Armed forces get emergency financial powers amid Covid crisis | India News
Indian Air Force C-17 conducting an operation to airlift 6 cryogenic oxygen containers from Dubai NEW DELHI: The 15-lakh strong armed forces were on Friday granted special emergency financial powers by defence minister Rajnath Singh to speed up their ongoing efforts in the battle against the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Singh “invoked special provisions” to grant the financial powers to formation commanders around the country to establish and operate quarantine facilities and hospitals as well as undertake procurement of equipment and stores, apart from provisioning of va...