Service canteens to stop selling 422 direct import items
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The Unit Run Canteens (URC) of the armed forces will stop selling 422 immediately imported items following an order from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in assist of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”. The Canteen Stores Department (CSD) has issued a notification to all its depot managers to this impact.
“To implement government’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and as per the directions of the MoD, no purchase order will be placed for the directly imported items with immediate effect,” the discover dated October 29 stated. However, there isn’t a restriction in provide of items of pending buy orders already positioned and sale to URCs until such time the shares of imported items are liquidated absolutely.
“You are therefore requested not to place any local purchase orders on the imported items…,” the notification stated asking all depot managers to affirm its receipt by October 31 by e-mail.
The CSD, which features as an connected workplace of the MoD, has 34 depots positioned throughout India. It has a portfolio of over 4,500 merchandise sourced from 650 distributors each Indian and international.
In an order dated October 19, the MoD stated conferences had been held with the three Services and CSD officers on May 21 and July 21 in assist of “Atmanirbhar Bharat abhiyan”. “Based on the agreed decisions, it has been decided that procurement of direct imported items shall not be undertaken by CSD.”
The listing of 422 items embody some main manufacturers and a defence official stated the volumes of assorted items are so excessive that it ought to act as an incentive for corporations to localise.
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