Scope to select CDS may widen
New Delhi: The Centre is looking at the possibility of “deep selection” for the new Chief of Defence Staff post, with even field commanders eligible for the top job, that may not be restricted to just the service chiefs. By considering even field commanders, the government will have a much larger pool of human resource from which to pick the holder of the country’s top militarily post, the sources said. “The government is examining whether the CDS should have a fixed tenure of a minimum one or two years,” sources said. In his Independence Day address on August 15 this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of the Chief of Defence Staff post, which is seen as the biggest military reform and comes two decades after it was recommended by the Kargil Review Committee.
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