Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on March 27, 2020 launched ”Operation Namaste” campaign to combat the spread of COVID-19 and help the government in its fight against pandemic.
Under this operation, the Army has issued series of directives to all its bases to insulate the force from the coronavirus.
The Indian Army has code-named its anti-COVID-19 operations as Operation Namaste and has, so far, established eight quarantine facilities across the country.