PLA Troop Deployment Along LAC Saw Significant Decline in 2025: MoD Report
The Defence Ministry said China still kept 10 combined-arms brigade-sized formations along the border as talks and military contacts resumed.
- The Defence Ministry's annual report, released Sunday, confirmed a significant reduction in Chinese People's Liberation Army deployments along the Line of Actual Control in 2025.
- Beijing continues to maintain 10 combined arms brigade-sized formations along the LAC and in traditional training areas, with each brigade comprising around 5,000 personnel.
- The Indian Army remains robustly deployed across all sectors, while the Border Roads Organisation accelerated infrastructure projects including the high-altitude Mudh-Nyoma airfield at around 13,700 feet.
- Sustained diplomatic and military engagement has facilitated positive developments, with both sides agreeing to continue efforts towards a "political solution" to the boundary question.
- Fresh border tensions in Arunachal Pradesh earlier this month prompted a localized increase in forward-deployed troops, though the report indicates the situation requires close monitoring.
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China Reduces PLA Deployment Along LAC, But Military Threat Remains: Defence Ministry
China has drawn down the size of its military deployment along India's northern border but the fact does not imply that the military threat posed by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has receded, the Defence Ministry has said in its Annual Report 2025-26.It noted that a significant cut has been made in the number of PLA formations deployed against India during the year 2025. Particularly, 10 co
China scales down troop deployment along Line of Actual Control: Indian Army report
The Army’s annual report said China reduced PLA deployment along the LAC in 2025 as military dialogue resumed. It said border stability improved, even as forces stayed prepared and western threats persisted.
"Significant Reduction" In Chinese Deployment: Defence Ministry Annual Report
While the Indian Army secured the northern borders, the bilateral interactions between India and China at the political, diplomatic and military levels also facilitated positive developments, leading to stability, the report said
China Reduces Troop Deployment Along LAC, Accepts Indian Army’s Demand
<p style="text-align: justify;">With the conclusion of the BRICS Summit 2026, an important shift has been seen in the direction of easing the long-standing military tension between India and China along the LAC. According to the Defence Ministry’s recent report, in 2025 there has been a reduction in the deployment of China’s People’s Liberation Army, or PLA, opposite India’s northern border. The report mentions the deployment of 10 Combined Arms…
PLA deployment along LAC reduced, but threat remains, Defence Ministry report says
The Defence Ministry's Annual Report 2025-26 says PLA deployment opposite the LAC declined significantly in 2025, but China's military capabilities and infrastructure remain a concern for India's border security.
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