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19/03/23 08:25 AM IST

Inter-services Organisations Bill

In News
  • Recently, the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023, was introduced in Lok Sabha to empower designated military commanders to take charge of soldiers and enforce discipline, regardless of the service they belong to.
Provisions of the bill
  • The bill will empower the central government to constitute Inter-services Organisation.
  • Such an organisation may include a joint services command — comprising of units or service personnel of Air Force, Army and Navy.
  • They may be placed under the command of the Commander-in-Chief or the Officer-in-Command.  
  • Power under the bill will also be available to Inter-services Organisations constituted before the commencement of new law.
  • Presently, the service personnel of Air Force, Army and Navy are governed by the provisions of the Air Force Act, 1950, the Army Act, 1950 and the Navy Act, 1957.
  • Only officers of the respective services are empowered to exercise disciplinary powers over the service personnel under the respective Service Acts.
  • The bill also provides that the service personnel will continue to be governed by their respective Service Acts for the purposes of disciplinary or administrative action, if any, when serving in or attached to an Inter-services Organisation.
Significance
  • This has a direct impact on command, control and discipline of the Inter-services Organisations like Andaman and Nicobar Command or Defence Space Agency, and joint training establishment like National Defence Academy or National Defence College, as the Commander-in-Chief or Officer-in-Command of such Inter-services Organisations are not empowered to exercise disciplinary or administrative powers over the personnel belonging to other services.
  • The bill will pave way for various tangible benefits such as expeditious disposal of cases, saving of time and public money by avoiding multiple proceedings and greater integration and jointmanship amongst Armed Forces personnel.

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