Graduation Degree
OFFICERS’ TRAINING ACADEMY (WOMEN)
Graduation Degree
CDS 2 2021 Age limit: As compared to educational qualification age limits also plays a vital role in the CDS 2 2021 notification because UPSC has kept some cut-off dates for the eligibility. So before applying to try to go through the full notification provided by UPSC.
ACADEMY
AGE LIMIT
BORN BETWEEN
INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY
19-24
02 July 1998 to 01 July 2003
INDIAN NAVAL ACADEMY
19-24
02 July 1998 to 01 July 2003
AIR FORCE ACADEMY
20-24
02 July 1998 to 01 July 2002
OFFICERS’ TRAINING ACADEMY (MEN)
19-25
02 July 1997 to 01 July 2003
OFFICERS’ TRAINING ACADEMY (WOMEN)
19-25
02 July 1997 to 01 July 2003
CDS 2 2021 Selection Procedure: CDS follows a three-stage recruitment process it consists of:
Written Test
SSB Interview
Medical Examination
Merit List
CDS 2 2021 Examination Pattern: UPSC follows a standard and very transparent manner to conduct the CDS 2 2021 examination. The written examination consists of the below subjects:
A) For Admission to Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy:
SUBJECT
DURATION
MAX. MARKS
ENGLISH
2 HOURS
100 M
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
2 HOURS
100 M
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS
2 HOURS
100 M
B) For Admission to Officers’ Training Academy:
SUBJECT
DURATION
MAX. MARKS
ENGLISH
2 HOURS
100 M
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
2 HOURS
100 M
CDS 2 2021 SSB Interview 2021 involves 2 stages:
Stage 1 consists of officer intelligence rating, picture perception, and description test.
Stage 2 involves interview, group testing officer task, psychology test, and conference
CDS 2 2021 How to Apply:
Visit the official website — upsc.gov.in or upsconline.nic.in
Click on the UPSC CDSE 2 2021 link
In part – I of the registration, submit your basic information.
In part II, fill the payment details and choice of exam center, upload your photo and sign as per guidelines
Save and submit it and take a print out for further reference
CDS 2 2021 NOTIFICATION OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Application fee: Rs 200/- SC, ST and women candidates are exempted from application fee
Examination Centers: UPSC CDS 2 2021 exam will be held in 41 CDS Exam Centers across India.
Cut Off: Students who score more than the cut-off are considered for SSB interview. Cut Off will be declared by the board based on the applications received and candidates qualified in the first stage of the recruitment process. Now we will look into the expected cut off marks for all the academies.
Essentially, the Essential Defence Services Bill is aimed at preventing the staff of the government-owned ordnance factories from going on a strike. Around 70,000 people work with the 41 ordnance factories around the country.
The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Rajnath Singh, on July 22, 2021. The Bill seeks to replace the Ordinance promulgated in June 2021. The Bill allows the central government to prohibit strikes, lock-outs, and lay-offs in units engaged in essential defence services. Key features of the Bill include:
Essential defence services: Essential defence services include any service in: (i) any establishment or undertaking dealing with production of goods or equipment required for defence related purposes, or (ii) any establishment of the armed forces or connected with them or defence. These also include services that, if ceased, would affect the safety of the establishment engaged in such services or its employees. In addition, the government may declare any service as an essential defence service if its cessation would affect the: (i) production of defence equipment or goods, (ii) operation or maintenance of industrial establishments or units engaged in such production, or (iii) repair or maintenance of products connected with defence.
Public utility service: The Bill amends the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 to include essential defence services under public utility services. Under the Act, in case of public utility services, a six-week notice must be given before: (i) persons employed in such services go on strike in breach of contract or (ii) employers carrying on such services do lock-outs.
Essential Defence Services Bill
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Strikes: Under the Bill, strike is defined as cessation of work by a body of persons acting together. It includes: (i) mass casual leave, (ii) coordinated refusal of any number of persons to continue to work or accept employment, (iii) refusal to work overtime, where such work is necessary for maintenance of essential defence services, and (iv) any other conduct which results in, or is likely to result in, disruption of work in essential defence services.
Prohibition on strikes, lock-outs, and lay-offs: Under the Bill, the central government may prohibit strikes, lock-outs, and lay-offs in units engaged in essential defence services. The government may issue such order if necessary in the interest of: (i) sovereignty and integrity of India, (ii) security of any state, (iii) public order, (iv) public, (v) decency, or (vi) morality. The prohibition order will remain in force for six months, and may be extended by another six months.
Strikes and lock-outs that are declared after the issue of the prohibition order, or had commenced before the prohibition order was issued will be illegal. The prohibition will not apply to lay-offs made due to power shortage or natural calamity, or lay-offs of temporary or casual workmen.
Punishment for illegal lock-outs and lay-offs: Employers violating the prohibition order through illegal lock-outs or lay-offs will be punished with up to one year imprisonment or Rs 10,000 fine, or both.
Punishment for illegal strikes: Persons commencing or participating in illegal strikes will be punished with up to one year imprisonment or Rs 10,000 fine, or both. Persons instigating, inciting, or taking actions to continue illegal strikes, or knowingly supplying money for such purposes, will be punished with up to two years imprisonment or Rs 15,000 fine, or both. Further, such an employee will be liable to disciplinary action including dismissal as per the terms and conditions of his service. In such cases, the concerned authority is allowed to dismiss or remove the employee without any inquiry, if it is not reasonably practicable to hold such inquiry.
All offences punishable under the Bill will be cognisable and non-bailable.
Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, SM** made supreme sacrifice on 2 May 2020. He was an Indian Army officer. He was the commanding officer of the 21st battalion, Rashtriya Rifles. On 2 May 2020, he was killed in action in an encounter in Handwara in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. He was awarded the Sena Medal for gallantry three times, the first bar to the Sena Medal being awarded a few months before his death and the second bar posthumously.
In this episode of SSBCrack Talks, we have Piush Sharma, brother of the brave Col Ashutosh Sharma. He is sharing some words of wisdom for the defence aspirants.
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Many significant projects including 155mm Artillery Gun system ‘Dhanush’, Bridge Laying Tank, Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, ‘Akash’ Surface to Air Missile system, Submarine ‘INS Kalvari’, Inshore Patrol Vessel, Offshore Surveillance Ship, ‘INS Chennai’, Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette (ASWC), Arjun Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle, Landing Craft Utility, Bridge Laying Tank, Bi-Modular Charge System (BMCS) for 155mm Ammunition, Thermal Imaging Sight Mark-II for T-72 tank, 25 T Tugs, Water Jet Fast Attack Craft, Offshore Patrol Vessel, Fast Interceptor Boat, INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, Medium Bullet Proof Vehicle (MBPV), Lakshya Parachute for Pilotless Target Aircraft, etc. have been produced in the country under ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government in last few years.
The Government has taken several policy initiatives and brought reforms to promote self-reliance in defence manufacturing. These policy initiatives are aimed at encouraging indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country, thereby reducing dependency on imports in long run. Important policy initiatives and reforms are as under: –
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DPP-2016 has been revised as Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP)- 2020, which is driven by the tenets of Defence Reforms announced as part of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’.
In order to promote indigenous design and development of defence equipment ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ category has been accorded top most priority for procurement of capital equipment.
Ministry of Defence has notified two ‘Positive indigenisation lists’ of 209 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them. This would offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture listed items using their own design and development capabilities to meet the requirements of the Indian Armed Forces.
The ‘Make’ Procedure of capital procurement has been simplified. There is a provision for funding upto 70% of development cost by the Government to Indian industry under Make-I category. In addition, there are specific reservations for MSMEs under the ‘Make’ procedure.
Procedure for ‘Make-II’ category (Industry funded), introduced in DPP-2016 to encourage indigenous development and manufacture of defence equipment has number of industry friendly provisions such as relaxation of eligibility criterion, minimal documentation, provision for considering proposals suggested by industry /individual etc. So far, 58 projects relating to Army, Navy & Air Force, have been accorded ‘Approval in Principle’.
The Government has approved enhanced delegation of Financial Powers under Capital Procurement to levels below Vice-Chief of Armed Forces in February, 2021. The Government has also approved enhanced delegation of Financial Powers in the Make-I category under which Government funding up to 70% of the prototype development cost is available for Design & Development of equipment, systems, major platforms or upgrades thereof.
The Government of India has enhanced FDI in Defence Sector up to 74% through the Automatic Route and up to 100% by Government Route wherever it is likely to result in access to modern technology or for other reasons to be recorded.
An innovation ecosystem for Defence titled Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) has been launched in April, 2018. iDEX is aimed at creation of an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Industries including MSMEs, Start-ups, Individual Innovators, R&D institutes and Academia and provide them grants/funding and other support to carry out R&D which has potential for future adoption for Indian defence and aerospace needs.
An indigenization portal namely SRIJAN has been launched in August, 2020 for DPSUs/OFB/Services with an industry interface to provide development support to MSMEs/Startups/Industry for import substitution.
Reforms in Offset policy have been included in DAP-2020, with thrust on attracting investment and Transfer of Technology for Defence manufacturing, by assigning higher multipliers to them.
Government has notified the ‘Strategic Partnership (SP)’ Model in May 2017, which envisages establishment of long-term strategic partnerships with Indian entities through a transparent and competitive process, wherein they may tie up with global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to seek technology transfers to set up domestic manufacturing infrastructure and supply chains.
Government has notified a ‘Policy for indigenisation of components and spares used in Defence Platforms’ in March, 2019 with the objective to create an industry ecosystem which is able to indigenize the imported components (including alloys & special materials) and sub-assemblies for defence equipment and platform manufactured in India.
Government has established two Defence Industrial Corridors, one each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The investments of Rs 20,000 Cr are planned in Defence corridors of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu by year 2024. So far, investment of approx. Rs 3342 Cr have been made in both the corridors by public as well private sector companies. Moreover, the respective State Governments have also published their Aerospace & Defence Policies to attract private players as well as foreign companies including Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in these two corridors.
An Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on “Mutual Cooperation in Joint Manufacturing of Spares, Components, Aggregates and other material related to Russian/Soviet Origin Arms and Defence Equipment” was signed in September, 2019. The objective of the IGA is to enhance the “After Sales Support” and operational availability of Russian origin equipment currently in service in Indian Armed Forces by organizing production of spares and components in the territory of India by Indian Industry by way of creation of Joint Ventures/Partnership with Russian Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) under the framework of the “Make in India” initiative.
Defence Products list requiring Industrial Licences has been rationalised and manufacture of most of parts or components does not require Industrial License. The initial validity of the Industrial Licence granted under the IDR Act has been increased from 03 years to 15 years with a provision to further extend it by 03 years on a case-to-case basis.
Department of Defence Production has notified 46 items under the latest Public Procurement Order 2017 notified by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), for which there is sufficient local capacity and competition and procurement of these items shall be done from local suppliers only irrespective of the purchase value.
Defence Investor Cell (DIC) has been created in Feb-2018 in the Ministry to provide all necessary information including addressing queries related to investment opportunities, procedures and regulatory requirements for investment in the sector. So far, 1182 queries have been addressed by DIC.
Defence Sector is now opened for participation by private sector through licensing anywhere in the country. Currently, there is an Ordnance Factory located in Nalanda (Bihar).
Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor took over as Commandant of Air Force Academy (AFA), Indian Air Force here on Sunday from Air Marshal IP Vipin who was superannuated from service. An alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA) Khadakwasla, Defence Services Staff College Wellington, Flying Instructors’ School, College of Defence Management and National Defence College New Delhi, Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor was commissioned in the IAF on December 6, 1985.
The Air Marshal has more than 7,700 hours of accident/incident free flying on various aircraft. He is one of the pioneers in Aerial Refueling Operations of the Indian Air Force and has flown the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Sanjeev Kapoor had commanded the only Air-to-Air Refueling Squadron of the Indian Air Force as well as a premier flying base of the Indian Air Force.
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In his illustrious career spanning over three decades, he has held important staff appointments such as Director (Air to Air Refueling) and Principal Director (Operations) at Air Headquarters. He has been the Head of Faculty and Senior Air Force Instructor at the prestigious College of Defence Management, Secunderabad and was the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Operations (Transport & Helicopters) at Air Headquarters.
Prior to assuming charge of Commandant, AFA, he was Assistant Chief of Air Staff (personnel-Airmen & Civilians). For his distinguished service and professionalism of a very high order, the Air Marshal has been commended by Chief of the Air Staff and conferred with two Presidential awards Ati Vishist Seva Medal and Vayu Sena Medal, a Defence release said.
Indian Boxer Subedar Major Satish Kumar is the epitome of the Indian Army’s core ethos of ‘Naam, Namak, Nishaan’ who fought with 13 stitches on his face. “My wife had told me not to fight. My children (son and daughter) were both watching. I hope they felt proud of their father.”
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Boxer Satish Kumar lost to Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov 5-0 in the men’s super heavyweight (+91kg) quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, missing out on a medal in the process. A win would have guaranteed him at least a bronze medal as there are no bronze medal playoffs in boxing.
A Navy official from Maharashtra, who was part of an eight-member team visiting Kerala, accidentally drowned in the Marmala waterfalls in Kottayam district of the state, a Defence spokesperson said.
The 28-year old officer from the Southern Naval Command, Lt Abhishek Kumar, was swept away by a sudden surge of water from the falls, the spokesperson said. The body of the officer, a native of Lucknow, was found after an intensive search by the police, Fire department and people of the area. However, he could not be revived, the spokesperson said.
