{"id":334452,"date":"2025-04-26T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T03:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=334452"},"modified":"2025-05-01T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:58:59","slug":"cabinet-committee-on-security-ccs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cabinet-committee-on-security-ccs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News- <\/strong>Following the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) unveiled a set of unprecedented retaliatory actions targeting Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-335135 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cabinet-Committee-on-Security-CCS.png?resize=455%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)\" width=\"455\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cabinet-Committee-on-Security-CCS.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cabinet-Committee-on-Security-CCS.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cabinet-Committee-on-Security-CCS.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cabinet-Committee-on-Security-CCS.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the apex decision-making body in the Government of India on matters related to the country\u2019s defence, national security, and law and order.<\/li>\n<li>It plays a critical role in formulating India\u2019s security and strategic framework.<\/li>\n<li>The committee is <em>chaired by the Prime Minister<\/em> and comprises key ministers holding strategic portfolios:\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of Defence<\/li>\n<li>Minister of Home Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Minister of Finance<\/li>\n<li>Minister of External Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions of the CCS<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It discusses different initiatives to take to enhance the national security of India.<\/li>\n<li>It deals with all issues related to the law and order and national security of India.<\/li>\n<li><em>Discusses political developments with national security implications<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluates foreign policy decisions with a bearing on security.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating international agreements related to defence and security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Cabinet Committees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cabinet Committees are <em>extra-constitutional bodies<\/em>; i.e., they are not provided for in the Constitution of India.<\/li>\n<li>Their primary purpose is to<em> streamline governance<\/em> by reducing the workload of the Union Cabinet, allowing smaller groups of ministers to take decisions in specific domains.<\/li>\n<li>These committees are constituted or reconstituted by the by the <em>Prime Minister<\/em> based on emerging needs:<\/li>\n<li>List of Cabinet Committees (as of current structure)\n<ul>\n<li>Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)<\/li>\n<li>Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth<\/li>\n<li>Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Cabinet Committee on Accommodation<\/li>\n<li>Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development<\/li>\n<li>Appointments Committee of the Cabinet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- Following the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) unveiled a set of unprecedented retaliatory actions targeting Pakistan. About Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) It is the apex decision-making body in the Government of India on matters related to the country\u2019s defence, national security, and law and order.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cabinet-committee-on-security-ccs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":335135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-334452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cabinet-Committee-on-Security-CCS.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}