{"id":36026,"date":"2018-11-01T13:11:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36026"},"modified":"2018-11-01T13:11:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:41:18","slug":"major-deficiencies-in-armys-ammunition-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/major-deficiencies-in-armys-ammunition-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Major deficiencies in Army\u2019s ammunition reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/major-deficiencies-in-armys-ammunition-reserves\/article19328118.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Major deficiencies in Army\u2019s ammunition reserves\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: (The Hindu)<\/span> (Follow up audit on Ammunition Management in Army)<\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has presented a bleak picture of the Army\u2019s War Wastage Reserve (WWR) ammunition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report tabled on Friday is a follow-up audit on the measures taken after the CAG\u2019s earlier report on \u201cAmmunition Management in Army,\u201d tabled in 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The new report<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an evaluation of the availability of WWR ammunition in the Army during the period 2013-14 to 2016-17 (till September 2016).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite a lapse of more than three years (from March 2013) no significant improvement in the availability of WWR ammunition was noticed in audit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the efforts to procure ammunition, there continued to be a critical deficiency in the availability and quality of ammunition supplied by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) since March 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Follow up audit on Ammunition Management in Army<\/b> <b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has presented a bleak picture of the Army\u2019s War Wastage Reserve (WWR) ammunition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report tabled on Friday is a follow-up audit on the measures taken after the CAG\u2019s earlier report on \u201cAmmunition Management in Army,\u201d tabled in 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The new report<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an evaluation of the availability of WWR ammunition in the Army during the period 2013-14 to 2016-17 (till September 2016).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite a lapse of more than three years (from March 2013) no significant improvement in the availability of WWR ammunition was noticed in audit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the efforts to procure ammunition, there continued to be a critical deficiency in the availability and quality of ammunition supplied by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) since March 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Major deficiencies in Army\u2019s ammunition reserves\u2019: (The Hindu) (Follow up audit on Ammunition Management in Army) Context The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has presented a bleak picture of the Army\u2019s War Wastage Reserve (WWR) ammunition. 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