Harsha Kakar Since the announcement of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)and the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) there has been a debate on whether the Government has given considerable thought before issuing orders for General Bipin Rawat to assume the mantle of CDS. The accusations range from providing him with lesser authority than expected and creating additional bureaucratic vacancies, within an already bureaucracy dominated Ministry of Defence (MoD), to the defence secretary continued being responsible for the … Continue reading MoD silence is adding to confusion