India’s Revolutionary Theatre Command System: Breaking Boundaries with Numerical Designations

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The Integrated Theatre Command, set to be announced on August 15, will differ from traditional approaches by not being based on geographical boundaries like other countries. Instead, it will be organized around numerical designations.

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The first test-bed, ITC 1, will be the Jaipur-based South Western Command, responsible for military operations along the western borders with Pakistan. Following this, ITC 2 will be established in Lucknow, tasked with safeguarding the northern borders with China. Meanwhile, ITC 3, the maritime theatre command, will be stationed in Karwar, Karnataka.

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Unlike the United States and China, who name their theatre commands based on the region of operation, India’s approach adheres to the concept of ‘One Border One Force,’ ensuring focused and efficient management.

While the United States Indo-Pacific Command oversees the region that includes India, China’s Western Theatre Command covers the Line of Actual Control with India, from Eastern Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.

Presently, discussions are ongoing to select the first theatre commander and address other related issues. India’s armed forces currently operate under 17 independent commands, with the Indian Army and Indian Air Force each having seven commands, and the Indian Navy having three.

To clarify, India also has two unified commands—the Andaman and Nicobar Command and the Strategic Forces Command.

The implementation of theaterisation was delayed due to the unfortunate demise of General Bipin Rawat, India’s first chief of defence staff, in a helicopter crash on December 8, 2020. His role was vital in formulating the Theatre Command, along with integrating and synchronizing the armed forces.

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Parliamentary panel's nod for inter-services organisations bill, ahead of planned theatre commands

NEW DELHI: As India gets set to create unified theatre commands for an integrated war-fighting machinery in a cost-effective manner, a parliamentary panel has approved the proposed law to empower military commanders of all tri-service organisations with full administrative and disciplinary powers.

Agreeing with the provisions of The Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control & Discipline) Bill, 2023, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 15, the parliamentary standing committee on defence recommended the bill be passed “without any amendments” and enacted as a statute.

“The enactment of the bill will herald greater integration and jointmanship in inter-services organisations (ISOs) and establishments,” the committee said, in its report tabled in Parliament on Friday.

TOI was the first to report in June that India was once again resolutely working towards the creation of integrated theatre commands (ITCs) – which stalled after the first chief of defence staff Gen Bipin Rawat’s death in a helicopter crash in December 2021 -- after achieving a “consensus” among the Indian Army, Indian Navy and IAF.

This most radical military reorganization since Independence will see two “adversary-specific” ITCs -- one for the northern borders with China at Lucknow and the other for the western front with Pakistan at Jaipur. Then there will be the Maritime Theatre Command (MTC) at Karwar in coastal Karnataka for the Indian Ocean Region as well as the larger Indo-Pacific.

The proposed legislation will ensure the requisite command and control of the existing ISOs such as the regional Andaman Nicobar Command and the functional Strategic Forces Command as well as the impending ITCs.

The new law will “empower” the government to constitute ISOs as well the commander-in-chief of an ISO to maintain discipline and ensure proper discharge of duties of all the personnel from the Indian Army, Indian Navy and IAF serving under his command.

At present, military personnel are governed by different acts and rules of their own respective services. These are the Army Act, 1950, the Air Force Act, 1950, and the Navy Act, 1957. Consequently, personnel serving in ISOs currently have to be sent back to their parent service for disciplinary or administrative action.

Once the theatre commands are in place, they will take over the “operational role” of the single-service commands under them. At present, India has as many as 17 single-service commands (Army 7, IAF 7 and Navy 3), which have very little synergy in planning, logistics and operations, as reported by TOI earlier.
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The Integrated Theatre Command, set to be announced on August 15, will differ from traditional approaches by not being based on geographical boundaries like other countries. Instead, it will be organized around numerical designations.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1679362865067704321

The first test-bed, ITC 1, will be the Jaipur-based South Western Command, responsible for military operations along the western borders with Pakistan. Following this, ITC 2 will be established in Lucknow, tasked with safeguarding the northern borders with China. Meanwhile, ITC 3, the maritime theatre command, will be stationed in Karwar, Karnataka.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1679368774342909953

Unlike the United States and China, who name their theatre commands based on the region of operation, India’s approach adheres to the concept of ‘One Border One Force,’ ensuring focused and efficient management.

While the United States Indo-Pacific Command oversees the region that includes India, China’s Western Theatre Command covers the Line of Actual Control with India, from Eastern Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.

Presently, discussions are ongoing to select the first theatre commander and address other related issues. India’s armed forces currently operate under 17 independent commands, with the Indian Army and Indian Air Force each having seven commands, and the Indian Navy having three.

To clarify, India also has two unified commands—the Andaman and Nicobar Command and the Strategic Forces Command.

The implementation of theaterisation was delayed due to the unfortunate demise of General Bipin Rawat, India’s first chief of defence staff, in a helicopter crash on December 8, 2020. His role was vital in formulating the Theatre Command, along with integrating and synchronizing the armed forces.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-indias-revolutionary-theatre-command-system-breaking-boundaries-with-numerical-designations-3179018/lite/

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