Question : NARESH CHANDRA TASK FORCE

(a) whether Naresh Chandra Task Force on national security has observed while suggesting new initiatives to reform the security establishment that many of the key recommendations of Kargil Review Committee (KRC) for overhaul of national security and defence structure have not yet been implemented;

(b) if so, the brief of such recommendations of KRC and reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) the reasons for not implementing these recommendations even after lapse of more than a decade; and

(d) the time likely to be taken by the Government to implement these recommendations?

MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI A.K. ANTONY)

(a) to (d): The Naresh Chandra Task Force constituted by Government has submitted its recommendations. The National Security Council Secretariat is conducting inter-ministerial consultations on the recommendations of the Task Force. The Report of the Group of Ministers, which was constituted on the basis of Kargil Review Committee Report, contained 75 recommendations relating to the ‘Management of Defence’, of which 8 recommendations, relating to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), are still under consideration of Government. A decision on creation of the post of CDS will be taken by Government after completion of ongoing consultations with political parties.