Defence Planning Committee

The Defence Planning Committee is a senior decision-making organisation created on 19th April 2018 by the Government of India to facilitate “comprehensive” planning for the defence forces besides focussing on military doctrines to deal with emerging security challenges for India.

  • The Defence Planning Committee was notified by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in April 2018, the National Security Adviser (NSA) was appointed as the chairperson of the committee, with the chairperson, Chiefs of Staff Committee, three service chiefs (Chief of the Army Staff, Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Naval Staff), defence, foreign and expenditure secretaries being its members and the chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (CIDS) being its member-secretary, the NSA was also given the mandate to co-opt members as they see fit.
  • The Integrated Defence Staff headquarters at Kashmir House, New Delhi was to serve as the committee’s secretariat.

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