{"id":32843,"date":"2023-02-15T10:01:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T04:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32843"},"modified":"2025-04-19T16:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T11:04:44","slug":"defence-ministers-conclave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/defence-ministers-conclave\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Ministers\u2019 Conclave"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is Aero India 2023?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the significance of Aero India 2023?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary: Defence Ministers\u2019 Conclave<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>About the conclave<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key highlights of the speech delivered by Defence Minister at the conclave<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Defence Ministers\u2019 Conclave was held on the sidelines of Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru.<\/li>\n<li>At the conclave, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh hosted the Defence &amp; Deputy Defence Ministers of 27 countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Aero India 2023?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The 14th edition of the biennial show, Aero India 2023, was inaugurated by PM Modi at the Air Force Station in Yelahanka, Bengaluru on February 13.<\/li>\n<li>It is being organised on the theme \u2018<i><strong>The runway to a billion opportunities\u2019<\/strong><\/i> and the show seeks to display India\u2019s growth in aerospace and defence capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Aero India 2023 is being organised by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on behalf of the Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the significance of Aero India 2023?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Export of indigenous air platforms<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The event aims to promote export of indigenous air platforms like Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Tejas, HTT-40 etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opportunities for domestic MSMEs and start-ups<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It will integrate domestic MSMEs and start-ups in the global supply chain and attract foreign investments including partnerships for co-development and co-production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aims to strengthen India\u2019s relations with others countries<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Though Aero India is a business event, it additionally aims to strengthen India\u2019s relations with others countries.<\/li>\n<li>This is evident from the participation of 98 countries, the Defence Ministers of 32 countries and Air Chiefs of 29 countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>News Summary: Defence Ministers\u2019 Conclave<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Defence minister Rajnath Singh hosted a conclave of his counterparts on the sidelines of the 14th Aero India 2023, Asia\u2019s biggest military airshow, in Bengaluru.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About the conclave<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The broad theme of the conclave was \u2018<i><strong>Shared Prosperity through Enhanced Engagements in Defence<\/strong><\/i>\u2019 (SPEED).<\/li>\n<li>It sought to address aspects related to deepening cooperation for capacity building, training, space, AI and maritime security to grow together.<\/li>\n<li>Defence &amp; Deputy Defence Ministers of 27 countries participated in the conclave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Key highlights of the speech delivered by Defence Minister at the conclave<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Need for greater cooperation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>He highlighted the need for greater cooperation in an increasingly-complex global security scenario.<\/li>\n<li>He also called for real-time collaboration to respond to such fast-paced changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highlighted India\u2019s approach towards countries needing assistance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>India does not believe in giving \u201csermons\u201d or \u201ccut-and-dried\u201d solutions to countries needing assistance.\n<ul>\n<li>Cut-and-dried &#8211; prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>India has always stood for a rules-based global order.<\/li>\n<li>In this approach, the primordial instinct of might being right is replaced by fairness, respect and equality amongst all sovereign nations.<\/li>\n<li>India has remained unattached to any alliance or faction of one group of nations against the other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indirectly criticised China<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Defence Minster stressed that nations with superior military powers or better technological prowess do not have the right to dictate solutions to others.<\/li>\n<li>The top-down approach towards solving problems has never been sustainable in the long run.<\/li>\n<li>It often leads to debt trap, reaction from the local population, conflict and so on.\n<ul>\n<li>China\u2019s lending practices have been often drawn criticism from the West and it has been accused of burdening poor countries with enormous and unsustainable debt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Highlighted the importance of collective security<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Raksha Mantri described collective security as <i>sine qua non<\/i> (essential condition) for development and prosperity.<\/li>\n<li>He emphasised that terrorism, illegal arms trade, drugs smuggling, human trafficking, pose significant security threats to the world.<\/li>\n<li>In this regard, he sought new strategies to counter these threats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Where was the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 held?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The 14th edition of Asia&#8217;s largest aero show, Aero India 2023, was held in Bengaluru. The five-day event focused on displaying indigenous equipment\/technologies and forging partnerships with foreign companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What is the theme of 14th Aero India 2023?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>14<sup>th<\/sup> Aero India 2023 was organized on the theme \u2018The runway to a billion opportunities\u2019.The show displayed India\u2019s growth in aerospace and defence capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/bangalore\/aero-india-does-not-believe-in-cut-and-dried-solutions-for-countries-in-need-rajnath-singh-8445467\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>India does not believe in \u2018cut-and-dried\u2019 solutions for countries in need: Rajnath Singh<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1899062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PIB<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/aero-india-show-2023-in-bengaluru-explained-8441624\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Indian Express<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Ministers\u2019 Conclave broad theme was \u2018Shared Prosperity through Enhanced Engagements in Defence\u2019 (SPEED).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}