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Army gets working on Government Owned Contractor Operated model to improve efficiency
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- The Army has initiated the process of identifying potential industry partners to implement the Government Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) model for its base workshops and ordinance depots intended to improve operational efficiency.
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- More about the GOCO model
(1) In GOCO model, the assets owned by government will be operated by the private industries.
(2) The GOCO model was one of the recommendations of the Lt. Gen. DB Shekatkar (Retd.) committee to “enhance combat capability and re-balancing defence expenditure.”
(3) Based on the recommendations, the government has “decided to disband two advance base workshops, one static workshop and four ordnance depots” and eight Army Base Workshops (ABWs) are recommended to be corporatized on GOCO model.
Source
The Hindu