New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- India has declared 2025 as the year of defense reforms and said that the focus will be to roll out integrated theater commands to boost tri-services synergy and ensure simpler and time-sensitive military procurement with a broader aim to transform the military into a technologically-advanced force.

The overall aim of the nine-point reforms planned by the defense ministry would be to ensure deeper collaboration among key stakeholders, break silos, eliminate inefficiencies, and optimise utilization of resources.

The reforms would lay the foundation for "unprecedented" advancements in defense preparedness and ensure India's security and sovereignty amid challenges of the 21st century, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh sai...