Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday said a CAG report that criticised the force for the delay in procurement of special clothing for soldiers serving in high altitude areas, including Siachen, is a \u201clittle outdated\u201d as it pertains to 2015-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India , which was tabled in Parliament on Monday, pulled up the Army for the delay in procurement of clothing, equipment, snow goggles and multi-purpose boots that are required to be provided to soldiers serving in high altitude areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After meeting a group of 30 journalism students of Abasaheb Garware College here, General Naravane told reporters: \u201cIf you look at the CAG report carefully, it pertains to 2015-16. So, it is not a report about the present times. So, it is a little outdated in that sense\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the marginal hike in the defence budget, the Army chief said: \u201cDefence budget has got a modest increase of 8 per cent year on year. We will be studying how to manage this budget and how to make full use of it. And we will continue to modernise\u201d. \u201cNotwithstanding what budget allocations are made, in the last year itself we have inducted more than four-five different kind of weapons, weapon systems and platforms. So, modernisation has never been an issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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