Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Dr T Subbarami Reddy in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday stated that the Committee under the chairmanship of Dr P Rama Rao, which was constituted to conduct a comprehensive review of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has recommended a set of measures.
Following a government approval, the following recommendations of the Committee have been implemented:
• Nomination of Nodal Officers for structured interaction between DRDO and Services.
• Introduction of Integrated Financial Advice (IFA) Scheme for financial decentralisation.
• Appointment of a dedicated Chief Controller for Human Resources (HR).
• Creation of Seven Technology Domain-based Clusters each headed by one Director General.
• Restructuring of DRDO HQrs, Creation of Directorate of Systems Analysis and Modelling (SAM) and Directorate of Quality, Reliability and Safety (QR&S).