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CDS General Bipin Rawat reveals shape of India's 'joint theatre commands'

The CDS said the military was also looking at creating a single theatre command for managing the threat from China

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat speaks during the Raisina Dialogue 2020, in New Delhi.
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Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. Photo: PTI

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For the first time, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat publicly des­cribed the Indian military’s deliberations on reorganising itself into “integrated theatre commands”. These are warfighting entities, containing army,

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First Published: Sep 15 2021 | 11:08 PM IST

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