Lt Gen Bipin Rawat will take over as the new Indian Army chief on December 31, after General Dalbir Singh Suhag’s resignation. Also, the vice chief of air staff, Air Marshal BS Dhanoa has been made the new chief of the Indian Air Force.
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Lt Gen Bipin Rawat will take over as the new Indian Army chief on December 31, after General Dalbir Singh Suhag’s resignation. Commissioned into the fifth battalion of the 11 Gorkha Rifles in December 1978, Lt General Rawat (infantry) took over as the army vice-chief in September 2016. Also, the vice chief of air staff, Air Marshal BS Dhanoa has been made the new chief of the Indian Air Force.
The Defence Ministry said in a tweet, ”The government has decided to appoint Lt Gen. Bipin Rawat, vice chief of army staff, as the next chief of army staff with effect from the afternoon of 31 December.”
Government sources said that he was found best suited among the Lt Generals to deal with emerging challenges, including a reorganised and restructured military force in the north, continuing terrorism and proxy war from the west, and the situation in the North East.
source”cnbc”