Peninsular command
- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat spelled out a road map for restructuring the Armed Forces that would holistically counter threats along the borders with China and Pakistan as well as in the Indian Ocean, backed by logistical agreements with other countries.
- An Indian Oceanc-entered Peninsular Command, possibly formed by merging the Eastern and Western Naval Commands should start shaping up by the end of next year
- “Security of peninsular
- India should be the responsibility of one Commander.
- Can we integrate the Eastern and Western Naval Commands and call it Peninsular Command? We will be issuing study directives for the Peninsular Command by March 31,” Gen. Rawat said
- The study will look at earmarking some assets of the Army and the IAF for deployment under the Peninsular Command.
Source: The Hindu
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