CABINET COMMITTEE ON SECURITY

  • December 17, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject : Polity

Context: The Cabinet Committee on Security approved the setting up of a new National Security Directive on telecommunication sector with an intent to classify telecom products and their sources under the ‘trusted’ and ‘non-trusted’ categories.

Concept :

  • The move could potentially make it more difficult for Chinese telecom equipment vendors like Huawei and ZTE to supply equipment to Indian telecom players.
  • The two companies have been under global scrutiny for allegedly installing ‘backdoor’ or ‘trap door’ vulnerabilities and spying for the Chinese government and have been banned by several countries.
  • Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)
  • Major decisions with respect to the significant appointments, issues of national security, defence expenditure of India are taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in India.
  • The Prime Minister chairs the CCS. The committee comprises the Minister of External Affairs, the Home Minister, Finance Minister and the Defence Minister.
CABINET COMMITTEE ON SECURITY Polity