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}}

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 }}

See also

References

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