The Army top brass from the logistics branches fear that increasing commercial orientation of the Indian Railways and Air India could push the military logistics on a lower priority. Speaking at a National Seminar of Military Logistics, army logisticians called for a reorientation of these entities towards national defence.
Army faces issues of infrastructure, inventory and maintenance with the railways for its movement and supply chain management.
Inadequate railway infrastructure and assets, especially at locations needed by the army, lack of technical staff at detraining stations, delay in providing ODC clearance, undue delay in availability and mustering of stocks, unfulfilled requirements of land to stable stocks, and increasing cost & time overruns and delays are some of the major problems faced by the army.
22/07/15 Sushant Singh/The Indian Express
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Army faces issues of infrastructure, inventory and maintenance with the railways for its movement and supply chain management.
Inadequate railway infrastructure and assets, especially at locations needed by the army, lack of technical staff at detraining stations, delay in providing ODC clearance, undue delay in availability and mustering of stocks, unfulfilled requirements of land to stable stocks, and increasing cost & time overruns and delays are some of the major problems faced by the army.
22/07/15 Sushant Singh/The Indian Express
