After the government appointing CDS, the 13 lakh-strong
Indian Army will have a new crucial post of Deputy Chief (Strategy) as decks
have been cleared for creation of this post. As an attempt to overall
restructuring and flattening of the Army headquarters, the entire Rashtriya
Rifles directorate will be shifted from New Delhi to the Northern Command in
Kashmir. The need for the new Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy)
post was acutely felt during the 73-day troop confrontation between India and
China at Doklam the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction in June-August 2017, which
saw the two rival armies move additional infantry battalions, tanks, artillery
and missile units towards the border. The DCOAS (S) will have the directors-general of military
operations (DGMO), military intelligence (DGMI), operational logistics (DGOL),
perspective planning (DGPP) and information warfare (DGIW) under him at the
Army HQs.
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After CDS, Army to have Deputy Chief for Strategy too!
By IndianMandarins - 2020-01-14 14:11:00
After the government appointing CDS, the 13 lakh-strong
Indian Army will have a new crucial post of Deputy Chief (Strategy) as decks
have been cleared for creation of this post. As an attempt to overall
restructuring and flattening of the Army headquarters, the entire Rashtriya
Rifles directorate will be shifted from New Delhi to the Northern Command in
Kashmir.
The need for the new Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) post was acutely felt during the 73-day troop confrontation between India and China at Doklam the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction in June-August 2017, which saw the two rival armies move additional infantry battalions, tanks, artillery and missile units towards the border.
The DCOAS (S) will have the directors-general of military operations (DGMO), military intelligence (DGMI), operational logistics (DGOL), perspective planning (DGPP) and information warfare (DGIW) under him at the Army HQs.
