NEW DELHI, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- India's defense ministry has constituted a 13-member advisory panel to monitor and expedite capital acquisition projects for its military, officials said Thursday.

The committee would undertake independent review and status check of identified ongoing military capital projects which are above 7.7 million U.S. dollars.

"The panel will be authorised to identify specific bottlenecks and concerns that are responsible for delays, wherever applicable and suggest the way forward," a defense ministry spokesman said.

"It will also suggest actionable measures to improve the capital acquisition process and procedures."