Indian
Affairs
Government approves first phase of Army reforms
On 30th august ,2017, The Cabinet Committee on Security
(CCS) approved implementation of the first phase of recommendations
of Shekatkar Committee. This committee was formed to recommend
measures to enhance combat capability and rebalancing Defence
Expenditure of the Armed Forces with an aim to increase “teeth
to tail ratio”, It had given 99 recommendations to
the government on December 2016, out of which the Ministry of Defence has
decided to implement 65 suggestions in phased manner.