India Defence Production Policy
Self-reliance in Defence is of vital importance for both strategic and economic reasons and has therefore been an important guiding principle for the Government since Independence. Accordingly, Government have, over the years assiduously built up capabilities in Defence R&D, Ordnance factories and Defence PSUs to provide our Armed forces with weapons/ ammunition/ equipment/ platforms and systems that they need for the defence of our country. Government considers that the industrial and technological growth in the past decades has made it possible to achieve this objective by harnessing the emerging dynamism of the Indian industry along with the capabilities available in the academia as well as research and development Institutions. 2. Consequently, after careful consideration and in consultation with all to achieve substantive stakeholders, Government have decided to put in place a Defence Production Policy. The objectives of the Policy are self reliance in the design, devel...