Indian Army website is a sight on eve of the Army Day on Tuesday. The only thing right about it is the name of the current Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, otherwise the official portal is full of half-baked and inaccurate information.
Under the heading major operations, the website stops at 1961. Anyone who visits the army website might think that after 1961, there have been no operations undertaken by the force.
There is no mention of the three major wars of 1962, 1965 and 1971, or the Kargil operations in 1999.
Ironically, it does list Indian Army's participation in the Ist and the IInd World wars when it was really the British Indian Army.
The website gives out information about India's participation in UN operations but again details are available only up to the year 2000. Similarly there is no information about hundreds of martyrs who lay down their lives in the line of duty every year.
There are several other shortcomings on the portal. The photo gallery displays former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and former defence minister George Fernandes' photographs but the current prime minister and the defence minister are missing.
''This is certainly a disgrace as it sends out a wrong signal about the Indian Army, it should be updated,'' said Lt General (retd) JBS Yadav.
In an era when modernisation is the buzzword in south block, not to get something as basic as the official website right does not reflect very well on the Indian Army of the 21st century.
Credit: Sudhi Ranjan Sen of NDTV
Monday, January 14, 2008 (New Delhi)
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