PM’s landmark decision on Decision after Independence
The announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the rampart of Lal Quila on our 73rd Independence Day to appoint Chief of Defence Staff is a decision in the right direction to further strengthen our Forces, a decision which was pending for since many decades. From the defence point of view this decision is important in many ways. Once it comes into effect India will come in the category of major military powers such as United States of America, China, Britain, Japan and France where this hierarchy in Defence Forces is already there. Many member nations of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) also have the same system in their Defence Forces.
Although the recommendation to have a Chief of Defence Staff was made after the Kargil war when the necessity to have better coordination ...
