Thursday, January 16, 2020
By creating the department of military affairs (DMA) within the ministry of defence (MoD), one is not sure as to how DMA and IDS would interact with each other? Will the roles and functions of the two overlap? The DMA will promote inter-services jointness in planning, integrated requirements, restructuring of military commands and indigenous equipment, a job which the IDS has been performing for the last 19 years. Ever since its inception, the IDS has been working on various issues concerning the jointness among three services. It has prepared the blueprints for effective establishment of joint military commands and effective joint training to prepare a cadre of officers rooted in the spirit of jointness.
