MoD wants “more objectivity, transparency and fairness” in army promotions, sets up a committee

MoD wants “more objectivity, transparency and fairness” in army promotions, sets up a committee  Troubled(विवादास्पद)  by increasing number of complaints by senior army officers against promotions(पदोन्नति), the defence ministry has established a committee to review (समीक्षा) the promotion policy for army officers. Tasked (काम सौंपा) with infusing ((संचार) “more objectivity,

transparency and fairness(निष्पक्षता)  in the system”, the two-member committee, with retired Lt Generals GS Katoch and AK Ahuja as members, is scheduled to submit its report by February 16. The terms of reference of the committee, as given by the ministry, have asked it to “study and recommend appropriate amendments in the Quantified (मात्रा निर्धारित) System of Selection (QSS) in order to infuse more objectivity, transparency and fairness in the system”. Besides recommending(सिफारिश)  “changes required in the promotion policy presently followed in the army”, the committee has also been asked to suggest a “model calendar of selection boards”