THE government release on the appointment of Chief of
Defence Staff (CDS) issued on December 26, 2019 says the CDS will be of the
rank of a four-star General with salary and perquisites equivalent to a Service
Chief. He will also head the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), to be
created within the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and function as its Secretary.
Apart
from listing out the areas to be dealt with by the DMA headed by the CDS, the
mandate of the DMA and the functions of the CDS as Permanent Chairman of the
Chief of Staff Committee (COSC), all of which boils down as responsibilities to
be shouldered by the CDS, the notification goes on the say, “The CDS, apart
from being the head of the DMA, will also be the Permanent Chairman of the
Chief of Staff Committee...
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