Year of Reforms 2025: MoD records significant progress in implementing wide-ranging reforms

• 'Year of Reforms 2025' is the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) themed governance initiative for calendar year 2025, declared on the eve of New Year 2025 to push jointness, theatre commands, indigenisation, modernisation and welfare reforms in the Armed Forces.
• Year-end stocktaking (1 Jan 2026 PIB release) records DAC approvals of over ₹3.84 lakh crore and a calibrated reform package across procurement, exports, R&D and personnel domains.
• High-yield UPSC area for GS-III (Internal Security) — touches CDS/DMA, theatrisation, defence indigenisation (Atmanirbhar Bharat), and defence acquisition architecture.