A Committee of Experts was constituted by Ministry of Defence under the chairmanship of Lt. Gen. DB Shekatkar (Retd) to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces. The Committee has submitted its final report in December 2016. 

An internal committee has been constituted within the Ministry to analyse the report, identify the recommendations to be accepted and to frame the key action points as well as a roadmap for their implementation. 

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh in Lok Sabha today. 

 

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