India's Armed Forces Are Ready To Deal With Any Security Challenge: General Bipin Rawat

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat also recalled PM Narendra Modi's directions to modernise the armed forces and noted that there was a need to increase their capabilities further.

India's armed forces are ready to deal with any security challenge, and measures taken to increase synergy among the three services will enhance their overall capabilities, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Friday. General Rawat also recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directions to modernise the armed forces and noted that there was a need to increase their capabilities further. The Chief of Defence Staff was speaking at an event to mark the 75th anniversary of India's Independence which is being celebrated as ''Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav''. General Rawat said India is a peace-loving nation but it had to train its forces for war considering the kind of challenges it has been facing.