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Pvt sector must build shipyards: Navy chief
NEW DELHI: Aiming to make the Indian Navy a "builder's navy" through indigenisation, its chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta has sought initiatives by the private sector to construct shipyards and other facilities to enhance domestic shipbuilding capabilities.
"In so far as the navy is concerned, it is an issue that we are pushing extensively. It is not merely warship-building that needs acceleration, but shipbuilding as a whole," he said.
"Private sector initiatives in terms of greenfield shipyards, as also by way of capacity enhancements in PSU yards, needs to be strongly encouraged and the navy is actively engaged in the facilitation of these processes."
As many as 32 ships and six submarines are currently being built in shipyards across the country and "the commitment of the Indian Navy to indigenous construction is obvious", he said in an interview to Indian Defence Review to be carried in the premier journal's forthcoming issue.
Asked how the navy will participate in the nuclear triad and what kind of platforms could be required for this, Mehta said his force was the "stated third leg" of the triad and "submarines are the obvious option".
But the class or classes of submarine that will be selected and inducted has not yet been decided upon.
"Obviously, we would need to carefully consider every available option and its overall ramifications. This process of careful consideration will continue until the final choice is made by the government," Mehta said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/..._shipyards_Navy_chief/articleshow/1921647.cms
NEW DELHI: Aiming to make the Indian Navy a "builder's navy" through indigenisation, its chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta has sought initiatives by the private sector to construct shipyards and other facilities to enhance domestic shipbuilding capabilities.
"In so far as the navy is concerned, it is an issue that we are pushing extensively. It is not merely warship-building that needs acceleration, but shipbuilding as a whole," he said.
"Private sector initiatives in terms of greenfield shipyards, as also by way of capacity enhancements in PSU yards, needs to be strongly encouraged and the navy is actively engaged in the facilitation of these processes."
As many as 32 ships and six submarines are currently being built in shipyards across the country and "the commitment of the Indian Navy to indigenous construction is obvious", he said in an interview to Indian Defence Review to be carried in the premier journal's forthcoming issue.
Asked how the navy will participate in the nuclear triad and what kind of platforms could be required for this, Mehta said his force was the "stated third leg" of the triad and "submarines are the obvious option".
But the class or classes of submarine that will be selected and inducted has not yet been decided upon.
"Obviously, we would need to carefully consider every available option and its overall ramifications. This process of careful consideration will continue until the final choice is made by the government," Mehta said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/..._shipyards_Navy_chief/articleshow/1921647.cms
