Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has sanctioned delegation of emergency financial powers to the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) to fight the recent surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.

As per the order issued on Friday, emergency financial powers have been delegated to the Directors General Medical Services, Army, Navy, Air Force, head of Medical Branches at formation and Command Headquarters of all three services and the Andaman and Nicobar Command and Joint Staff including Command Medical Officers of the Navy and Principal Medical Officers of the Air Force.