Parrikar gets down to business

And here's the lowdown on the first briefing Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had with the chiefs of the three defence services. When Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag painted an alarming picture of ammunition shortages or war wastage reserves (WWR), which should be enough for 42 days of intense fighting but had come down to 20 days now, Parrikar asked a brief question: "This is not a development that has taken place overnight. What did the previous governments do to arrest the progressive slide?" No one had an answer.