As in the Central Government, each State has a Cabinet headed by the Chief Minister responsible to the elected State Legislature. However, the country has a land frontier of 15,200 km, a coastline of 7,516.6 km, and an Exclusive Economic Zone of 2.2 million sq. The armed forces, therefore, have to be kept prepared and well-equipped to repel any external threat. The country's armed forces are well-trained, disciplined and free from politics. The current strategic and technological scenarios as well as future projections are considered in preparing the defence plan.
Periodic reviews addresses any unexpected development or threat to security.
Throughout the long years of the freedom struggle, India preserved its pride in its tradition and culture which was to shape the free nation's personality. India has consistently adopted a policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations. Free India also became a crusader for the dignity of the human being. It was only natural for India, after it became independent, to adopt the policy of non-alignment which assures maintenance of a national identity and independence of judgement in international affairs. Even after becoming a nuclear weapons state in May 1998, India continues to firmly hold the view that mankind can be saved from the horrors of a nuclear holocaust only if the world is rid of nuclear weapons.