On August 15, 1947, each Service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces vested in the President. In 1955, the title of Commander-in-Chief was abolished and the three Service Chiefs were designated as the Chief of the Army Staff, the Chief of the Naval Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff. In November 1962, a Department of Defence Production was set up to deal with research, development and production of defence equipment. In November 1965, the Department of Defence Supplies was created for planning and execution of schemes for import substitution of requirements for defence purposes. These two Departments were later merged to form the Department of Defence Production and Supplies. In January 2004, the Department of Defence Production and Supplies has been renamed as the Department of Defence Production. A Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister was appointed to advise him on scientific aspects of military equipment, research and design of equipment used by the Defence forces. In 1980, the Department of Defence Research and Development was created. Further, the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare was created in 2004.

The Armed Forces are primarily responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of the nation. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country. The Ministry of Defence, provides policy framework and wherewithal to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibility in the context of the defence of the country.

[edit]Departments Under the Ministry

The Ministry of Defence now consists of four Departments, namely, Department of Defence, Department of Defence Production, Department of Defence Research & Development and Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare . The Defence Secretary functions as head of the Department of Defence and is additionally responsible for coordinating the activities of the four Departments in the Ministry.

The principal functions of all the Departments are as follows:
The Department of Defence deals with the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) and three Services and various Inter-Service Organisations. It is also responsible for the Defence Budget, establishment matters, defence policy, matters relating to Parliament, defence co-operation with foreign countries and co-ordination of all activities.
The Department of Defence Production is headed by a Secretary and deals with matters pertaining to defence production, indigenisation of imported stores, equipment and spares, planning and control of departmental production units of the Ordnance Factory Board and for Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).
The Department of Defence Research and Development is headed by a Secretary, who is also the Scientific Adviser to the Raksha Mantri. Its function is to advise the Government on scientific aspects of military equipment and logistics and the formulation of research, design and development plans for equipment used by the Services.
The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare is headed by an Additional Secretary and deals with all re-settlement, welfare and pensionary matters of Ex-Servicemen.

The Finance Division of the Ministry of Defence is headed by Secretary Defence (Finance). He exercises financial control over proposals involving expenditure from the Defence Budget and is responsible for internal audit and accounting of defence expenditure. In the latter tasks, he is assisted by the Controller General of Defence

THIS IS HOW THE DEFENCE DEPT. IS RUN ….. ALL THE POWER IS VESTED IN THE SECRETARIES.

He pays Rs.20,000 pm as protection money to the terrorists as protection money. The terrorists have links with the Sales Tax barrier guys and come and take a cut from the supplier for each shipment. It is very well organised racket. That is the reason army doesn’t want the special powers act to be removed, it fills the coffers of the top brass, while the jawans die to snipper fire.

The JEE is considered to be the toughest exam in the world, if one could pass that, then IAS entrance exam was peanuts, compared to even the CAT exam of IIMs, which till date is dominated by the IITians.

Babu bashing will get us no where . Ask any seasoned IAS officer and he will tell you that role of any secy or Chief secy is to pin down his opinion and recommendation. Decision lies with the Minster . Secy of tele com did not make money ., Money was made by minister and political party he belonged to

In 1962 , did we punish vice Chief /Dy Chief /DMO or then BGS of eastern Comd or 4 Corps, In Kargil war Brigade Commander od 121 Bde got the sack not his brig 2 i/c or BM , Credit or discredit goes to decision maker and not to adisor . Will any staff officer be punished for Adarsh or Sukhna Scam . ?

IAS officers are clever / wise enough not to per step their role and they do not vicitimise junior IAS officers like Army does