India held several rounds of military talks with the Chinese side to deescalate the situation in eastern Ladakh without compromising on its stand of ‘complete disengagement and immediate restoration of status quo ante’, the defence ministry said on Friday.
In a year-end review, the ministry also said that “inimical” elements “re-energized” their attempts at disrupting peace in the Kashmir valley by selective targeting of minorities and non-locals It said, however, proactive measures in the “non-kinetic” domain and intelligence-based “kinetic operations” by the security forces resulted in countering the “nefarious” designs of Pakistan-sponsored terrorist groups.
Referring to the ambitious initiative to bring in reforms in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the ministry said concerted efforts are being made to move forward from a single service approach to integrated planning and execution.
Towards this, it said three joint doctrines have been formulated in the last one year, while four new joint doctrines namely “Capstone, Space, Cyber and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)” are at an advantage stage.