hile making his rather unexpected announcement of the Government’s intention to appoint a Chief of Defence Staff in his Independence Day address to the Nation, the Hon’ble Prime Minister had elaborately articulated thejustification for a CDS. The transcript of the relevant portion of his address is as follows: “….The world is changing today, the scope of war is changing, the nature of war is changing. It is becoming technology driven; in the circumstances India too should not have a fragmented approach… Our entire military power will have to work in unison and move forward… things cannot move smoothly if anyone from the Navy, Army and Air Force is a step ahead from the other two forces, while the other two are lagging behind. All the three
should move simultaneously at the same pace. There should be good coordination and it should be relevant with the hope and aspirations of our people. It should be in line with the changing war and security environment in the world and today I want to announce an important decision from Red Fort. The subject experts on the issue have been demanding
this for a long time….today we have decided that we will now have a Chief of Defence Staff- CDS and after formation of this post all the three forces will get effective leadership at the top level”. Three aspects stand out in this
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