India News: NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved the policy on archiving, declassification and compilation of histories of wars and oper.
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The new policy, formulated Saturday, mandates constitution of a committee headed by defence ministry's joint secretary and comprising representatives of Services among others.
"The responsibility for declassification of records rests with the respective organisations as specified in the Public Record Act 1993 and the Public Record Rules 1997," the MoD s statement noted.