Govt. approves $10.6 billion mountain strike corps to check China

Boosting the Indian Army's war fighting capabilities along the line of actual control (LAC), the government on Wednesday has given the go ahead to the creation of a strike corps to check China. Boosting the Indian Army's war fighting capabilities along the line of actual control (LAC), the government on Wednesday has given the go ahead to the creation of a strike corps including deployment of 50,000 additional troops along the China border at a cost of around Rs 65,000 crore (USD 10.6 billion). The Cabinet committee on secur…