Emergency financial powers granted to Armed Forces to fight against COVID -19 - New Delhi Times
May 1, 2021 Share Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has invoked special provisions and granted Emergency Financial Powers to the Armed Forces to empower them and speed up their efforts in relation to the current COVID-19 situation in the country, on April 30, 2021. As per a release by the Ministry of Defence, Vice Chiefs of Armed Forces including Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to The Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) and General Officer Commanding-in-Chiefs (GOC-in-Cs) and equivalents of all three services have been given full powers, whereas Corps Commanders/Area Comm...