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Prime Minister Narendra Modi may address senior military commanders in Dehradun on January 21 at the annual Combined Commanders Conference (CCC). This will be the first CCC for the three military chiefs, who took charge of the Navy, Air Force, and Army last year. However, the final announcement of the date and venue is expected next week.
While addressing his first CCC at Delhi in October 2014, the PM had suggested that the conference be held alternately at sea, in forward Army camps and at air bases, and not just in Delhi. On December 15, 2015, the conference was held on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya at sea, near the coast of Kochi.
For 2016, the Defence Ministry was considering venues in the Northeast, with Gangtok as the preferred option. Due to the busy schedule of the PM, the CCC could not be held last year, a first in many years. The forthcoming CCC, which will not be in a forward Army area, could technically be the last year's conference being held this year, but there is no clarity about the same.