On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Shri Ajit Doval as the National Security Advisor (NSA) for the third consecutive time, ranking as the cabinet minister for another five years. As his first major assignment in Modi 3.0. Doval will be traveling to Italy to attend the G7 summit. He attended the meeting by the PM on the fire tragedy in Kuwait, in which 42 Indians died and 50 were injured.
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The official notification by the Centre
The centre issued an official statement on Thursday, saying that the appointment committee of the cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Ajit Doval, IPS (Retired) as National Security Adviser with effect from June 10, 2024. His appointment will be co-terminus with the term of the Prime Minister. During his term in office, he will be assigned the rank of Cabinet Minister in the Table of Precedence.
Who is Ajit Doval?
Ajit Doval, a former Indian Police Service officer who retired in 2005 as head of India’s domestic spy agency, the International Bureau, was Modi’s first choice to advise him on security when he first assumed office in May 2014. Doval has been credited for India’s national Security policy, right from handling Jammu and Kashmir, the recent Khalistani activities from certain countries in the west, New Delhi’s deepening relationship with Arab countries such as UAE and Saudi Arabia, as well as dealing with Pakistan and China.
Doval’s Stints
During his two previous stints, India introduced “an element of unpredictability”, with Pakistan, with armed forces carrying out cross-boarder strikes in 2016. After the terror attack on the Uri Brigade’s HQ and the air strike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot in Pakistan after the February Pulwama suicide attack.
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Achievements of Doval
A 1968-batch Kerala Cadre officer, Doval was the first police officer to be awarded the second-highest peacetime gallantry award for his role in Operation Black Thunder – II, launched to flush out militants from Golden Temple in 1988.
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