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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 7
In a major cost reduction and restructuring of the Military Engineering Service (MES) created in the British era, the Ministry of Defense has decided to abolish more than 9,300 posts.
The vacant positions in retirement of existing staff will not be filled by a new recruit, an official said.
These publications cost Rs 300 million rupees to the treasury per year in wages. The cascading effect of the increase in Dearness (DA) grant, pension liability, etc. it is not included in this sum.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh approved the MES chief engineer’s proposal for the optimization of more than 9,300 jobs in the basic and industrial workforce. “The proposal to abolish 9,304 positions in the MES out of the total of 13,157 vacancies for basic and industrial personnel has been approved,” said the Defense Ministry.
“It is in line with the recommendations of the Committee of Experts, led by Lt. Gen. DB Shekatkar, which had recommended measures to improve combat capabilities and rebalance defense spending by the armed forces,” said a Defense Ministry spokesman.
One of the recommendations made by the committee was to restructure the civilian workforce so that MES work could be done in part by staff employed by the department, and other work could be outsourced.
In 1881, the British cut off the PWD Military Works branch and transferred it to the Military Department. The Military Works Services headed by a Director General were created in 1889. The MES was organized in its current structure after 1947.
Sources said that normal maintenance of military infrastructure would be carried out by private agencies.
Shekatkar’s panel listed 99 points for structural changes in the Army, reducing sagging and reducing income (maintenance) expenses. The Ministry of Defense, in 2017, accepted 65 of 99 suggestions. Of these 65, some are pending implementation.
Panel recommendations
Former Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar had established Lt. Gen. DB Shekatkar’s committee. He suggested how to improve the combat potential of the forces and rebalance spending. He listed the steps to trim, redeploy, and integrate labor. He suggested that spending “could be reduced by Rs 25 billion in five years.” These publications cost Rs300 million rupees to the treasury per year by way of wages alone.
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