Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday sanctioned delegation of emergency financial powers to Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). As per the order, emergency financial powers have been delegated to Director General Medical Services (Army/Navy/Air Force), head of Medical Branches at Formation/Command Headquarters of Army/Navy/Air Force/Andaman & Nicobar Command and Joint Staff including Command Medical Officers of Navy and Principal Medical Officers of Air Force (Major General and equivalent/Brigadiers and equivalent). The delegated financial powers are as follows. DGsMS (Army/Navy/Air Force) – Rs 5 crore, Major General and equivalent – Rs 3 crore, Brigadier and equivalent – Rs 2 crore. Emergency powers have been delegated up to September 30, 2021 with a provision for revision/extension.