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Duties and functions of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) • To head the Department of Military Affairs in Ministry of Defence and function as its Secretary.  • To act as the Principal Military Advisor to Hon’ble Raksha Mantri on all Tri-Service matters.  • To function as the Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee  • To administer the Tri-Service organizations/agencies/commands.  • To be a member of Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri.  • To function as the Military Advisor to the Nuclear Command Authority.  • To bring about jointness in operation, logistics, transport, training, support services, communications, repairs and maintenance, etc of the three Services.  • To ensure optimal utilisation of infrastructure and rationalise it through jointness among the Services.  • To implement Five-Year Defence Capital Acquisition Plan and Two-Year roll-on Annual Acquisition Plans, as a follow up of Integrated Capabilit...

The Indian Armed Forces are one of the most professional forces of the world. There are numerous operations conducted by our esteemed armed forces throughout the years.  Operation Brief Details Operation Parakram The operation was launched after the 13 December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament. Thousands of Indian troops were deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border. The operation was the largest military exercise carried out by any Asian country Operation Trident (1971) This was a naval offensive operation launched on Pakistan's port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. India celebrates its Navy Day annually on 4 December to mark this operation. Operation Cactus The operation was launched in Nov 1988 on call of Maldives President MA Gayoom, who was under threat of a coup from mercenaries. The three services of India launched the operation and captured the mercenaries. Operation Vijay (1961) Launched in 1961 to liberate Goa from Portuguese co...