The Defence Planning Committee is a senior decision-making organisation created on 19th April 2018 by the Government of India to facilitate “comprehensive” planning for the defence forces besides focussing on military doctrines to deal with emerging security challenges for India.
The Defence Planning Committee was notified by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in April 2018, the National Security Adviser (NSA) was appointed as the chairperson of the committee, with the chairperson, Chiefs of Staff Committee, three service chiefs (Chief of the Army Staff, Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Naval Staff), defence, foreign and expenditure secretaries being its ....