Cabinet Committee on Security
Also called: CCS · Topic: Union Executive: President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is the cabinet committee that decides defence and national security matters. It is chaired by the Prime Minister. Its other members are the ministers of Defence, Home, Finance and External Affairs. It is not in the Constitution. The PM sets it up under the Rules of Business so that urgent security decisions can be taken quickly by a small group of the ministers most involved.
Example
When a border crisis or a terror attack needs a fast decision on how India will respond, the CCS meets to decide.
Don't confuse with
- Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC): the ACC (the PM and the Home Minister) approves senior appointments, including service chiefs. The CCS decides security and defence policy.
Related concepts
- Rules of Business
- Cabinet committees
- Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
- Group of Ministers
- Cabinet Secretariat
- Prime Minister's Office