Defence minister Rajnath Singh gave his go-ahead for the scrapping of almost 10,000 posts in the MES 'to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces' NEW DELHI : Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday gave his go-ahead for the scrapping of almost 10,000 posts in the Military Engineering Services (MES) “to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces", according to a defence ministry statement.
The decision is in line with the recommendations of the committee of experts, headed by former lieutenant general D.B. Shekatkar, the statement said.