Cabinet Committee on Security

(i) to deal with all Defence related issues;

(ii) to deal with issues relating to law and order, and internal security;

(iii) to deal with policy matters concerning foreign affairs that have internal or external security implications including cases relating to agreements with other countries on security related issues;

(iv) to deal with economic and political issues impinging on national security;

(v) to review the manpower requirements relating to national security including proposals concerning creation of posts carrying the pay scale or pay band plus Grade Pay equivalent to that of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India and higher, and setting up new structures to deal with security related issues;

(vi) to consider all cases-

(a) involving capital expenditure of more than rupees one thousand crore-

      (I) in respect of-

                    (A) the Department of Defence Production; and

                    (B) the Department of Defence Research and Development;

      (II) in respect of the Capital Works projects. Services Capital Acquisition plans, schemes, projects, procurement of security related equipment, non-scaled and new items in respect of Department of Defence; and

(b) involving security related expenditure of more than one thousand crore rupees in respect of Departments not included in item (a),

except in cases where higher powers for disposal of cases or class of cases have been delegated to the specified authorities;

(c) involving capital expenditure of more than two hundred fifty crore rupees in respect of land acquisition by the Department of Defence where land acquisition is undertaken separately;

(vii) all matters relating to atomic energy; and

(viii) to consider cases of –

1. increase in the firmed up cost estimates or revised cost estimates of schemes, projects, acquisition, or procurement in respect of items covered by entry (vi), for reasons such as time overrun, changes in scope, or under-estimation, to the extent such increase is more than twenty per cent of the original cost estimates already approved by the competent authority;
2. any further increase of more than five per cent in the revised cost estimates referred to in item (i): 

Provided that no case of revised cost estimate where such revised cost estimate is one thousand crore rupees or less or other cases falling within the powers delegated to other authorities by the Central Government, shall be required to be brought before the Cabinet Committee on Security except in cases, where the Minister-in-charge directs any case to be placed before the Committee:

Provided further that any escalation due to increase in statutory levies, exchange rate variation and price escalation envisaged within the original approved project time cycle at the time of approval by the competent authority shall be excluded for determining increase in the cost under this entry.