A proposal to include 22 types of armaments and six types of mines in the delegated financial powers to the vice chief is also expected to be approved soon. (File) A proposal to include 22 types of armaments and six types of mines in the delegated financial powers to the vice chief is also expected to be approved soon. (File)The government has given special financial powers to the Army to deal with critical deficiencies in ammunition and spares to wage a short and swift war amid tensions with China and Pakistan. Army sources told The Indian Express that the government order delegating financial powers to the vice-chief of army staff was issued last week. The government asks the army to have stocks of ammunition for 40 days of intense war fighting.

Source: Indian Express July 12, 2017 21:56 UTC