Make in India initiative has been divided into buy and make categories, which is further divided in some other categories as well. Each category has some permutation and combination of foreign investors coming in and going out.

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The QUAD meet 2020, Foreign ministers of India, the US, Australia, and Japan met for the second time to hold a security dialogue in Tokyo. During this meet Foreign Minister S. Jaishakar has brought up some issues of concern. He has states like minded countries should have a coordinated response to the challenges that the pandemic has brought.

Defence acquisition procedure, promulgated in the last week of September. The aim of DAP 2020 is timely acquisition of military equipment systems required by armed forces to maintain performance, capabilities and quality standards. Another important aim is to maintain accountability and higher transparency.

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National Cyber Security Council is an apex body, which functions with state level and lower level cyber security bodies. This body is headed by retired three star general Lt. General Rajesh Pant.  The main functions of the National Cyber Coordination Centre is coordination, developing awareness among all the agencies, creating threat assessments and capabilities.

In the month of September, covid 19 cases in India had a phenomenal rise in the number of active cases. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are the worst affected states. Next month, elections and festivals are going to take place. This can be a matter of concern, as the number of active cases are rising.

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Cyber security strategy 2020 is being formulated. This formulation is important because when National Cybersecurity policy 2013 was formulated digitalisation was not occupying that space. In the last couple of years and especially during Covid 19, there has been an exponential increase in technologies. Moresoever, the government of India’s initiative of Digital India has given it more space.

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Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 has been released on 29th September, by Rajnath Singh in the presence of CDS and defence ministry officials. The main focus point of Aatmanirbhar bharat is Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020. Buy global manufacture in India also remains an important part of DAP.

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The Corps Commanders meeting of September 21st said that there will be a standstill, then a disengagement and then de-escalation at the border. But on 28th September the new controversy arose, where Chinese Foreign Office has made a statement that a proposal made by Chinese Prime Minister in 1959 should be the Line of Control.

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Defence cooperation varies when focusing more on the military to military cooperation, this will include visits of commanders and staff, talks between commanders and staff. This includes professional exchanges of national and multinational forums. Covid 19 has affected these professional engagements, these are now taking place virtually.

The concept of defence cooperation is linked to the foreign policy. There is a wide range of activities which involves defence cooperation, military to military cooperation is a part of it. This includes right from the top level, the ministerial dialogues, strategic dialogues, high level dialogues and commonality of the strategies and the national level. Defence cooperation is also a part of the overall defence diplomacy that a country engages in.