Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)
Composition and Role
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is the apex body in India's national security decision-making architecture. It is chaired by the Prime Minister and comprises the Ministers of Defence, Home Affairs, External Affairs, and Finance. The CCS is not a standing statutory body but a committee of the Union Cabinet, constituted under the Cabinet Rules of Business. It deals with all matters relating to defence, national security, intelligence, nuclear weapons, and strategic affairs. Decisions of the CCS carry the weight of Cabinet decisions.
- Chairperson: Prime Minister
- Members: Defence Minister, Home Minister, External Affairs Minister, Finance Minister
- Constitutional basis: Cabinet Committees under Article 77 of the Constitution (Rules of Business)
- Jurisdiction: Defence policy, internal and external security, intelligence coordination, nuclear command authority
- Attendees (non-members): Cabinet Secretary, NSA (National Security Adviser), service chiefs may be invited based on agenda
- Key function: Reviews classified security threats, approves major defence acquisitions, exercises nuclear command oversight
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