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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
15-March-2016 13:23 IST
Comprehensive review of DRDO

A Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. P Rama Rao was constituted to conduct a comprehensive review of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The Organisation has implemented the following recommendations of the Committee within its powers:

• Nomination of Nodal Officers for structured interaction between DRDO and Services.

• Introduction of Integrated Financial Advice (IFA) Scheme for financial decentralization.

• Appointment of a dedicated Chief Controller for Human Resources (HR).

• Creation of Seven Technology Domain based Clusters headed by Director’s General.

• Restructuring of DRDO HQrs, Creation of Directorate of Systems Analysis and Modeling (SAM) and Directorate of Quality, Reliability and Safety (QR&S).

Efforts have also been made to increase budget for Extramural Research as recommended by the Committee.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Kiranmay Nanda in Rajya Sabha today.

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