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NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of Army chief Gen V K Singh raising the issue of shortage of equipment, defence minister A K Antony today directed the force to streamline its acquisition process to fix accountability in case of delays in procurement.
In an hour-long meeting with Gen Singh and senior Army and ministry officials to review proposals relating to capital acquisition in the service, the minister favoured providing more financial powers to the services' headquarters if it helped in speedier acquisition of equipment and weapon systems.
"Antony directed the Army to streamline its acquisition process in such a manner that accountability can be fixed in case of any slippages. He also asked the ministry and the Army officials to examine the possibility of compressing the time taken for technical evaluations and trials," ministry officials said.
He also asked "the ministry and the Army officials to examine the possibility of compressing the time taken for technical evaluations and trials," they said.
Ministry officials said the meeting was in continuation of the earlier review meetings held in September last year and January this year.
Another meeting would be held next month to review the progress made on the decisions that have been taken today, they said.
Besides Gen Singh, the meeting was attended by Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma and a number of other senior ministry and service officials.
Antony meets Gen VK Singh, directs Army to streamline acquisition process - The Times of India
Govt clears Defence plan, revises offset policy
With Army Chief Gen V.K. Singh highlighting shortage of equipment, the Defence Ministry today appeared to be fast-tracking decision-making as it approved a plan for development of capabilities and effected a major change in offset policy by including transfer-of-technology.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister A K Antony, also cleared the 15-year Long Term Integrated Perspective Planning (LTIPP) which would project requirements of the armed forces to be met through indigenisation and robust involvement of private sector.
The two-hour meeting of the DAC was attended by Army Chief Gen V K Singh, IAF Chief N A K Browne and Naval Chief Nirmal Verma. Prior to this, Antony had an hour-long separate meeting with the Army Chief and other senior Army officials to review the requirements of the force.
These meetings came days after Gen Singh flagged the issue of shortages and deficiences faced by the army like lack of ammunition for tanks and obsolesence of air-defence systems.
The 12th Defence Plan, approved by the DAC, charts the roadmap for development of capabilites of the three forces in tune with their future operational requirements and the role which the country will play within the region and outside.
The DAC also approved revised Defence Offset Guidelines (DOG) where it recognised transfer of technology (ToT) for discharge of offset obligations, meeting a key demand of foreign companies.
Revised policy recognises ToT as eligible for discharge of offset obligations. Investment in kind in terms of ToT must cover all documentation, training and consultancy required for full ToT, officials said.
As per the changes, the Ministry has demanded that the ToT should be provided without license fee and there should be no restriction on domestic production, sale or export.
The Hindu : News / National : Govt clears Defence plan, revises offset policy
In an hour-long meeting with Gen Singh and senior Army and ministry officials to review proposals relating to capital acquisition in the service, the minister favoured providing more financial powers to the services' headquarters if it helped in speedier acquisition of equipment and weapon systems.
"Antony directed the Army to streamline its acquisition process in such a manner that accountability can be fixed in case of any slippages. He also asked the ministry and the Army officials to examine the possibility of compressing the time taken for technical evaluations and trials," ministry officials said.
He also asked "the ministry and the Army officials to examine the possibility of compressing the time taken for technical evaluations and trials," they said.
Ministry officials said the meeting was in continuation of the earlier review meetings held in September last year and January this year.
Another meeting would be held next month to review the progress made on the decisions that have been taken today, they said.
Besides Gen Singh, the meeting was attended by Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma and a number of other senior ministry and service officials.
Antony meets Gen VK Singh, directs Army to streamline acquisition process - The Times of India
Govt clears Defence plan, revises offset policy
With Army Chief Gen V.K. Singh highlighting shortage of equipment, the Defence Ministry today appeared to be fast-tracking decision-making as it approved a plan for development of capabilities and effected a major change in offset policy by including transfer-of-technology.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister A K Antony, also cleared the 15-year Long Term Integrated Perspective Planning (LTIPP) which would project requirements of the armed forces to be met through indigenisation and robust involvement of private sector.
The two-hour meeting of the DAC was attended by Army Chief Gen V K Singh, IAF Chief N A K Browne and Naval Chief Nirmal Verma. Prior to this, Antony had an hour-long separate meeting with the Army Chief and other senior Army officials to review the requirements of the force.
These meetings came days after Gen Singh flagged the issue of shortages and deficiences faced by the army like lack of ammunition for tanks and obsolesence of air-defence systems.
The 12th Defence Plan, approved by the DAC, charts the roadmap for development of capabilites of the three forces in tune with their future operational requirements and the role which the country will play within the region and outside.
The DAC also approved revised Defence Offset Guidelines (DOG) where it recognised transfer of technology (ToT) for discharge of offset obligations, meeting a key demand of foreign companies.
Revised policy recognises ToT as eligible for discharge of offset obligations. Investment in kind in terms of ToT must cover all documentation, training and consultancy required for full ToT, officials said.
As per the changes, the Ministry has demanded that the ToT should be provided without license fee and there should be no restriction on domestic production, sale or export.
The Hindu : News / National : Govt clears Defence plan, revises offset policy
