Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Approves Re-Organization of Army Headquarters

New Delhi, August 22, 2019:

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved certain decisions regarding the re-organization of Army Headquarters. The approval has been given based on a detailed internal study conducted by the Army Headquarters.

The decisions of re-organization include: a separate Vigilance Cell under COAS with Tri-Services representation - (presently, the vigilance function for the COAS is through multiple agencies and there is no single point interface); an independent vigilance cell will be made functional under COAS. Accordingly, ADG (Vigilance) will be placed directly under the COAS for this purpose. It will have three Colonel-level officers (one each from the Indian Army, Indian Air Force, and Indian Navy). This will be done within the existing posts at AHQ.

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An umbrella organization under VCOAS for enhanced focus on human rights issues will be set up to give high priority to the observance of human rights convention and values; moreover, it has been decided to set up a special Human Rights Section headed by ADG (Major General rank officer) directly under the VCOAS. It will be the nodal point to examine any HR violation reports. To enhance transparency and ensure the best of investigative expertise is available to the section, a Police officer of SSP/SP rank will be taken on deputation.

Moreover, a total of 206 officers will be optimized from AHQ and these officers will be made available additionally to Formations/Units of the Field Army. Among these 206 Army officers, 186 are Colonel/ Major, 9 are Colonel Lt., 8 are Brigadier and 3 are Major General.

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