New Ministry of Defence committee will push capital projects worth Rs 5 bn

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has constituted a 13-member committee that will review ongoing capital acquisition projects worth over Rs 5 billion, and suggest ways of taking them towards fruition.

Called Raksha Mantri’s Advisory Committee on Ministry of Defence Capital Projects (RMCOMP), the body is required to “expedite capital acquisitions to bolster armed forces preparedness”, the defence ministry announced on Wednesday.

The committee will be chaired by Vinay Sheel Oberoi, who retired earlier this year as secretary for higher education in the human resource development ministry. Its members include former Hindustan Aeronautics  chairman R K Tyagi, Defence Accounts Secretary Sanhita Kar, retired rear