Explained | The Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023
The HinduThe story so far: Last month, the government introduced a Bill which seeks to empower designated defence heads of inter-services organisations with certain administrative and disciplinary powers over all personnel serving in the command or attached to it. The Bill, ‘The Inter-Services Organisations Bill, 2023’, was tabled in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhat during the recently concluded Budget Session. Inter-services organisations include soldiers from the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, like joint training institutes National Defence Academy, National Defence College, Defence Services Staff College, and the Andaman and Nicobar Command. The Inter-Services Organisations Bill’s introduction in Parliament has come amid deliberations on the theatre command system that looks to integrate the capabilities of the three services.