New Delhi: The untimely demise of the country’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat in an Indian Air Force helicopter crash on Wednesday, with a year remaining in his term, has created a void at the top level of the military hierarchy.
The newly formed higher defense organization of the nation, which underwent a paradigm shift with the creation of CDS and DMA, is now facing a new and unprecedented challenge of appointing a successor.
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Who is likely to be appointed as the successor of CDS Rawat
As per the current rules, officers who are eligible to become CDS must hold a four-star general rank in the Indian Army or an equivalent rank in the Indian Air Force (Air Chief Marshal) and Indian Navy (Admiral).
One can also be a three star officer in the Indian Army, Indian Air Force or Indian Navy but may be eligible to become a four star officer in the respective services. So all three service chiefs and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, IAF and Naval Command are eligible.
Since there is no precedence in appointing the Chief of Defense Staff as General Bipin Rawat Were the first officers of the post, the government has to consider some points before making the chief appointment.
However, the Modi government is known for its tendency to neglect precedence and in fact, General Rawat himself became the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) in a hiatus of precedence by removing senior officers. Therefore, it is likely that the ability to control the critical changes initiated by General Rawat will be more important than the issues of mutual seniority.
The Armed Services has recently seen the change of Chief of Air Staff (CAS) and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), making current COAS Gen MM Naravane the senior-most serving service chief by a margin and a natural precursor . Post.
According to sources, he would have already assumed the responsibility as the chairman of the permanent chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) – one of the three important billets held by General Rawat.
In such a situation, the possible elevation of General MM Naravane to the post of CDS will affect the hierarchy of the Indian Army as a new COAS will have to be nominated to replace him.
Alternatively, a suitable name from amongst the senior-most Commanders-in-Chief of the three Services may be considered as General Naravane himself is due to retire in the near future (though extension of service for CDS appointment makes the issue redundant). .
In such a case senior generals like Lt Gen YK Joshi of Northern Command and others in the same billet may be considered.
The organization of the Headquarters Integrated Defense Staff (HQ IDS) headed by the CDS, and the DMA, also headed by the Secretary, DMA, has redundancies in their organization with available deputations, thereby providing readily available arrangements to keep the Modi government . Steady ship during decision making.
The current Deputy Air Marshal BR Krishna AVSM, SC, Chairman, COSC (CISC) at Headquarters IDS is the current Chief of the Integrated Defense Staff and the veteran officer can be expected to be in charge of things till a new appointment.
Who are CDS&W?high is the pis important?
The long-standing demand of the armed forces community and the recommendation of several defense reform committees, the post of CDS was realized by the Modi government early in its second term. General Rawat, who was due to retire at the end of the year, was appointed as the country’s first CDS in January 2020.
As expected, the appointment was dual and included the responsibilities of the permanent chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) – the council of elders of the armed forces consisting of three service chiefs and now, the CDS.
However, the unexpected change was the creation of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) within the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the appointment of a CDS as the Secretary of the DMA.
For the Armed Forces, which were until now offices affiliated with the Ministry of Defence, the appointment of uniformed officers to the top bureaucratic level of government was an unprecedented revolution in military affairs within the country.
Therefore, the CDS held three important positions at the same time. The government also amended its rules and made provisions to increase the upper age limit of CDS to 65 years.
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