Ministry of Defence
The
Government has taken a decision to put an interim embargo on import of
101 defence weapons/platforms with an intention to promote manufacture
by Indian Industries.
In
order to provide impetus to self-reliance in defence manufacturing as
part of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA)
under Ministry of Defence vide their office Memorandum dated 21/08/2020
has issued a negative list of imports comprising of 101
weapon/platforms, alongwith indicative timelines/year of import embargo
for these items. The Department of Defence Production (DDP) has done
capability mapping of DPSUs/OFB/Private Sector for manufacturing 101
items after taking feedback from DPSUs/OFB and private industry
associations.
In
order to achieve self reliance, the Government has taken various
initiatives which, inter-alia, include priority to procure defence items
from Indian Vendors as per Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020;
simplification of Make Procedure; liberalisation of FDI Policy;
launching of SRIJAN Portal to promote indigenization; reforms in offset
policy; launch of Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme; and
implementation of ‘Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India)’
Order-2017.
This
information was tabled in a written reply by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri
Shripad Naik to a question asked by Shri Jagdambika Pal in Lok Sabha
today.
(With input from news agency language)
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