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Serving or retired Lt Generals, Air Marshals & Vice Admirals to be eligible

CDS appointment amendment, Chief Defence Staff CDS appointment big change, Govt notification, Lt General Air Marshal, Vice Admiral to be eligible under 62 years of age, Indian Army, Air Marshal, Navy Chief

The government on Tuesday announced some changes in the selection process for the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). As per the new rules

Any serving or retired Lt General, Air Marshal and Vice Admiral under the age of 62 years will be eligible for the post of Chief of Defence Staff, according to notifications brought out by the government.

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS): The rules for appointment to the post of the Chief of Defence Staff, vacant since the demise of General Bipin Rawat, have been amended to make army officers of the rank of Lt General and above, and their equivalents in the Navy and the Air Force, serving or retired, eligible for the role, so long they have not crossed a particular age. A government notification, issued by the Defence Ministry, says the Central government, in exercise of powers conferred by the appropriate sections of the the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957 and the Air Force Act, 1950, makes the fo...