India to announce new Defence Production Policy tomorrow

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India to announce new Defence Production Policy tomorrow

NEW DELHI (PTI): India will unveil on Thursday its maiden Defence Production Policy (DPP) that will lay stress on reducing dependence on imports and enhancing domestic arms manufacturing base by allowing private sector for the first time to engage in research and development in the field.

The DPP, which will be released by Defence Minister A K Antony, states that only those systems and platforms would be imported which can't be developed indigenously in specified timeframes and are essential for meeting the critical requirements of armed forces.

Under the policy, private sector will have an enhanced role in defence manufacturing and research and development, which so far has been the domain of public sector only.

With the new policy, the Government aims to develop a strong domestic defence-industrial base to ensure that the country's strategic autonomy is not circumscribed, defence ministry officials said.

It will also help in creating employment, they added.

The policy, which was finalised in December 2010, has already been cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC).

The policy states that futuristic weapon systems required in next eight to ten years would be specified and would be developed within the country after designated committees analyse the long-term integrated perspective plans of the armed forces.

These committees will include representatives from the ministry, armed forces, DRDO and will also organise partnerships between academia and industry.

The policy also states that the government would give preference to indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment, which would come from both the Public and Private sectors.

The defence sector was opened up in 2001-2002 to 100 per cent private investment and 26 per cent foreign direct investment was also allowed but this has not yet produced the desired results.

Announcing a major policy change last week, the Ministry had come up with its new Defence Procurement Policy, which expanded the scope of defence offsets to civil aerospace and internal security industry.

The less-than-expected output by DRDO, defence PSUs and 39 ordnance factories has meant that India still imports over 70 per cent of its military requirements.

India is one of the largest importers of military hardware and post-Kargil war, it has inked arms deals worth over $50 billion since the 1999 Kargil conflict.

India to announce new Defence Production Policy tomorrow - Brahmand.com

 

[my name is arya]

dont make policy just do it

we were making policy but china is doing so guys now we have to do it

say less do more

 

[alphaxindia]

DO DO IT FAST. Defense production should be faster than industrial production, at least twice faster.

 

[DesiGuy]

damm, u indian politicians.


India will do this, india will do that.......THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT.

india havn't done ****.

 

[Dalai Lama]

That's great, but actually DO IT. Don't just talk about doing it.

 

[MAFIAN GOD]

People need to understand that these policies will show their effects by some amount of time if implied properly.
Nevertheless "DER AAYE DURUST AAYE."

 

[angeldemon_007]

I don't get it....how many DPP will come ??//

 

[SpArK]

 

[PRACTICAL PATRIOT]

the best part in entire policy, including private sector in defence.
i m loving it.

 

[luckyyy]

nothing new is expected in new Defence Production Policy ...only the FDI limit could increase to 49%..

 

[sudhir007]

Press Information Bureau English Releases

Antony Unveils first ever Defence Production Policy
Domestic Entities to get Preference in Defence Procurement
Private Sector to be Roped in for Design, Development and Production of Defence Products
Bigger Role for Academic and Research Institutions
Stage Process to be followed in Defence Production
Separate Corpus to be set up for Research Activities
With a view to achieve substantive self reliance in design, development and production of defence equipment, weapon systems and platforms, the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony unveiled the first ever Defence Production Policy (DPrP) here today. The policy also aims at creating conditions conducive for the private industries to play an active role to achieve the objective. DPrP will act as a catalyst to enhance potential of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for indigenisation as also for broadening the defence research and development base of the country.

Releasing the document, Shri Antony said the Policy aims to achieve maximum synergy among the Armed Forces, DPSUs, OFBs, Indian Industry and Research and Development institutions. The function was attended among others by the Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju, Defence Secretary, Shri Pradeep Kumar, Secretary Defence Production, Shri Raj Kumar Singh and the DG Acquisition Shri Vivek Rae. The Defence Production Policy has been prepared after extensive consultations with various stakeholders such as the three Services, Coast Guard, Integrated Defence Staff, DRDO and Indian Industry Associations – CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM etc.

Under the new Defence Production Policy, coming into force with immediate effect, preference will be given to indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment. Therefore, wherever the required arms, ammunition and equipment are possible to be made by the Indian industry within the time lines required by the Services, the procurement will be made from the indigenous sources. Whenever the Indian industry is not in a position to make and deliver the equipments as per the SQRs in the requisite time frame, procurement from foreign sources would be resorted to, as per Defence Procurement Procedure. While examining procurement cases, the time taken in the procurement and delivery from foreign sources vis-a-vis the time required for making it in the country, along with the urgency and criticality of the requirement, will be examined as per the Defence Procurement Procedure before deciding to proceed with procurement from foreign sources.

Based on the approved Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP), equipment, weapon system and platforms required ten years and further down the line will by and large be developed within the country. Sub-systems that are not economically viable or practical to be made within the country may be imported, ensuring their availability at all times. However, as far as possible, the design and integration of the platforms and systems will be undertaken within the country.

The government will endeavour to build a robust indigenous defence industrial base by proactively encouraging larger involvement of the Indian private sector in design, development and manufacture of defence equipment. Towards this end, efforts would be made to progressively identifying and address any issue which impacts or which has potential of impacting the competitiveness of the Indian Defence Industry in comparison to foreign companies.

To synergise and enhance the national competence in producing state of the art defence product within the price lines and time lines that are globally competitive, all viable approaches such as formation of consortia, joint venture and public private partnerships etc. within the government approved framework will be undertaken. The academia, research and development institutions as well as technical and scientific organisations of repute will be involved for achieving this objective.

The government will further simplify the procedure under the “MAKE” category of DPP in such a manner that it enables indigenous design and development of the required defence products by both public and private industries in a faster time frame.

Service Headquarters while laying down the qualitative requirements for defence products will exercise due diligence at all times to keep in view feasibility and practicability of the QRs. However, it will be ensured that the defence products developed in the country provide a competitive edge to our services vis-a-vis potential adversaries.

The Defence Production Policy recognises that development of complex systems is a stage process with incremental changes progressing from Mk-1 and Mk-2 and so on. The stage process will be followed. However, at every review of such developmental projects by the Defence Production Board or Defence R&D Board, as the case may be, it will be ensured that our equipment, weapons systems and platforms are such that they provide an edge to our forces over our potential adversaries. In case of delays in the realization of the projects, the corresponding proposal will be processed as per the Defence Procurement Procedure and the option of “BUY” shall be followed for the necessary numbers till indigenous production capability is established where after indigenous systems shall be procured.

Policies will also be put in place to encourage the DPSUs, OFB and the private sector to strengthen their research and development wings so that constant upgradation and improvement in systems under manufacture is possible. The government will set up a separate fund to provide necessary resources to public and private sector including SMEs as well as academic and scientific institutions to support research and development of defence products.

The Defence Minister will hold an annual review of the progress in self reliance that has been achieved during the year.

 

[my name is arya]

at least some work for babus

lots of money they can make and guys tea and coffee party while you make any report


soo much effort they are doing