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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | House panel slams Army for 'malpractices'

House panel slams Army for 'malpractices'

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published Published on Dec 24, 2011   modified Modified on Dec 24, 2011
-The Times of India

In a follow-up action to the scathing CAG report on the sub-standard foodstuff and rations being provided to soldiers, the parliamentary public accounts committee (PAC) is said to have blasted the defence establishment and the Army for "deep-rooted and widespread malpractices".

The PAC report, expected to be tabled in Parliament soon, conducted a detailed examination of last year's CAG report that punched several gaping holes in Army's entire "supply chain management of rations, hinting at wide-spread corruption and existence of cartels".

The CAG report, as reported by TOI earlier, had painted a dismal picture of the way procurement and supply of dry (rice, wheat, dal, sugar, tea, oil, tinned stuff) and fresh (vegetables, fruit, meat, milk) rations is being undertaken at an annual cost of Rs 1,440-crore.

"While instructions prohibit any extensions beyond three months of the ESL (estimated storage life), atta, sugar, rice, tea, dal, edible oil etc were consumed (by soldiers) even six to 28 months after the expiry of the original ESL," CAG had held.

Noting satisfaction levels of troops about quantity, quality and taste of rations was "very low", CAG had called for a complete overhaul of the existing system, ranging from computerization and better procurement procedures to expansion in the vendor base and blacklisting of defaulting parties.

As per CAG, the main villains of the piece are Army Service Corps (ASC) and Army Purchase Organization, all under the benign gaze of Army HQ as well as defence ministry.

The Times of India, 24 December, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/House-panel-slams-Army-for-malpractices/articleshow/11227101.cms


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