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NATIONAL- DEFENCE
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Posted on Fri Feb 11, 2005 at 03:38:23 AM EST
- 1960-1963 Graduate of National Defence Academy
- 1964 Air Force Flying College, Jodhpur and
Allahabad
- 1965-1974 Pilot in Indian Air Force
- 1965 Participated in the Indo-Pak War
- 1971 Participated in the Indo-Pak War
- 1972-1979 Flying Instructor at National Defence
Academy
- 1982-present Member, Consultative Committee
of Defence
- 1982-present Member, Standing Committee of
Defense
Mr. Kalmadi began his professional life as an Air Force
Pilot, and participated in both the Indo-Pak wars of
1965 and 1971.
He has been a passionate supporter of the Armed Forces,
and has strongly backed the modernization of the Armed
Forces. He was instrumental in proposing that the Defence
budget should be treated as non-lapsable, and that the
balance sheet should be carried over to the next year.
This has enabled the Defence Services to avoid losing
funds when the clearances for their proposals were not
given promptly.
He strongly supported the acquisition of Advanced Jet
Trainers (AJT's) for helping in the training of pilots.
India has recently signed agreements to acquire the
AJT's from the U.K. He was also a strong supporter of
maintaining our Military Edge in the subcontinent, and
India has recently agreed to purchase an Aircraft Carrier
from Russia.
Mr. Kalmadi has been a member of the Consultative Committee
of Defence for the last 22 years, and of the the Standing
Committee of Defence since its inception. During his
tenure Mr. Kalmadi has been fighting for the cause of
better service conditions for the defense personnel.
He forcefully took up the case for implementation of
salaries and perks for servicemen and as a result there
has been a marked improvement. He has also been fighting
for the ex-servicemen, especially in the matters of
the pay commission.
He helped change the Cantonment laws and the new Cantonment
Act has now been brought into the Parliament, and is
on its way to passage.
He also fought for more sports in the Armed Forces,
and now the Army Sports College is becoming a reality
in Pune.
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