Cabinet Committee on Security
{{Short description|Committee of Cabinet of India}}
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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,{{cite news |title=Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar & Ansari to be interlocutors |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-10-14/news/27589776_1_interlocutors-m-m-ansari-jammu-and-kashmir |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103080245/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-10-14/news/27589776_1_interlocutors-m-m-ansari-jammu-and-kashmir |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |access-date=29 July 2012 |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=14 October 2010}} defence policy and expenditure,{{cite news |title=Cabinet Committee on Security clears IAF's trainer aircraft deal |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cabinet-clears-iafs-trainer-aircraft-deal/256630-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517154624/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cabinet-clears-iafs-trainer-aircraft-deal/256630-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2012 |access-date=29 July 2012 |newspaper=CNN IBN |date=10 May 2012}} and generally all matters of India's national security.{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/upa-wont-act-tough-dont-expect-any-turn-around-in-indias-pakistan-policy-584223.html|title=Don't expect any turn-around in India's Pakistan policy - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|date=11 January 2013 }}
Members of the Cabinet Committee
The composition of the CCS is:{{cite web |title=Composition of the Cabinet Committees (as on 12.07.2021) |url=https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/cabinetcommittees/english/1_Upload_3017.pdf |website=cabsec.gov.in}}
- Prime Minister of India
- Minister of Defence
- Minister of Home Affairs
- Minister of Finance
- Minister of External Affairs
The National Security Advisor, the Cabinet Secretary and the Defence Secretary have also been attendees of the CCS meetings.
Other Cabinet Committees
Other Senior Cabinet Committees (as of 2020) include:{{Cite web |url=http://cabsec.nic.in/showpdf.php?type=council_cabinet_committees |title=Cabinet Secretariat - Cabinet Committees |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512065127/http://cabsec.nic.in/showpdf.php?type=council_cabinet_committees |archive-date=2013-05-12 |url-status=dead }}
- 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