NEW DELHI: As part of Army’s restructuring plans, Jammu and Kashmir-based counter-terrorist force — Rashtriya Rifles — will now be headed by an Additional Director General instead of a Director General, officials said.Along with this, the Directorate General of the Rashtriya Rifles, including its head, will shift to the Udhampur-based Northern Command from the Army Headquarters in Delhi. The move entails having a new sub-vertical under the Army’s Delhi-based Infantry Directorate to look at procurement matters of the Rashtriya Rifles (RR).The move is part of the Army’s study on ‘Reorganisation of the Army Headquarters’, which was submitted to the defence ministry in February. The ministry has agreed to the new move, officials said.A Major General rank officer will be appointed as ADG of the soon to be created RR Directorate. This will be in place of a Lieutenant General rank officer as the DG. The Army believes that the designation should be changed, because the role does not require a Lieutenant General rank officer. This is because the mandate of the RR chief has been reduced, as one of its tasks will be assigned to another directorate. It is also cutting administrative flab to sharpen combat capabilities. There may also be command and control issues in the Northern Command, if a Lieutenant General rank officer is sent there instead of a Major General rank officer.“The DGRR will become ADG RR and will be placed under the Northern Command,” said an official.ET had earlier reported that the army was considering relocating the RR directorate to J&K. This is being done because the head of the directorate will be better able to address the problems of troops and immediately visit an operational area if the need arises.The ADG RR will look at administrative, training and equipping, which are the existing roles of the head of the directorate. The RR’s operational matters will continue to be handled by local formations in Kashmir.The change is similar to the system existing for the Director General of Assam Rifles, who is located in Shillong , as the force is based in the North East. He too largely looks at administrative matters, while the operational issues are dealt by the two Inspector Generals of the Assam Rifles and directly under the different Corps headquarters.Another official added, “A subvertical will be created under the Infantry Directorate and will look at RR related procurement matters.”The vertical will be led by a Director or Colonel rank officer. The role, which will be assigned to this vertical, is being currently looked at by the DG RR.The development stems from the army’s plans to reorganise itself into a lethal and agile force, which is capable of handling future challenges. Besides the Army Headquarter study there are three more studies- ‘Reorganisation and rightsizing of the Army’, ‘Cadre review of officers’ and ‘Review of terms of engagement of rank and file’.