Calling for revolution in bureaucratic affairs to bring real transformation, Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane said that the overbearing nature of our rules and regulations had resulted in several procedural lacunae creeping into the acquisition process, leading to a ‘Zero Error Syndrome’.
Speaking during a webinar organised by the United Services Institution on ‘Transformation imperatives for the Indian Army in the coming decades’, Gen Naravane called that the need of the hour is to get rid of the concept of the L1 vendor altogether.
L1 is also known as the lowest bidder. The lowest bidder gets the contract.
“We have brought about major structural changes in our organisation by aligning both the capital and revenue routes of procurement under the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance). This is not enough. Our procurement process, unfortunately, has not kept pace with requirements of time,” the Indian Army chief said.
“Procedures of the Industrial Age cannot hamstring needs of Information Era warfare. More than ever before, wars today require a whole of nation effort. The transformation of the armed forces needs to be resource informed,” he added.
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