Government likely to unveil defence production policy next month

30 Jul 2018 Evaluate

In a bid to boost the ‘Make in India’ initiative, the central government is likely to unveil the defence production policy (DPP-2018) in the month of August 2018, outlining a roadmap to build a robust defence production industry. The policy aims to make India one of the top five manufacturers of military equipment and platforms in the next 10 years as well as to fulfil demand of other friendly countries.

The policy will be sent to the Union cabinet for its approval soon. A significant focus of the policy will be to invest adequate resources to develop critical technology for manufacturing state-of-the-art military platforms including fighter jets, attack helicopters and weaponry indigenously.

According to the draft policy, the government is looking at achieving a turnover of Rs 1,70,000 crore in military goods and services by 2025. The aim of the DPP would be to indigenously develop all major platforms which are being imported since in the last six decades. The DPP is also likely to simplify the procurement process by cutting several layers of approval which often cause delays.


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