Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has created a 13 member Raksha Mantri’s Advisory Committee on Ministry of Defence (MoD) Capital Projects (RMCOMP) to facilitate capital acquisitions to bolster armed forces preparedness.
The members of the Committee constituted involves Shri Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Former Secretary, Government of India – Chairman; Shri R. K. Tyagi, Former Chairman, HAL; Smt. SanhitaKar, IDAS (Retd), Former PCDA, Factories Accounts; Shri R. K. Jain, Former Member, OFB; Shri R. Anand, Special Advisor E&Y LLP; Amber Dubey, Partner Head, Aerospace & Defence, KPMG; Shri M. H. Rehman, Former DG (TM & HR)/DRDO; Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai (Retd), Former FONA; Maj Gen RKSaiwal (Retd), Former ADG (C&A)/MGO branch; AVM G Raveendranath (Retd), Former TM (Air); ACIDS (PP&FS), HQ IDS; Rep of DDP (JS Rank or Above); Brig/Col Equivalent from HQ IDS – Member Secy
As per reports, the committee constituted to use terms of reference that are to undertake independent review and status check of identified ongoing critical capital projects above Rs. 500 crores including ‘Mission Mode’ projects, ‘Make’ projects, ‘Buy (Indian), ‘Buy (Indian – IDDM), ‘Buy and Make’ and ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ projects as well as ‘Design and Development’ projects under the Ministry.
Latest reports claim that the committee’s work includes assessing the physical and financial progress of these schemes/projects, identifying specific bottlenecks and concerns that are responsible for delays, wherever applicable and suggest the way forward. Any other issues related to project monitoring and appraisal that may be referred by MoD.
The committee will have a tenure until the end of August 2018 (unless otherwise ordered).
The Chairman RMCOMP may co-opt up to two specialists/consultants as members if considered necessary for value addition. The committee will also invite/visit heads of DPSUs/DRDO/OFB and senior officers of MoD/DDP/Armed Forces for interactions.