The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is a cabinet committee of the Government of India that discusses, debates and is the final decision-making body on senior appointments in the national security apparatus,[1] defence policy and expenditure,[2] and generally all matters of India's national security.[3]
Members
editThe composition of the CCS is:[4]
- Prime Minister of India
- Minister of Defence
- Minister of Home Affairs
- Minister of Finance
- Minister of External Affairs
The National Security Adviser, the Cabinet Secretary and the Defence Secretary have also been attendees of the CCS meetings.
Other Cabinet committees
editOther senior Cabinet Committees (as of 2020) include:[5]
- Appointments Committee of the Cabinet - chaired by the Prime Minister of India
- Cabinet Committee on Accommodation - chaired by the Home Minister of India
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs - chaired by the Prime Minister of India
- Cabinet Committee of Parliamentary Affairs - chaired by the Home Minister of India
- Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs - chaired by the Prime Minister of India
- Cabinet Committee on Growth and Investment - chaired by the Prime Minister of India
- Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development- chaired by the Prime Minister of India
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar & Ansari to be interlocutors". The Economic Times. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Cabinet Committee on Security clears IAF's trainer aircraft deal". CNN IBN. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Don't expect any turn-around in India's Pakistan policy - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 11 January 2013.
- ^ "Composition of the Cabinet Committees (as on 12.07.2021)" (PDF). cabsec.gov.in.
- ^ "Cabinet Secretariat - Cabinet Committees". Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
