National Security Advisor (NSA)

In 1998, the post of National Security Advisor (NSA) was created. However, the NSA office is not backed by any legislative provisions nor has parliamentary accountability. So, there is a lot of power being exercised by this office without any responsibility.

• The National Security Adviser (NSA) is the chief executive of the National Security Council (NSC), and the primary adviser to the Prime Minister of India on national and international security.
• Due to such vested powers, NSA is a prominent and powerful office in the bureaucracy.
• All the NSAs appointed since the inception of the post belong to the Indian Foreign ....