Defence minister @rajnathsingh has approved the policy on archiving, declassification and compilation/publication of war/operations histories by the Ministry of Defence. #WarHistory
The policy envisages that each organisation under the MoD like the Services, Integrated Defence Staff, Assam Rifles & Coast Guard will transfer the records, including war diaries, letters of proceedings & operational record books to MoD’s History Division
The responsibility for declassification of records rests with the respective organisations as specified in the Public Record Act 1993 and Public Record Rules 1997, as amended from time to time: MoD
According to the policy, records should ordinarily be declassified in 25 years. Records older than 25 years should be appraised by archival experts and transferred to the National Archives of India once the war/operations histories have been compiled: MoD
The History Division will be responsible for coordination with various departments while compiling, seeking approval and publishing of war/operations histories: MoD
The policy mandates constitution of a committee headed by JS, MoD, including representatives of Services, MEA, MHA etc and prominent military historians (if required), for compilation of war/ operations histories. Committee should be formed within 2 years of completion of war/ops
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