CAG: No enough fruits & Vegetables for Army Jawans
posted on Jul 28, 2016 @ 7:00PM
The Comptroller and Auditor General Of India (CAG) has said that the Indian Army is not providing adequate fresh fruits and vegetables to its jawans. The report by the CAG also points out very low level of troop satisfaction regarding the quantity, quality and the taste of ration, including low quality of meat and fresh vegetables.
As many as 68 per cent of the feedback reports received from the consuming units, were graded as satisfactory or below. The Indian Air Force was not spared either. The CAG criticized the IAF for buying ten C17 globemaster planes at the cost of Rs 19,000 crore and not using them properly. While the Border Roads Organisation was rapped for buying cranes without need-assessment, so much so, that the cranes were barely even used. The cranes cost Rs 7 crore.
The CAG noticed wide variation in the receipt of fruits and vegetables in the prescribed proportion in the Western and Eastern command. The CAG also pulled up the Army for buying 322 radio sets, valued at Rs 22 crore, in excess of what is required for field trials in 2006.