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Recommendations of Shekatkar Commission for redeployment of officers and jawans – Lok Sabha QA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 845
ANSWERED ON: 26.06.2019
Recommendations of Shekatkar Commission
Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara
Will the Minister of
DEFENCE be pleased to state:-
(a) whether Government has approved recommendations made by Shekatkar Committee for redeployment of officers and jawans for combat role by restructuring the service;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether some of the recommendations pertaining to IAF and Navy are still under examination and if so, the time by which a final decision would be taken in this regard; and
(d) the details of the steps taken to improve operational capabilities with stress on modern technology in all the three services?
MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)
(a) to (d): The Report of the Shekatkar Committee constituted to recommend measures to enhance combat capability was submitted in December 2016. It was taken up by the Ministry of Defence to frame key action points and roadmap for implementation and a total of 99 recommendations were forwarded for implementation to concerned agencies/stakeholders.
The Report and its recommendations are not being placed in the public domain as it includes operational aspects of the armed forces, disclosure of which is not in the interest of national security.
Improving operational capabilities is a continuous process and requisite measures as required are taken from time to time.
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