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Defence Ministry to study quality of food for troops
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will soon carry out an independent survey to determine the satisfaction levels of Indias 13 lakh troops on the quality of rations supplied to them in the field.
For the purpose, the MoD will rope in the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) to suggest alteration in rations, depending on the troops nutritional requirements.
The MoD gave this assurance in an Action Taken Note (ATN) to Parliaments Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which was however unhappy that the study had not yet been carried out despite the supply chain management of rations in the Indian Army being examined by it in 2011. The PAC presented the ATN in Parliament this month.
The (Defence) Ministry is considering to undertake independent survey by the ICMR and DIPAS for determining the satisfaction level of the troops and to suggest alteration in rations depending on nutritional requirements, development of food technology and preference of troops, the MoD said in its ATN.
The Ministry has asked ICMR whether it would like to undertake the study this year on satisfaction levels, it said. The MoD also assured the PAC that the defence food specifications are reviewed continuously and are revised through a Technical Standardisation Committee, which meets annually.
The PAC, however, regretted that the survey is still under consideration of the ministry, though assurance to that effect was given in 2011 when the subject was under examination of the committee.
Deprecating the inordinate delay, the PAC asked the MoD to initiate urgent measures for undertaking the proposed survey without any further delay to gauge the satisfaction levels of the troops taking into consideration their calorific, nutritional and conditional requirements.
The PAC had, in 2011 report, noted that the DIPAS study carried out between 2001 and 2005 had revealed that satisfaction level of troops regarding quality, quantity and taste of rations in general was very low and in particular with respect to the quality of meet and fresh vegetables. It also noted that 10 of the 50 samples of ration supplied to the troops posted in Jammu and Kashmir were sub-standard and of poor quality.
Defence Ministry to study quality of food for troops - The New Indian Express
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will soon carry out an independent survey to determine the satisfaction levels of Indias 13 lakh troops on the quality of rations supplied to them in the field.
For the purpose, the MoD will rope in the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) to suggest alteration in rations, depending on the troops nutritional requirements.
The MoD gave this assurance in an Action Taken Note (ATN) to Parliaments Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which was however unhappy that the study had not yet been carried out despite the supply chain management of rations in the Indian Army being examined by it in 2011. The PAC presented the ATN in Parliament this month.
The (Defence) Ministry is considering to undertake independent survey by the ICMR and DIPAS for determining the satisfaction level of the troops and to suggest alteration in rations depending on nutritional requirements, development of food technology and preference of troops, the MoD said in its ATN.
The Ministry has asked ICMR whether it would like to undertake the study this year on satisfaction levels, it said. The MoD also assured the PAC that the defence food specifications are reviewed continuously and are revised through a Technical Standardisation Committee, which meets annually.
The PAC, however, regretted that the survey is still under consideration of the ministry, though assurance to that effect was given in 2011 when the subject was under examination of the committee.
Deprecating the inordinate delay, the PAC asked the MoD to initiate urgent measures for undertaking the proposed survey without any further delay to gauge the satisfaction levels of the troops taking into consideration their calorific, nutritional and conditional requirements.
The PAC had, in 2011 report, noted that the DIPAS study carried out between 2001 and 2005 had revealed that satisfaction level of troops regarding quality, quantity and taste of rations in general was very low and in particular with respect to the quality of meet and fresh vegetables. It also noted that 10 of the 50 samples of ration supplied to the troops posted in Jammu and Kashmir were sub-standard and of poor quality.
Defence Ministry to study quality of food for troops - The New Indian Express
