07-25-2012, 10:42 AM
[url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Naresh-Chandra-panel-recommends-military-preparedness-to-deal-with-assertive-China/articleshow/15133911.cms"]Naresh Chandra panel recommends military preparedness to deal with 'assertiveââ¬â¢ China[/url]
Quote:NEW DELHI: India has to be prepared militarily to deal with an "assertive" China even as it seeks to build bridges of cooperation with Beijing, the Naresh Chandra Task Force on national security has recommended.
The committee's suggestions for the military ââ¬â details of which have been accessed by TOI ââ¬â also buries the proposal for a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the single point military adviser to the government. Instead, it has recommended that a permanent Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee be appointed from among the three service chiefs, allowing India to have four four-star generals.
The panel has given a set of recommendations for reforming the national security architecture, covering both intelligence and military apparatus, as part of its mandate to review it.
It has recommended a re-look at the process of blacklisting truant defence firms, separating the post of DRDO chief and scientific advisor to the defence minister, appointing military officers upto the rank of joint secretary in the ministry of defence (MoD), creating new Special Forces Command etc.