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Option 3 : 1, 2 and 3

The correct answer is 1, 2 and 3.

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  • Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, an Army Brigadier, and 10 others were killed when an Indian Air Force helicopter carrying them crashed into a heavily wooded area of the Coonoor ghat in the Nilgiris in western Tamil Nadu recently.

  • Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):
    • He will be the single-point military adviser to the government as suggested by the Kargil Review Committee in 1999. Hence statement 1 is correct.
    • He will be a Four-star General.
    • CDS acts as the permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee which will also have three service chiefs as members. Hence statement 2 is correct.
    • His core function will be to foster greater operational synergy between the three service branches of the Indian military and keep inter-service frictions to a minimum.
    • The CDS will also function as the military advisor to the PM-led Nuclear Command Authority, as also have direct command of tri-Service organizations to handle the new warfare domains of space and cyberspace.
    • The CDS will be a member of the Defence Acquisition Council and Defence Planning Committee. Hence statement 3 is correct.
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