Be prepared for the unexpected: lessons of 2020-21, says Army Chief

The sudden eruption of Covid 19 and the Chinese incursions in Eastern Ladakh were the two black swan events that cast a dark shadow on India largely and the world as a whole, in the recent past. For India, the two experiences hold out a slew of lessons, Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane pointed out in this exclusive interview with Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale. In Eastern Ladakh too, it was clear that it’s our fight alone.
The recognition of these truths brings about an unidirectional focus on self-sufficiency. In fact, 85 per cent of the Army’s contracts this year have been given to Indian companies, including the private sector. However, the private sector needs to mature to higher levels. They need our encouragement and financial support. The Army is assisting them in terms of understanding the environment in which the equipment has to function.
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[@colarunjoshi]

Men matter most. So well said Chief. Our men being what they are must be the greatest worry for the Chinese.

[@krishnasiddharth5032]

In no other major country I think such a casual conversation in a relaxing environment like that can take place with it's army chief. The leader of one of the world's strongest military speaking like an equal with humility. What a sight to see. We truly are luckily to have a general such as him.

[@rudrakshsinghkatal5609]

I really like the chief donning the new Uniform

[@durgajyothidanilayam7913]

MY SALUTE TO M. M. NARAVANE JEE.. JAIJAWAN,, JAIHIND 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@brijeshchandrakar]

This new uniform looks so cool! Jai Hind 🇮🇳 Vandey Mataram

[@rabindrapanigrahi5423]

85% of last years defense purchases are from Atma Nirvar Bharat 👍👍👍 Excellent… Watched the entire video… it is very positive and informative…. Every Indian must watch this… Thank you very much 🙏🙏

[@SaurabhSingh-qt2hw]

New uniforms is killer 🔥🔥🔥

[@Jayantadas-yx7sc]

Lessons learned 1)Be prepared for the unfrozen circumstances. 2)Self reliance is the key 3)future war both conventional and non conventional 4) courage and conviction to our motherland makes us more stronger Thank you sir for ur insight's

[@dlypgogoi4453]

SALUTE TO INDIAN ARMY 🇮🇳 JAI HIND 🙏 Thankyou Nitin sir for this conversation 👍

[@JaiAdiShankaracharya]

A perfect start to Sunday.. Salute to you General 🙏 🙌 👏

[@tut7345]

Great stuff as usual. Was hoping that you'd chat about the CDS situation but nevertheless, a good conversation.

[@vikram4873]

He is not a leader of political party to ask who will be you're CM/PM candidate, he is Chief of ARMY which is run by hierarchy established by rule & law, so be mature enough to different political debate and thise types one. 🙏🇮🇳

[@tut7345]

@@vikram4873 Ermmm, CDS is the head of all ‘Armed Forces’! ???????

[@vikram4873]

Brother appointment of CDS Is not in hand of army chief it's in HM & PMO tray to understand, how could army chief could say anything on his selection as CDS, it's not political party bro/sis, he is INDIAN Army chief not PAKISTAN.

[@tut7345]

@@vikram4873 Ermmm, he’s the top contender for the post. When there’s a chief ministerial election and the party hasn’t announced a name, would you not ask the top contender in an interview how the progress of choosing a candidate is progressing.

[@harshitkumar4760]

@@tut7345 No CDs is not the head of armed forces.

[@chetan.gondaliya]

JaiHind to my favourite General...✋🙏🤗❤👍👌

[@AMITKULHARI-px6qn]

Great to hear COAS.. Thank you for conducting this..

[@harshalgore]

Excellent interview and discussion. Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@manilkumar73]

So lucky to have a dynamic army chief 🙏 the new uniform on the chief also looks cool

[@ibunlimited]

*Great takeaways from this tete-a-tete with Gen. Naravane.* 👍🏻 *SALUTE **#COAS* *#JaiHIND* 🇮🇳 ❣️

[@ne3184]

Good to see our army chief giving interview..Jai Jawan Jai Hind🙏

[@_aham_brahmasmi]

Thank you Nitin Sir.

[@sagarnaik9265]

Awesome so 👍 Great ... Thanks Nitin Sir

[@rekhapai6214]

10:05 finally it is all about capturing territories. So, cannot do away with boots on the ground.

[@MPPIN]

Gen.Naravane Sir is the senior most person serving for the nation in our armed forces He should our next CDS But we miss Gen.Bipin Raut Sir.. 🇮🇳Jai Hind🇮🇳

[@JaiAdiShankaracharya]

Could you shed some light on progress made in Theaterization front especially after tragic loss of former CDS Rawat sir..

[@victormenon1403]

Excellent conversation. Tqvm

[@yagesh22]

Please do ask about the Infrastructure improvement across the entire Northern sector next time. Thank you.

[@viveksingh-dq6dd]

Sunke accha laga ....Desh ki simaye surakchit hai

[@Shoumo29]

Awesome! please do interviews with Tiny and Joe Sirs

[@surendramenon4669]

Love you SIR JI ❤️ Jai Hind ❤️🙏

[@amuamaresh11]

Loved ur channel sir.

[@alexmcaruthur6966]

I wish i could meet naravane ji in person he s a inspiration to me

[@adm7038]

Thank you sir!

[@carryon2197]

Highly informative 🙏

[@arumugamraja1728]

superb , Thanks.

[@venkag]

Hey, surprised to see Army Chief. Feedback: Time well invested

[@DB-MH11]

Amazing content 🤩

[@beingethicalwithlogics3113]

Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@venk0008]

Nitin, just a small suggestion. Please avoid looking at your mobile and going through messages when you are interviewing persons like Indian Army Chief. It may not be intentional, but still it is better to get those devices out of your reach until you complete the interview. When I looked at it, I was wondering whether the importance of our Army Chief interview is getting diluted! I have seen this happening in few of your other programmes,, like in India defence conclave held at Delhi where it distorted your attention many times while you are speaking and wants to suggest to you that it brings down the seriousness of the situation. Since you are using cordless head phones etc, you might leave your mobile to your team and if any important message, they could still relay to you in case of any urgency. This is just my humble suggestion to make your interviews more professional since the subjects you are dealing with are not for entertainment but always very serious in nature, like strategic importance to our nation. Keep going.

[@nitingokhale184]

I refer to notes and Qs, not messages! Paperless office😀

[@MrVishalsingh]

Notes and questions ......not message!

[@kafiruddinmulhiddeen2386]

@@nitingokhale184 check your notes and questions at the specific times, not when the chief is speaking to you.

[@rabindrapanigrahi5423]

I too agree with you…

[@jeweltilak767]

Sir, Very insightful interview but would have liked to know about the current status of theaterisation.

[@gitingrewal2204]

Wise words, thanks

[@sudosecular9915]

most beutiful and proud new uniform

[@cityofjoy8830]

Very nice 👌 also self sufficient efforts will payoff in future

[@ramaloke8377]

Army Chief 👏👍🇮🇳👌✌️

[@onlytrue5422]

Jai hind ....sir......🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@RajaBoraNE]

🙏🙏🙏

[@NiceRoadTrucker]

Jai Hind

[@JaiAdiShankaracharya]

Can we occupy Chumbi valley, from northernmost point of eastern Sikkim border to the westernmost point of Bhutanese border, to permanently eliminate our chicken neck problem, if our aderversary in future indulges in Salami slicing in future?

[@007skumarajay]

Chumbi valley is dominated by Indian army. because from all sides of mountain tops are controlled by Indian army.

[@JaiAdiShankaracharya]

@@007skumarajay why not control plains to deter Chinese even to climb the mountain we control. They have made up road till the last after doklam standoff was called off possibly facilitating their smooth movements right across the border. Now they are populating that area by establishing border villages Adding more trouble for us

[@007skumarajay]

@@JaiAdiShankaracharya ok please do some research on mountain warfare

[@JaiAdiShankaracharya]

@@007skumarajay If China can occupy our area, why can't we do the same to get rid of our chicken's neck problem. Shun defensive mentality. adopt controlled aggressive stance

[@praveenav7606]

Thank you for this wonderful interview. But sometimes I felt that interviewer was interrupting or forcefully filling in words for Army Chief, which was unnecessary. Could have given time and space to respected Army Chief to express himself.

[@Cheryminati5.]

Indian army general is highly professional

[@Ganga459]

🙏🌺

[@cilbup]

Earlier uniform was much beautiful

[@PrashantKumar-ls2jj]

Sir, I am regular viewer of your program and like it most. Your true and independent explanation is really awesome. Please elaborate and explain the recent case of INDIAN Missile Landing in Pakistan. Is it "Fit case to declare a war"..by Pakistan..??

[@prabhanshugupta3486]

Sir, bring more interviews related to new defence developments and geo political news

[@badshahshah4611]

The Indian COAS is humble, professional & has proved that when gvn a free hand, has proved his dynamism in successfully putting the enemies off-balance. The key take away is that neglecting our Armed Forces & taking a politically- induced lethargic def posture on our borders invites adventurism from our enemies without fear of Indian retribution or retaliation.

[@NavneetKumar-pl6vj]

Woooo

[@pankajchoudhary4755]

Jai hind

[@sugaam]

Please start the bharti prakhriya and conducted cee asap !! 🙏

[@RajaBoraNE]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🧡🧡🧡

[@vipinagrawal1979]

Sir get salute

[@simba_thelabra9995]

New combat uniform wow

[@milindranade5776]

A very positive interview with the COAS very nuanced in what he said..

[@Glorytroly9092]

SIR PLEASE INTERVIEW THE AIR CHIEF MARSHAL VR CHUDHARI. HUMBLE REQUEST

[@aadityashah9478]

There is a lizard on the wall behind the COAS at 20:37😂🦎

[@rameshbabu5731]

JAI Jawan

[@avneeshdesai]

Guys, the plants are way too many. Genuine feedback

[@rekhapai6214]

Noted the same...

[@nitingokhale184]

Thanks. Noted. Will pass on to our technical team

[@nirbhaysharma7447]

Incise and meaningful. My compliments. 👍

[@PRAYAGDEEPPARIJA]

The impossible is only the unthinkable lying in wait.

[@vivekra]

Ajit Doval said last year that civil society is the new frontier of war and that conventional wars have ceased to become an effective instrument for achieving political or military objectives but now the view seems to have changed substantially within a few months.

[@Raj-nh3fc]

There is a difference between "what is your take on" and "what is your takeaways". Takeaways is a food like Chinese and Indian takeaways that you order and take home. Take on is your assessment of a particular matter.

[@eric-theodore-cartman6151]

Lol no. One meaning of Takeaway is related to food, but other meaning is: 'a key fact, point, or idea to be remembered, typically one emerging from a discussion or meeting'. So he is correct there.

[@ashishkumarsarma5359]

Only question which was left is what steps Indian army has taken to tackle sensitive cyber propaganda by Chinese side showing injured Indian army soldiers of galwan

[@vipinagrawal1979]

How u get the general

[@balventray]

Ace , they do not declare war on their opponents , just military exercise that goes south. Expect CCP to launch offensive without prior notice or warning .

[@Hgh814]

Two marathi personalities talking about security concerns which great and inspirational, who always looking for "आरक्षण" and talking about "tolerance". We need to understand something about our responsibility.

[@shashanksingh7136]

Guys please like the video, so that it reached to maximum people

[@rekhapai6214]

Done that...

[@gymdshowkeen117]

Most people don't watch interviews in India.

[@ssri5820]

Sir, why army is not ordering Tata Whap in large quantity. Why army still doesn't have truck mounted guns? Why follow up order for k9 is still pending? Why army has not exhausted the funds allocated ?

[@vipinagrawal1979]

20 lakh ka malik kis tarah se easy hai,love u suir

[@kafiruddinmulhiddeen2386]

Interview with Kalki

[@vipinagrawal1979]

Sir

[@mukundr5725]

Sir can general sir comment cyber warfare preparedness

[@sanjeevgarg4336]

Audio too low...

[@jas6806]

correct/right?

[@opensource-tech7777]

Sir, can we have an donation account for Bhartiya Army that can be used to spend to purchase arms and other defence equipment only? Also every states should have some extra share in defense budget apart from what center spend, according to its revenue. It's need of the time. Very soon we'll have to enter in WW3.

[@devbratkumar5606]

Don't worry bro ,We have enough funds.... We r not pakistan...

[@opensource-tech7777]

@Xidolf Jitler (Chinese Hitler) why you compare Bharat with Pakistaan? compare with super powers as we are entering in that group.

[@devbratkumar5606]

No superpower asks for public donations..... Only bhikari paxtan do it that's why he compared us with them.....

[@opensource-tech7777]

@@devbratkumar5606 GOI is not asking.....what is problem if we are ready for that. Didn't we donated during kargil war????

[@opensource-tech7777]

@@devbratkumar5606 and please don't be over confident. Normal person don't earn cost of simple missile or military vehicle in his entirelife. But together we can make it. War costs a lot and we should be ready for it as it is can not be avoided. From the origin of the planet there is no time when there was peace around the globe. And it's natural construction, survival and destruction is process of life and nature.

[@007skumarajay]

When they are going to induct indigenous artillery or they are planning to use bamboo sticks to fight chinese. When is the next mars atmosphere test for drdo atags

[@markvelber8664]

In today’s world the largest numbers in the army rather consider to be the liabilities instead of the asset , number doesn’t matters it’s the quality which matters the most.

[@RS-lv1cm]

Unless you are talking about billion people with nuclear weapons

[@virinderdogra6086]

We need to be building capacity n capability to match china.

[@jai.hind.1247]

5:09 and many more times during the interview, you were glancing at your cellphone. Not sure what were you looking at. But, I found it disrespectful that you were constantly distracted with your phone in your hands while interviewing the Army General of India. Nitin Gokhale ji, kindly refrain from using cellphones when conducting interviews. BTW, liked the interview, thanks for sharing it.

[@nitingokhale184]

Inam referring to my notes and Qs. I try and use as little paper as possible

[@mradultiwari1959]

New uniform

[@basweshwarjangam7065]

Hope his soft words have a head strong man behind it. Political good words are not for Indian neighborhood countries.

[@shyamchabra5355]

Military commanders everywhere, must be worried about the efficiency of Russian armaments. India should be more worried. When I look at the vintage IAF and some of the products that the Army is still using, is it time for a re assessment of policy?

[@vinovinothini1479]

Sir plz conduct army cee exam.. Students are very worried. Don't spoil student life

[@ravishankar-rv1yh]

MADE IN BARATHA MORE HI TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED TROOPS NEEDED MORE LATEST VERSION HELICOPTER AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MUST NEEDED MORE ADVANCED SATELLITES LANCH NEEDED FOR INDIANS ARMY'S AND NAVY AND AIRFORCE NEEDED MORE ECT.👍 JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY HIND JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY BARATH JAY

[@unknowuser4302]

If he news reporter can't speak English fluently why is he forced to do so

[@jagabandhurath797]

First missile wrongly went to Pak, then pm reviewed security preparedness, then army chief says be prepared for unexpected....connecting all these dots....is something coming...? Jai Hind

[@planeexplainer5938]

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD Jaga bhai

[@jagabandhurath797]

@@planeexplainer5938 Jai hind

[@swapandas9433]

Number is not all for an army. In every front of our army, except the valour of the men in uniform, is perfect, be it intelligency,preparedness, proactiveness etc. we could not resist china's two step forward one step backward strategy and even did nothing to get back our legitimate claim on kashmir. we are heavily dependent on foreign supply of arms spending billions of rupees and ultimately making our people poor. Still we did not won any war decisively.

[@aravindc102]

When basic rifle designs are imported , there is no point in make in India . Name a single major country that uses foreign designed rifle ??!

[@samsam198011]

🤣🤣🤣JST WONDERING ANIL AMBANI OFFSET IN RAFLE DEAL IS ALSO CALCULATED IN ATMANIRBHAR🤣🤣🤣

[@JaiAdiShankaracharya]

General sir, why don't we train our army on religious concepts of a particular Abrahamic cult to win battle against extremist, terrorism as Pakistani army teaches its soldiers to do Jihad (A book written by retd. Maj Gen of Pakistanarmy called Quranic concept of war is taught in Pakistani army), also having seen precipitous action seen in Afghanistan where its army surrendered to Taliban without fighting due to fear of retribution for opposing Talib mullahs.

[@planeexplainer5938]

There are very strong conditions attached with JIHAD, fully understand and discuss with MUFTI SAHIB.

[@srinivasansundararaghavan8433]

I don't think its good to think China would learn lessons and adhere to agreements in future. That would again be lulling Indians and lowering of guard !

[@noorahmed5649]

Do you mean " state-own companies "😂😂

[@sn713]

Method of Ancient Kings for establishing justice … (Excerpt from message of Shri Datta Swami) Today, moral classes are introduced in the education system to very little extent. Morals are taught without the basic concept of God, Heaven and hell. Nobody likes to follow the morals if there is a chance to fool the courts. Morals are followed only for the fear of court punishments. If such punishments can be escaped by over intelligence, there is no loss at all in doing the sin and in such case also if the sin is not done it is mere foolishness! Instead, the concept of God as omniscient and the inevitable hell will control anybody to do the sin because over intelligence fails in the case of God. The ancient kings were very clever in developing the spiritual knowledge to large extent in the education system for creating the inbuilt resistance to the sin in every citizen from the childhood. Due to this, the sin became very rare and the controlling agencies were very few resulting in very smooth administration. In a large kingdom, there used to be a single court (Dharmasanam) in presence of the king since only very few cases of sin used to come from the entire kingdom. The police departments were almost non-existent. The reason was everybody feared to do the sin fearing for the omniscient and omnipotent God because even if you escape the court, you can never escape God. Therefore, the lack of place for spiritual knowledge in the education system is the main reason for such expansion of corruption. A specific course called philosophy exists, which can be taken by anybody if interested and we find very very few students only in such course! This is not correct. The philosophy or spiritual knowledge should be common to every student from L.K.G. to P.G. level since every citizen needs the inbuilt resistance to the sin. Introduction of the spiritual knowledge in the education system alone can bring a permanent solution, which is the fundamental rectification. People misunderstand that spiritual knowledge is limited to nivrutti (God & devotion etc.), which is the second part only. The first part of the spiritual knowledge is actually the pravrutti (social justice). You must remember that the Lord said in the Gita that He comes down to earth to establish pravrutti only (dharmasamsthaapanaarthaaya …). Universal Spirituality for World Peace

[@ritaputatunda]

Mr Gokhale, it’s not only rude to General Naravane, but also very distracting for your viewer when you keep looking at your phone, especially when the General is speaking to you directly. Imagine if the General had done the same, checking his phone in the middle of you asking him questions.. he was of course too polite to do that.

[@zaffazad4040]

Gen. Naravane, you mentioned supporting terrorism in IOK by the Pakistanis. Do you have anything to say about the terrorism that India is supporting in Pakistan? With the recent brazen attack on FC Post in Baluchistan, the CPEC route can't be carried out without Indian involvement. If the Pakistanis, who have lost more than 80.000 people, return it with interest down the road, you must have the courage to take your losses as a courageous soldier. Please stop meddling and following the policy of destabilizing the economic interests of Pakistan and China BRI initiatives. Please ask your RAW to respect what you preach, and otherwise, Indian seven states, Punjab and Kashmir, all are vulnerable jurisdictions. Being a general, you know very well, I suppose, that a prolonged conflict against an invisible enemy will wear down your military. So, it's in the best interest of your country to stop training, arming and financing terrorists in your neighbouring country, Pakistan.

[@DosPerspectiva]

You really believe India sponsored those who attacks? You are delusioned. Pak provided no proof of Indian involvement.

[@zaffazad4040]

@Apoorv Saxena 19EE17 The kind of weaponry, planning, communication equipment they used shows a regular army trained them. By the way, Pakistanis have sent many dossiers to India through international forums. I am sure they must be preparing something for your satisfaction, they don't start pointing fingers at India, unlike Indians do. They arrested people trained by Indian RAW in Afghanistan that had prescription drugs from India dispensed in India. Pakistanis also detained people that were not circumcised; Afghanis and Pakistanis are Muslims, they all are circumcised due to their religious obligation. Mr. Ajit Doval knows all about these things and your South Block in Delhi as well.

[@zaffazad4040]

@bhanwar singh rathore Mr. Rathore, watch what you accuse others. Indian policy is the disgusting most policy towards its neighbours. The way you treat your minorities is not only shameful but despicable,, Your government blinded hundreds of innocent women and children in Kashmir with pellet guns. Human Rights Watch report is the evidence. UN report is the proof. What Modi did to Indian farmers for almost a year, even Nazi Germany did not do it to its people. Watch what happens to India a country that is 5000 years old civilization, governed and supported by idiots.

[@Jagan-lp8gu]

@@zaffazad4040 I thought you defeated RAW at Afghanistan border😂😂

[@zaffazad4040]

@@Jagan-lp8gu You are right, Pakistanis did pack RAW out of Afghanistan after USA. However, the bad energy sometimes takes a while to leave. But don't worry, Pakistanis will send all your men and trainees in body bags or if you don't own them, will bury them with the Indian flag.