By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 8th February 18
Defence Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman has constituted a 13 member committee that will review
ongoing capital acquisition projects worth more than Rs 500 crore, and suggest ways
of taking them towards fruition.
Given the title of Raksha
Mantri’s Advisory Committee on Ministry of Defence (MoD) Capital Projects – abbreviated
to RMCOMP – the body is required to “expedite capital acquisitions to bolster
armed forces preparedness”, the defence ministry announced today.
The 13-member
committee will be chaired by Vinay Sheel Oberoi, who retired earlier this year
as secretary for higher education in the Human Resource Development ministry.
Its members include former
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd chairman, RK Tyagi, defence accounts secretary,
Sanhita Kar, Rear Admiral (Retired) Sudhir Pillai and representatives from each
of the three services.
The committee is
charged with: “Independent review and status check” of ongoing critical capital
projects above Rs. 500 crore, assessing their “physical and financial progress”
and identifying “specific bottlenecks and concerns that are responsible for
delays”, and suggesting the way forward.
The RMCOMP’s ambit
will include multiple categories of procurements under the Defence Procurement
Procedure, include ‘Mission Mode’ projects, ‘Make’ projects as well as ‘Design
and Development’ projects under the Ministry.
The RCOMP will have an
initial tenure until the end of August 2018.
It is required to
present an initial status report on identified projects to the defence minister
by 31st March 2018. It also mandated to present “remedial measures and
follow-up strategy.”
Based on the ministry’s
decisions on the status report, the RCOMP must submit two follow-up corrective
Action Taken Reports by 30th April 2018 and 31st July 2018.
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