INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Planning Committee (DPC) chaired by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval to facilitate "comprehensive" planning for the defence forces
besides focusing on military doctrines to deal with emerging security challenges.Apart from the NSA, the committee will comprise the foreign
secretary, chairman of chiefs of staff committee, the Army, Navy and Air Force chiefs and secretary (expenditure) in the Finance Ministry,
officials said.The chairman of the DPC can co-opt experts into it depending on requirement.The officials said the committee would prepare
drafts of national security strategy and doctrines, international defence engagement strategy and roadmap to build defence manufacturing
ecosystem.It will also work on strategy to boost defence exports, and prioritised capability development plans for the armed forces.The DPC
would submit its draft reports to the Defence Minister according to "given timelines" following which further approvals will be obtained as
required.The officials said the DPC would also analyse and evaluate all relevant inputs relating to defence planning and foreign policy
imperatives besides focusing on defence acquisition and infrastructure development plans including the 15-year-long integrated perspective
plan.The committee will also focus its energy on development of Indian defence industry and technology advancements.To provide duly
considered and refined inputs to the DPC, specific issues would be managed through a number of sub committees, the officials said.The
sub-committees are likely to be in areas of policy and strategy, plans and capability development, defence diplomacy and defence
manufacturing ecosystem, the officials said.
