Chief of the Naval Staff (India)

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The chief of the naval staff (CNS) is the professional head of the Indian Navy since 1955. The CNS is a permanent member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, National Security Council and Defence Planning Committee and serves as a senior advisor to the minister of defence, prime minister and the president, who is the supreme commander of the Defence Forces. The position is customarily held by a four-star admiral and is usually the highest-ranking naval officer on active duty unless the chief of defence staff is a naval officer. Prior to 1955, the position was known as the commander in chief, Indian Navy. Being a permanent member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and the National Security Council (NSC), the CNS also bears the responsibility of advising the nation's civilian leadership i.e., the Government of India on all matters privy to the IN. Statutorily, the CNS ranks 12th overall in the Indian order of precedence, and is the IN's status-equivalent of the chief of defence staff, the...

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