Before the creation of the post of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the senior-most among the three service chiefs used to be the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.New Delhi: Army Chief General MM Naravane will take charge as chairman of the chief’s of staff committee which is inclusive of three services chiefs, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
After the death of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash on December 8, the post was vacant.