Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Ajai Singh is currently serving as Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN).
(2) The Andaman and Nicobar Command is India’s first and only joint tri-service theater command.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only (1)
(b) Only (2)
(c) Both (1) & (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 6 July 2021, Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Lieutenant General Ajai Singh visited the Amphibian Brigade at Birchgunj Military Station, Port Blair.
- He reviewed operations at the Jungle Survival School and inspected various training activities, including driving an ALS through the landing ship ramp simulator at the Wave Generation Training Facility.
- Addressing the troops, the CINCAN stressed on the need to remain ops ready and prepared at all times.
About Andaman and Nicobar Command:
- Andaman and Nicobar Command is the first and only Tri-service theater command of the Indian Armed Forces, based at Port Blair.
- It was created in 2001 to safeguard India’s strategic interests in Southeast Asia and the Strait of Malacca by increasing rapid deployment of military assets in the region.
- The Command is headed by a rotating three-star commanders-in-chief from the Army, Navy and Air Force reporting directly to the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay