TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked the defence public sector units (PSUs) to prepare contingency plans for resuming operations after the lifting of the lockdown.
While reviewing the performance of the defence PSUs (DPSUs) and ordnance factories in the lockdown and their contribution in the fight against COVID-19, the Defence Minister also asked them to ramp up their production.
“The Defence Ministry directed them to prepare contingency plans for resumption of operations after the lifting of lockdown to compensate for the lost working time to the extent possible and ramp up production,” the Defence Ministry said in a release.
Mr Singh also appreciated the innovative skills displayed by the DPSUs in devising and manufacturing new products to fight COVID-19 and also the assistance rendered to the local administration in several forms.