New Delhi: The defence forces was examining how to supplement boots on the ground with the latest technology so as to optimise use of manpower, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat told a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence.

“We are seeing how we can incorporate technology to see if it can supplement boots on the ground,” General Rawat told the 31-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence chaired by former minister and BJP MP Jual Oram..

“While we understand that we have active borders on West and North, so we cannot completely do away with our defence forces and requirement of manpower numbers. But we are seeing as to how we can optimise it through technology,” he told the Committee.