{"id":51342,"date":"2019-08-17T17:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=51342"},"modified":"2019-08-17T17:49:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:19:06","slug":"answered-a-post-of-chief-of-defence-staff-cds-would-resolve-many-security-problems-and-challenges-in-india-analyse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-a-post-of-chief-of-defence-staff-cds-would-resolve-many-security-problems-and-challenges-in-india-analyse\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cA post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) would resolve many security problems and challenges in India.\u201d Analyse."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction.
Body.<\/strong> Why Chief of defence staff is needed? Benefits of having CDS.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is a high military office that will oversee and coordinates the working of the three defence Services in India. The Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) is a toothless office in india. CDS would not only ensure coordination among various defence forces but will lead to enhanced security in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Chief of\ndefence staff is needed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The problem with\nthe existing separate military headquarters is that there is a turf war between\nthe three wings with each seeing things with its own perspective and\nrequirement.<\/li>
  2. CoSC arrangement is seen as unsatisfactory and the\npost did not further tri-service integration, resulting in inefficiency.<\/li>
  3. The CoSC system is a leftover from the colonial\nera, with only minor changes being carried out over the years.<\/li>
  4. It observed that Service Chiefs devote most of\ntheir time to their operational roles often resulting in negative results. Long-term\ndefence planning suffers as day-to-day priorities.<\/li>
  5. The defence\nSecretary represents India in all professional forums and act as the adviser to\nthe defence minister. This deprive the political executive from the expert\nadvice of the service Chiefs.<\/li>
  6. The CDS is seen as vital in the integration of\ntri-service assets and personnel like in the US military.<\/li>
  7. Most countries with advanced militaries have\nsuch a post with varying degrees of power and authority.<\/li>
  8. The Armed Forces are still considered as \u201cAttached\nOffices\u201d of the Ministry of Defence and it is the Defence Secretary who is\nresponsible for the defence of the country. This invariably leads to greater\ngap between the civilian and military bureaucracy.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Benefits\nof having CDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. It will provide effective leadership at the top\nlevel to the three wings of the armed forces.<\/li>
    2. The CDS will lead to greater coordination and\nsynergy among the tri services.<\/li>
    3. The CDS will help in the tackling of threats from cyber\nand space sector in an integrated manner and would help in optimal use of available\nresources.<\/li>
    4. Policy-making on operations, procurement and joint\nlogistics will be improved.<\/li>
    5. It will provide a single, all-encompassing coherent\nand cohesive perspective, instead of disaggregated individual single service perspective.\n<\/li>
    6. This will correct the anomaly of civic-military\ninterface during the shaping\/ deterrence phase, during operations, or after the\noccurrence of threatening situations.<\/li>
    7. It would help in holistic management of national\nsecurity for optimised results and single point military advice on matters of\nnational security including nuclear weapons.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      India is the only country with an MoD without military professionals, with bureaucrats lacking a military background and knowledge. As a result, we lack a cohesive national security strategy; national security objectives remain undefined. There is little synergy within the military and also the military-industrial complex remains in a pathetic state. A post of CDS will remove such issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Why Chief of defence staff is needed? Benefits of having CDS. Conclusion. Way forward. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is a high military office that will oversee and coordinates the working of the three defence Services in India. The Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) is a… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cA post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) would resolve many security problems and challenges in India.\u201d Analyse.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51342","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}