{"id":89385,"date":"2020-01-02T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T10:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12686"},"modified":"2020-01-02T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T10:59:41","slug":"explained-what-are-role-powers-of-cds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-are-role-powers-of-cds\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What are role, powers of CDS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> General Bipin Rawat has been appointed as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>CDS:<\/strong> It is a permanent position for a combined head of the tri-services i.e. Army, Navy and Air Force. The CDS will be a Four-star General.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Role and Functions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. &nbsp; \tBe the <strong>principal military adviser to the Defence Minister<\/strong> on all tri-service matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. &nbsp; \tBe one of the <strong>permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee<\/strong>. As a permanent chair, CDS will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Administer all tri-service organisations and commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Be a member of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by the Defence Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Be a member of the Defence Planning Committee headed by the National Security Adviser (NSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Function as the Military Adviser to the Nuclear Command Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Implement the five year Defence Capital Acquisition Plan (DCAP) and the two year roll on Annual Acquisition Plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Coordinate operation, logistics, transport, training, support services communications, etc. of the three Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; CDS will also <strong>head the Department of Military Affairs (DMA)<\/strong>, to be created within the Ministry of Defence and function as its Secretary. The mandate includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Promoting jointness in procurement, training and staffing for the Services&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Facilitating restructuring of Military Commands for optimal utilisation of resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Promoting the use of indigenous equipment by the Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chief of Staffs Committee&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The senior-most chief among the three forces is appointed as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee having a four-star ranking.<\/li><li>He is responsible for the inter-services synergy.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: General Bipin Rawat has been appointed as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Facts: CDS: It is a permanent position for a combined head of the tri-services i.e. Army, Navy and Air Force. The CDS will be a Four-star General. Role and Functions: 1. &nbsp; Be the principal military adviser to the Defence&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-are-role-powers-of-cds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: What are role, powers of CDS?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[6829],"class_list":["post-89385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-cds","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702886599},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89385","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}