That's how Indian Army is keeping corona off As the Indian Army has stepped up to fight against COVID, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh on Friday invoked special provisions and granted emergency financial power to the armed forces, empowering them to speed up their efforts to fight the Coronavirus. These emergency powers have been granted to the armed forces initially for three months from May 1 to July 31. Additional emergency powers have already been given to the Medical Officers of the armed forces to fight the COVID. These powers will help formation commanders to establish and operate quarantine facilities/hospitals and undertake procurement/repair of equipment, besides provisioning of various services and works required to support the ongoing effort against the pandemic.