NEWS

Vikram Misri former Ambassador to China has been appointed Deputy National Security Adviser

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

• Executive government agency
• Tasked with advising the Prime Minister’s Office on matters of national security and strategic interest.
• Established by the former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 19 November 1998
• Brajesh Mishra as the first National Security Advisor.
• Prior to the formation of the NSC, these activities were overseen by the Principal Secretary to the preceding Prime Minister.
• Members –
  • National Security Advisor (NSA
  • Deputy National Security Advisors
  • Ministers of Defence, External Affairs, Home, Finance of the Government of India
  • Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog are members of the National Security Council.
• PM can chair the meeting of NSC (for eg – PM chaired the meeting of NSC Post Pulwama to discuss heightened tension with Pakistan).
• Other members may be invited to attend its monthly meetings, as and when it is required.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

• The NSC is the apex body of the three-tiered structure of the national security management system in India.
• The three tiers are the Strategic Policy Group, the National Security Advisory Board and a secretariat from the Joint Intelligence Committee.