| Summary/Abstract |
The present Higher Defence Management (HDM) structure in India is a product of partial and half-hearted implementation of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) decision of 2002. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), a crucial element, remains unfulfilled, jointness/integration is a distant dream and the military vs. bureaucracy confrontation issue stands unaddressed.1 This paper attempts to analyse the prevailing situation and suggests a way forward.
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