Parliamentary panel's nod for inter-services organisations bill, ahead of planned theatre commands

As India gets set to create unified theatre commands for an integrated war-fighting machinery in a cost-effective manner, a parliamentary panel has approved the proposed law to empower military commanders of all tri-service organisations with full administrative and disciplinary powers. Agreeing with the provisions of The Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control & Discipline) Bill, 2023, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 15, the parliamentary standing committee on defence recommended the bill be passed “without any amendments” and enacted as a statute.