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Chief of Defence Staff (India)

Chief of Defence Staff
Badge of the Chief of Defence Staff
Flag of the Chief of Defence Staff
Incumbent
General Anil Chauhan
PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM
since 30 September 2022
Indian Armed Forces
TypeChief of defence
StatusOverall professional head of the Indian Armed Forces.
AbbreviationCDS
Member of
Reports to President of India
Prime Minister of India
Minister of Defence
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
SeatSouth Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
AppointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
President of India
Term lengthNo fixed duration, only till the age of 65.[1]
Formation1 January 2020 (2020-01-01)
First holderGeneral Bipin Rawat
PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (CISC)
Salary₹250,000 (US$3,100) monthly[2][3]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is the principal military authority and senior-most appointment of the Indian Armed Forces.[4] Deemed the overall professional head of India’s three armed services, namely, the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, the CDS is the highest-ranking military officer in service, responsible for overseeing inter-service jointness across all disciplines related to military functioning.[5] Primarily, the office operates on a status of primus inter pares i.e., first among equals with the chiefs of the three services, and functions as the Permanent-Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) – the inter-service syndicate responsible for ensuring the establishment-cum-preservation of military integration.[6]

Statutorily, the CDS is the presiding secretary of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), the foremost civil-cum-military entity responsible for fostering professional coordination between the services, and by extension, is also the principal military advisor to the nation’s civilian leadership i.e., the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on affairs privy to inter-service integration; as such, the office exists primarily as an advisor-cum-adjudicator position, endowed with no operational command control.[7]

Since its formal creation in 2020, the CDS is officiated on a rotational basis by four-star officers nominated from either of the three services.[6] Domestically, the office ranks 12th-overall in the Indian order of precedence, and is the status-equivalent of the Chief of the Army Staff, the Chief of the Naval Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff; internationally, it is functionally identical to Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, the United Kingdom's Chief of the Defence Staff, and the United States' Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Services rules amended for Army, Navy and Air Force, CDS can serve till 65". theprint.in. 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India" (PDF). Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. ^ "CDS Salary 2024: Basic Pay Scale, Benefits, Perks & Allowances". www.cheggindia.com. 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Chiefs of Armed Forces". www.india.gov.in.
  5. ^ "Explainer: What India's First Chief of Defence Staff Is Supposed To Do". thewire.in. 31 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ORF1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Functions of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)". pib.gov.in. 3 February 2020.
  8. ^ "PRESIDENT'S SECRETARIAT" (PDF). www.mha.gov.in. 26 July 1979.
  9. ^ "The Indian army's first Chief of Defence Staff". tribune.com.pk. 7 January 2020.

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