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TO OPTIMISE ITS MANPOWER, ARMY OUTSOURCES ‘KEY RESPONSIBILITIES’
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The Army is outsourcing essential tasks like defence training, security, and facility management to optimize manpower.
source:themirror
source:themirrorOutsourcing Essential Responsibilities in Army:
- Defence training preparation, security, equipment repair, and facility management outsourced.
- Manpower optimization plan aims to enhance operational efficiency.
- Veterans hired as contract instructors for preparatory courses; best practices identified.
- Language experts enlisted to train personnel in foreign languages.
- Outsourced services include catering, waste management, medical consultancy, and conservancy.
- No outsourcing of core functions; Vice Chief of the Army approval required for new services.
- Tooth-to-tail ratio sharpening initiative for the next five years to streamline force structure.
- Decision based on inputs from all arms and services, considering existing manpower shortage in the 12.8-lakh Army.
