After CAG report, sources say critical ammo to start arriving in weeks

July 22, 2017 14:42

A day after the country's top auditor told parliament that the army is significantly short on ammunition, sources have confirmed that supplies of critical ammo for tanks and artillery guns will start flowing in from early next month.

The army by the end of next year will likely come close to meeting its requirement for 40 days of war wastage reserves of ammunition - the ideal stockpile the Army needs to fight 40 days of an intensive war - sources have said.

The world's second-largest standing army is woefully short on ammunition and there hasn't been a remarkable change in the last few years, the Comptroller and Auditor General told parliament on Friday. The shortage dents the army's ability to sustain a war for a long period, the report said.

Sources told NDTV that several types of ammunition and fuses which are in short supply are presently at the pre-dispatch inspection stage before they are exported to India by foreign suppliers.

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