NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- India's Coast Guard, entrusted with protecting the country's maritime interests, has decided not to offer subsidised liquor to its obese personnel.
An order has been recently issued by one regional district headquarters of the armed force -- Coast Guard District, Porbandar, Gujarat, also the homestate of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"As an interim measure to give a check, curb and minimise the obesity cases, it has been decided the liquor issue to obese/overweight personnel is to be stopped with immediate effect, as the consumption of liquor is known to be exaggerating the obese condition," says the order.
Sources said Saturday that the order, however, does not apply to officers and sailors of other regional district headquarters of the Coast Guard.
"The move is to ensure that personnel stay fit and do regular exercise. But the order is not pan-India," sources said.
All personnel of the Indian armed forces -- the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Coast Guard -- are entitled to a monthly subsidised liquor quota, depending on their rank.
