Explanation:

• Shekatkar Committee was a 11-member committee, appointed by the erstwhile Defence Minister in mid-2016 which recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces. Hence statement 1st is correct.
• It also proposes Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) Model under which Indian Army has initiated the process of identifying potential industry partners to implement the Government for its base workshop and ordnance depots. Hence statement 2nd is correct.
• The recommendations on the creation of the Chief of Defence Staff post and a Department of Military Affairs have been already implemented. Hence statement 3rd is correct.

Why it is in news?

• Recently, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for the abolition of 9,304 posts in the Military Engineering Service (MES) out of the total 13,157 vacancies of the basic and industrial staff. This is in line with the recommendations of the Lt. Gen. D.B. Shekatkar (Retd.) Committee