General Bipin Rawat assumes charge of first Chief of Defence Staff

General Bipin Rawat assumes charge of first Chief of Defence Staff

General Bipin Rawat assumes charge of first Chief of Defence Staff

General Bipin Rawat assumed office of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in New Delhi.

The CDS is a 4-star single-point military adviser to function as a single-point adviser to the government on matters related to the military and will focus on better synergy between the Army, Air Force and the Navy.

 General Bipin Rawat will retire as Army Chief today (31st December 2019).

As the CDS, General Rawat will be the Principal Military Advisor to the Raksha Mantri on all Tri-Services matters. He will also head the Department of Military Affairs (DMA).

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The CDS will have a key role in ensuring optimum utilisation of allocated budget, usher in more synergy in procurement, training & operations of the Services through joint planning and integration.

The CDS will facilitate indigenisation of weapons and equipment to the maximum extent possible while formulating the overall defence acquisition plan for the three Services.