The author is a former Special Secretary in the Indian Cabinet Secretariat. Here, he argues for stronger central coordination of Indian intelligence, for clear charters for the Indian intelligence agencies, for the Indian government to seek to learn from the Brown Commission Report of 1996 in the United States, and for upgrading of India's technical collection capability. Ball notes that the British began signals intelligence operations in India early this century. Cooperation with the US with respect to some specific but very important Sigint activities was established in the early 1960s, after the war with China in October-November 1962. In the early 1970s the Soviet Union established two Sigint stations in Punjab.
Ball reviews the organizational structure of the Indian signals intelligence establishment.
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, 1996. The author covers intelligence establishments, organizational aspects, facilities, capabilities, and efficiency and effectiveness. Kashmeri, Zuhair, and Brian McAndrew. Times of India . New RAW Chief Expert on Pak, China.