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Freedom show People should Chief of Defence travel within India, says PM

Staff to aid synergies PRESS TRUST OF INDIA New Delhi He will be the single­point military adviser to Centre With 20­million­odd Indian tourists travelling abroad Dinakar Peri three chiefs functions as the on vacation every year, New Delhi Chairman of the COSC but it Prime Minister Narendra In a major decision for high­ is an additional role and the Modi on Thursday urged er level military reforms and tenures have been very them to visit 15 tourist des­ tri­service integration, short. tinations within the coun­ Prime Minister Narendra The CDS is also one of the try by 2022 to give a fillip to Modi on Thursday an­ 99 recommendations made the domestic tourism nounced the appointment of by the Lt. General D.B. She­ sector. a Chief of the Defence Staff katkar (retd.) Committee Addressing the nation (CDS) who will be above the which submitted its report from the Red Fort, Mr. Mo­ three service chiefs. The mo­ in December 2016 and had di said if domestic tourism dalities are expected to be fi­ 34 recommendations per­ increased, international nalised in the next few Bipin Rawat taining to tri­service footfalls would too. months, defence sources integration. “I know people travel said. take few months,” a defence Speaking to The Hindu on abroad for holidays but can “I announce that there source said. the announcement, Lt. Gen. we think of visiting at least will be a Chief of Defence Given the time frame, the Shekatkar said that with the 15 tourist destinations Staff going into the future Chief of the Army Staff, Gen­ fast­changing security and across India before 2022, who would be above the eral Bipin Rawat, could be defence environment, this when we mark 75 years of three service chiefs. This is the front runner to be the was the right moment for In­ 1 Independence,” he asked. going to make the forces country’s fist CDS as he has dia to have a CDS. He said even more effective,” he an­ tenure till December 31 and that during the Kargil con­ nounced in his Indepen­ would be the senior­most of­ flict, if India had a CDS it dence Day speech from the ficer after Air Chief Marshal would not have suffered so Call to shun Red Fort. The creation of the B.S. Dhanoa, also the cur­ many casualties in the initial CDS will eventually lead to rent Chairman of Chiefs of stages as the Indian Air single­use the formation of tri­service Staff Committee (COSC), Force took time to come in theatre commands intended who retires on September support and “so it was felt plastic to create vertical integration 30. there is need for a central of the three forces. However, point authority who can ad­ Press Trust of India it is not clear if the CDS will Kargil panel vise the government”. New Delhi be a four­star or a five­star The creation of a CDS to act “There are three different Prime Minister Narendra officer. as a single­point military ad­ agencies buying the same Modi on Thursday urged viser to the Prime Minister thing. You are wasting the people to shun single­use Avoiding duplication on strategic issues was one resources,” he added. 2 3 plastic and encourage the The CDS will be a single­ of the key recommendations usage of jute and cloth bags point military adviser to the of the Kargil review commit­ Positive impact to protect the 1)The Delhi Police government and synergise tee on higher military re­ “The announcement of the environment. long­term planning, pro­ forms after the 1999 conflict. institution of CDS by Prime contingent marches in the On World Environment curements, training and lo­ Despite much deliberation, Minister Modi has been parade at the Red Day last year, the govern­ gistics of the three services. the issue did not make pro­ made keeping in view of the Fort; 2) students ment had announced its in­ This is expected to save mo­ gress due to lack of consen­ much needed reform to make merry at the tention to phase out single­ ney by avoiding duplication sus and apprehensions from streamline and further im­ function; 3) use plastic such as straws between the services, at a the services. prove the coordination children make a and cups by 2022. time of shrinking capital ex­ In 2012, the Naresh Chan­ among the three forces and statement; and 4) “By October 2, I want to penditure within the de­ dra committee recommend­ their functioning. CDS will the audience in urge the citizens to give up fence budget. “The Defence ed the appointment of a Per­ have a long lasting and a pos­ attention. single­use plastic,” Mr. Mo­ Ministry will constitute an manent Chairman COSC as a itive impact on India’s secur­ 4 * SANDEEP SAXENA & di said on the 73rd Inde­ implementation committee midway to allay apprehen­ ity,” Defence Minister Raj­ R.V. MOORTHY pendence Day while ad­ which will finalise the mo­ sions over the CDS. Current­ nath Singh said in a post on dressing the nation from dalities which is expected to ly, the senior­most of the Twitter. the Red Fort. IN BRIEF PM puts population back on govt. agenda CRPF steals the show with 75 gallantry medals The significance of Modi flagging the issue in his Independence Day speech is not lost on anyone

Nistula Hebbar and mass awareness pro­ basic nutritional subsidies J&K police follow with 61 medals NEW DELHI gramme on population con­ available to others, but they ‘Spirit of patriotism Noting that those keeping trol or policy interventions will be kept out of all other Special Correspondent tant Commandant L. Ibom­ waning among youth’ the size of their families has always been a touchy is­ facilities, including standing New Delhi cha Singh and constable PANAJI small are practising a form of sue, following incidents of for polls, government jobs, The Central Reserve Police Mohd Majahid Khan In his Independence Day patriotism, Prime Minister coercive sterilisation, even and will be charged double Force has bagged the high­ (posthumous). address on Thursday, Goa Narendra Modi, in his Inde­ forced vasectomies, during the GST for every child over est of 75 gallantry medals, This is followed by 61 gal­ Chief Minister Pramod pendence Day speech on the Emergency between the two child norm,” Mr. including a Kirti Chakra and lantry medals bagged by the Sawant said that patriotism Thursday, set off speculation 1975 and 1977. Gaur said. two Shaurya Chakras, this J&K police, 23 by the Odisha was declining among the that a renewed governmen­ Manu Gaur heads Taxab, Independence Day. police, nine by the Chhattis­ youth. The Chief Minister tal push for population con­ which works on population Assam example Harshpal Singh, now pro­ garh police and five each by hoisted the national flag at trol may be in the offing, as issues, and his Responsible The Assam government has moted to the second­in­ the Border Security Force the Old Secretariat building in the States such as Assam. Parenting Bill, 2019, was the barred (from a set cut­off) all command rank from Depu­ and the Indo­Tibetan Bor­ here on Thursday and The issue of population model for Mr. Balyan’s Bill. those with more than two ty Commandant, and con­ der Police force. inspected a guard of honour control and its advocacy by He acknowledges that there children from government stable Zaker Hussain won Deputy Commandant before addressing the the political class is not new. is a mental block, but says jobs and made rules prevent­ the Kirti Chakra. Sudhir Kumar Mishra of the gathering. PTI population control should ing such parents from con­ Constable Sable Dyanesh­ BSF won the President’s Pol­ Many Bills On the anvil: With the PM’s speech, an interventionist move not run aground overs fears testing elections to the local war Shriram won the Shau­ ice Medal for Distinguished Pak. observes ‘Black A total of 35 private member on population may be in the making. * SANDEEP SAXENA of forced sterilisation. bodies and other positions. rya Chakra for killing two Service. Day’ on India’s I-Day Bills regarding population “You will have noticed The significance of Mr. armed JeM terrorists after Six personnel of the Na­ ISLAMABAD control have been intro­ the TDP, two from the All In­ such Bills. that Prime Minister Modi al­ Modi flagging the issue from taking them on in Baramulla tional Disaster Response Pakistan on Thursday duced in Parliament since dia Anna Dravid Munnetra The latest was introduced so only spoke of responsible the ramparts of the Red Fort district of Kashmir while he Force (NDRF) were awarded observed ‘Black Day’ on the Independence, with the Kazhagam and one each in December 2018 by Union parenthood,” he said. has not been lost on anyone, was on naka (checkpost) the Police Medals. Deputy occasion of India’s Congress MPs contributing from the Trinamool, Revolu­ Minister (then MP) Sanjeev “In the Bill that we are and there is a feeling that a duty on October 19 last year. Inspector­General Randeep Independence Day to protest the largest number. tionary Socialist Party, Sa­ Balyan in the Lok Sabha with pushing, parents who have more interventionist move The force also bagged Kumar Rana has won the New Delhi’s move to revoke Additionally, eight mem­ majwadi Party and Rashtriya the backing of 125 MPs. more than two children will on population control is two President’s Police Me­ President’s Police Medal for the special status in Jammu bers from the BJP, five from Janata Dal have introduced Going beyond educational be provided health care and probably on the anvil. dal for Gallantry for Assis­ Distinguished Service. and Kashmir. Black flags were hoisted on roof tops and vehicles across the country to symbolise the protest. Rallies ‘Modi­Shah were held in cities and Sonia urges nation to stand Ladakh lives it up in its seminars were organised to have given highlight Pakistan’s stand on the Kashmir issue. PTI against intolerance, bigotry purna swaraj’ transition to Union Territory Repeal of Article 370 undemocratic: Mamata Press Trust of India KOLKATA Chidambaram raises issue of former J&K CMs in custody Ahmedabad MP leads the show with his dancing and beating of drums Observing that the revocation Gujarat Chief Minister Vi­ of Article 370 in Kashmir was SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT of J&K since August 6th? jay Rupani said on Thurs­ Press Trust of India done using “undemocratic NEW DELHI Why are two former CMs un­ day said that while Mahat­ Leh means” and “under the Marking India’s 73rd Inde­ der virtual solitary confine­ ma Gandhi and Sardar Ladakh, which will become shadow of a gun”, West pendence Day at the Con­ ment and one former CM Vallabhbhai Patel gave an Union Territory after the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata gress headquarters on under house arrest? Why are ‘swaraj’ (independence) to Banerjee on Thursday said bifurcation of Jammu and Thursday, interim party pre­ political leaders who fought the country, Prime Minis­ that people in Kashmir are in Kashmir, celebrated Inde­ a “lot of pain”. This year, the sident Sonia Gandhi called secessionists and militants ter Narendra Modi and Un­ pendence Day on Thursday, Trinamool Congress observed upon citizens to fight bigo­ locked up?” asked Mr. Chi­ ion Home Minister Amit with local BJP MP Jamyang the ‘Freedom at Midnight’ try, injustice and dambaram Shah have given ‘purna Tsering Namgyal saying the programme by hoisting the discrimination. The former Union Home swaraj’ (complete region has got its “indepen­ national flag at various places “A democratic and resi­ Minister, also questioned the independence). dence from Kashmir”. in the city. lient India at 73 has no place detention of Kashmiri bu­ He was referring to the Banners bearing slogans for bigotry, superstition, sec­ reaucrat­turned­political ac­ Modi government’s move such as “UT of Ladakh cele­ Pak. to award two pilots tarianism, fanaticism, racial­ tivist Shah Faesal who was of abrogating Article 370, brates its first Independence who downed Indian jet ism, intolerance or injustice. stopped at Delhi airport which gave special status to Day” were seen hanging ISLAMABAD Yet millions of fellow citi­ from flying to Turkey and Jammu & Kashmir, and di­ along the roads of the town. Pakistan will confer top zens encounter discrimina­ was sent back to Srinagar. viding the state into two The MP, whose speech in Festive mode: BJP MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal dances military awards on two of its tion every day,” Ms. Gandhi Sonia Gandhi hoisting the “Why is freedom being Union Territories. the Lok Sabha after the abro­ during the Independence Day celebrations in Ladakh. * PTI Air Force officers for their said in her Independence national flag at the Congress denied to a son of India and Speaking at the Inde­ gation of special status to valour during an aerial Day message. headquarters in New Delhi. Kashmir, Shah Faesal? ,” he pendence Day function in Jammu and Kashmir drew under Article 370 and split it trailer for the development combat with India in “We must rise as a nation * SANDEEP SAXENA tweeted. Chhota Udepur town of praises, was seen dancing into two Union territories, of Ladakh”. February, President Arif Alvi to stand against every act of central Gujarat, Chief Mi­ has announced. Wing and playing the drums along Jammu and Kashmir and La­ In a series of tweets, the Commander Muhammad injustice, intolerance and Chidambaram also took to Parliament event nister Rupani said, “This with locals. dakh, which will come into MP said the tricolour in ev­ Nouman Ali, who downed an discrimination to truly cher­ Twitter to ask why “freedom In a first for Parliament, Lok year’s Independence Day Mr. Namgyal hoisted the existence on October 31. ery house in Ladakh symbol­ IAF jet piloted by Abhinandan ish our freedom,” she added. was being denied” to three Sabha Speaker Om Birla pre­ celebrations are historic national flag at the local BJP “We decided to celebrate ised the patriotism of the pe­ Varthaman on February 27, In his message, CPI(M) former Chief Ministers of sided over a flag­hoisting ce­ because it has come imme­ office along with party na­ Independence Day in the ople and their unwavering will be given the Sitar­e­ general secretary Sitaram Jammu and Kashmir on the remony inside the Parlia­ diately after Article 370 tional general secretary Ram traditional Ladakhi style commitment towards India. Jurat. Squadron Leader Yechury reminded citizens occasion of Independence ment complex. and 35­A were scrapped. Madhav. through the beating of the The MP also shared pic­ Hassan Mahmood Siddiqui of India’s pluralism as a core Day. He urged citizens to be This special status had On August 5, the Centre daman and surna,” Mr. tures on Twitter of Buddhist will be awarded the Tamgha­ value of the Constitution. “Why is freedom being participants in building a fuelled separatism in that stripped Jammu and Kash­ Namgyal said, adding that monks hoisting the national e­Shujaat. PTI Former Union Minister P. denied to three former CMs new India. State.” mir of its special status given the celebrations were “just a flag at his village of Matho. CM A ND-NDE YK