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India has a Chief of Defence Staff: Here's what General Bipin Rawat can do

Several questions remain, however, over General Rawat's role and functions

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India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat (C) poses for a group photograph with Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane (L) Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh (2ndL) and Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

Ajai Shukla New Delhi

5 min read Last Updated : Jan 02 2020 | 1:35 AM IST

On New Year Day 2020, the army has its 28th chief, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, and the military its first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat.

Congratulating Rawat, who he described as “an outstanding officer who has served India with great zeal,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “This institution (CDS) carries tremendous responsibility of modernizing our military forces.”

Modi also acknowledged that the ministry of defence (MoD), as it earlier existed, was short of military domain experties. He tweeted: “Creation of the Department of Military Affairs with requisite military expertise and institutionalisation of the post of CDS… will

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