Lucknow: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said, “I have managed to execute all my objectives before completion of my tenure,” while underscoring significant progress in enhancing jointness and integration among the three services ahead of his retirement on May 30.Addressing an interaction organised by STRIVE India, a Lucknow-based strategic thinktank of veteran security forces personnel, the CDS said all four military chiefs had reached a consensus on proposals related to jointness in commands and had submitted the relevant documents for further consideration.“We have consensus of all four chiefs who have submitted documents for jointness in command,” the CDS said, adding that the last three years had witnessed conscious efforts by the Army, Navy and Air Force towards greater operational integration.He said that the services had begun developing a growing number of joint doctrines and evolving common operational procedures to improve interoperability and decision making in future conflicts. “We have started making the number of joint doctrines and similar kinds of code of operation,” he said.The CDS highlighted that future warfare would increasingly be technology-driven, information-centric and multi-domain in nature, requiring integrated planning and faster operational responses. He also stressed the importance of indigenous capability development, emerging technologies, cyber preparedness and strategic communication.Discussing the Defence Vision 2047, General Chauhan said modernisation of the armed forces must go beyond acquisition of platforms and include transformation in doctrine, organisational culture, training and military thinking to build a future-ready force structure.
