How will the Indian Air Force manage to have 42 squadrons and by when is it possible?

How will the Indian Air Force manage to have 42 squadrons and by when is it possible?

First thing that I would like to clear out is that the need of 42 “combat” squadrons was coined many years back when the Indian Air Force’s major part of the fleet was  3rd generation fighters  & 4th generation fighters like the Su-30MKI were gradually catching up. The 3rd generation fighters were designed to perform a single & focused role like  interceptor  (MiG-21),  ground attack  (Jaguar),  close air support  (MiG-27) etc. These different roles required separate specialist type of aircraft for each role which in turn increased the count of aircraft needed to fulfill all the roles. So if IAF really had all 3rd generation of fighters in its inventory, the organisation would really need as much as 42 combat squadrons for a two front war. But with changing times & the induction of more 4th & 4.5 generation aircraft in the IAF, the calculation of having 42 squadrons is practically changing. Unlike the 3rd generation aircraft, the newer generation of aircraft refer to what is …