Context
The Department of Military Affairs (DMA), under the Defence Ministry, now has designated senior officers, including uniformed personnel as Additional Secretary and Joint Secretaries.
About the appointments
- Function: Till now, the uniformed officers were holding positions only in officiating capacity.
- All files had to be moved to Secretary, DMA for decisions.
- This will no longer be neededbecause each appointment can now dispose of files according to the powers delegated.
- Duties of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA): The DMA will be in charge of the affairs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
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- CDS will have no operational control over individual organisations that will remain with the respective service chiefs.
- The DMA will look after all the procurements exclusive to the three services.
- It promotes ‘jointness’ in procurement, training and staffing for the services through the joint planning and integration of their requirements.
Department of Military Affairs (DMA)
- It is the department in charge of military matters within the Ministry of Defence.
- It was established on 1 January 2020
- It is headed by the Chief of Defence Staff as its ex-officio secretary.
- The DMA provides integration between the armed forces of the Union and the Ministry of Defence.
- The DMA will deal the tri-service Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) Headquarters, with the headquarters of
- The DMA, being under the Chief of Defence Staff also deasl with the role and responsibilities assigned to the chief
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