Second Chief of Defence Staff for India – Current Challenges and the Way ahead
One of the primary tasks of CDS is to restructure the armed forces into Integrated Theatre CommandsTheaterization helps in better synergy, optimal utilization of resources, reduce cost and effective battle response. Though the capital procurement is not with CDS, he plays a vital role in making forces adopt the culture of giving priority the domestic weapons and increasing self-reliance. Though CDS prime mandate now looks to be the Integration of Tri-Services, he has a lot of roles to be donned as Advisor, Secretary, Transformer, Facilitator, and Supervisor of the tri-services.
The untimely demise of General Bipin Rawat, the first CDS in a helicopter accident left the nation and particularly defence services in a crunch. It can be recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce...
