Army Chief General MM Naravane has taken over as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee which includes three service chiefs. After the passing away of India’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, the old system is back for a while, with General Naravane as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) to ensure synergy between the three. took over as forces.
before the creation of the post of Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), the senior-most of the three service chiefs, used to be the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
General Naravane has been given the charge as the chairman of the committee as he is the senior-most among the three service chiefs. IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Choudhary and Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar assumed their respective positions on 30 September and 30 November.
The post fell vacant after the death of Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat in an Indian Air Force helicopter crash on 8 December. General Rawat, with his wife Madhulika Rawat, his Defense Assistant Brigadier LS Lidar, Staff Officer Lt Col Harjinder Singh and ten. Others died in a helicopter crash. The survivor of the accident, Group Captain Varun Singh, succumbed to his injuries at a military hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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