Process on, new CDS will be appointed soon: Rajnath Singh

NEW DELHI: The country’s next chief of defence staff (CDS), a post that has been vacant since General Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter crash in December last year, will be appointed soon, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.
“The appointment of the CDS will be made soon. The process for it is under way,” Singh said. This comes after the government on June 6 tweaked the Army, IAF and Navy rules to widen the “pool of selection” for the country’s top military post to include even retired LtGenerals, Air Marshals and Vice Admirals, provided they are younger than 62 years of age, as was then reported by TOI.