GOCO MODEL: Floundering in Rough Waters

摘要

The government has to tread cautiously in its efforts to bring in privatisation of military technical services. MRO is not purely an industrial activity but has an operational readiness angle linked to it. It cannot be considered similar to privatisation of services such as quartering, IT, rations and general stores. The Indian Army has to retain control and steer the direction of such a key military engineering function just as the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy have one. The consequences of any adversary knowing the vulnerabilities of weapon platforms can be catastrophic, as can be seen from the sinking of the missile cruiser Moskva and the widespread destruction of armoured vehicles.