New Delhi:India is looking at setting up a separate theatre command for Jammu and Kashmir, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said on Monday.
The air defence command is to be rolled out by the beginning of next year and the Peninsula command by the end of 2021, Gen Rawat told a select group of journalists.
The Indian Air Force will helm the air defence command and all-long range missiles as well as air defence assets will come under it, he said.
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"India is looking at setting up a separate theatre command for Jammu and Kashmir," Gen Rawat said.
Indian Navy's Eastern and Western commands will be integrated into the Peninsula command, he said.