21 December 2011

News Story: CAG pulls up Indian Army, MoD for delay in procuring howitzers

NEW DELHI (PTI): With no artillery gun inducted in over two decades, the CAG on Tuesday pulled up the Indian Defence Ministry and Army saying the delay in procurement of these howitzers has adversely impacted operational preparedness of the service and resulted in "substantial" cost overruns.

The CAG slammed the Defence Ministry and Army for "failure in defining the requirement of specific gun system that has deprived its artillery, for over a decade, of guns of latest technology, which are in service world over."

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