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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr B D Mishra on Tuesday emphasized strengthening the civil-military relations based on confidence building, mutual trust, mutual knowledge of civil-military affairs and a transparent interface between them.
Addressing the 48th advance professional programme in public administration at Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, Mishra said that it is essential to have mutual respect for each other's domain in decision making and plans implementation for good civil-military relations and these concepts and actions should be closely integrated.
The Governor called for optimization of civil-military relations as an integral part of the national defence policy. He said that the civil-military relations must aim at making the Indian Armed Forces 'Atma Nirbhar' and making India 'Shreshtha Bharat'.
"India is a democratic nation and civil power is supreme," the Governor said and called upon the armed forces officers to be fearless and forthright and they must build up their professional competence to the extent that the political leaders get convinced that whatever is being suggested by the military leaders is in the best interest of the country. He added that in Arunachal Pradesh, the present civil-military relations are in its best.
"It has facilitated the bonhomie with the Army among the civil population," he added. The trainee officers of the programme were senior government officers, including defence forces officers of the rank of Brigadiers and Commodores.
IIPA is a premier training and research institute under the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). It conducts more than 100 training and capacity building programmes for government officials of India as well as foreign countries.
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