{"id":2403,"date":"2025-05-01T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:03:40","slug":"q-what-are-the-duties-of-the-chief-of-defence-staff-cds-as-head-of-the-department-of-military-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-what-are-the-duties-of-the-chief-of-defence-staff-cds-as-head-of-the-department-of-military-affairs","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0What are the duties of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as Head of the Department of Military Affairs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Permanent Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exercise military command over the three Service Chiefs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Principal Military Advisor to Defence Minister on all tri-service matters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:&nbsp;(d) 1 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"chief-of-defence-staff-cds\">Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is the\u00a0<strong>principal military authority and senior-most appointment of the Indian Armed Forces.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The duties and functions of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) include the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To head the Department of Military Affairs in Ministry of Defence and function as its Secretary.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To act as the\u00a0<strong>Principal Military Advisor to Hon\u2019ble Raksha Mantri on all Tri-Service<\/strong>\u00a0matters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To function as the\u00a0<strong>Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To administer the Tri-Service organizations\/agencies\/commands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To be a\u00a0<strong>member of Defence Acquisition Council\u00a0<\/strong>chaired by Hon\u2019ble Raksha Mantri.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To function as the\u00a0<strong>Military Advisor to the Nuclear Command Authority<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To bring about jointness in operation, logistics, transport, training, support services, communications, repairs and maintenance, etc of the three Services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To ensure optimal utilisation of infrastructure and rationalise it through jointness among the Services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To implement Five-Year Defence Capital Acquisition Plan and Two-Year roll-on Annual Acquisition Plans, as a follow up of Integrated Capability Development Plan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To assign inter-services prioritisation to capital acquisition proposals based on the anticipated budget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To bring about reforms in the functioning of three Services with the aim to augment combat capabilities of the Armed Forces by reducing wasteful expenditure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The mandate of the Department of Military Affairs\u00a0<em>inter-alia\u00a0<\/em>includes \u201c<strong>Facilitation of restructuring of Military Commands for optimal utilisation of resources<\/strong>\u00a0by bringing about jointness in operations, including through establishment of joint\/theatre commands\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The CDS does not exercise military command over the three services.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer:&nbsp;(d) 1 and 3 only Chief of Defence Staff 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