Talking to newsmen on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi Mr Antony said proper corrective action will be taken after ascertaining the whole issue.
Mr.Antony will start his two day visit to Northeast India today. During his visit he will review the security situation and also asses the progress of infrastructure development in the region.
The Defence Minister will be accompanied by the Chief of Army staff General VK Singh and the Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar. Mr. Antony will be visiting Tezpur and Chabua in Assam, Rangaphar Military Station in Nagaland, Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh and Leimakhong in Manipur.
On situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Defence Minister said that there is remarkable improvement in the ground situation in the State. He said that militancy has come down but the infiltration is still there.
Reiterating that there is need to be vigilant on all the counts, he cautioned that the inimical forces across the border are ready to send the miscreants to the state for causing unrest.
The Defence Minister has said that the exact financial obligations, if any, following the annulment of Antrix-Devas S-Spectrum deal will be known in two to three weeks' time. Mr Antony said that Government has already constituted a Committee to look into the financial obligations and other issues.
Giving the details of the Cabinet Committee on Security CCS meeting, Mr. Antony said that the contract had to be scraped as the scarce spectrum was needed by the strategic organisations like Defence Forces and others.
Calling it unfortunate that the ISRO had not brought the leasing of spectrum to the knowledge of CCS, he assured that all the aspects are being investigated by the two-men committee headed by Mr. B.K. Chaturvedi. He asserted that the government has nothing to hide.
On the capture of another 24 fishermen by the Srilankan Police, Mr.Antony said that New Delhi is in touch with Colombo and monitoring the developing situation very closely. He assured that everything possible will be done to safeguard the interest of the fishermen in Tamil Nadu.
. Earlier addressing defence officials during the centenary celebrations of the Corps of Signal in New Delhi Mr Antony asked the armed forces to be vigilant against the emerging cyber warfare threat and gear up their infrastructure to tackle the security challenge.
Lauding the role of the Corps of signals, he said electronic warfare is of utmost importance to counter terrorist operations as well as saving people's lives during disasters.
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