Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik has informed that Various new steps taken by the Government to ensure self-reliance in procuring the defence equipment include introduction of ‘Buy [Indian-Indigenous Design Development Manufacture (IDDM)]’ as the most preferred acquisition category in the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), “Strategic Partnership” model to enhance indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities through the private sector, simplification of Make-II procedure & introduction of ‘Suo-Moto’ proposals. These measures are enabling self-reliance, wider participation of Indian industry in defence procurements and are providing impetus to production including by the MSME sector.
The prospective technologies/equipment to be inducted by the Armed Forces are shared with Industry through the Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR) which is in the public domain. This provides a roadmap for indigenous development of defence equipment.The details of defence procurement and production undertaken during the last three years is as given below:
| Financial Year | Total Capital Procurement
(Rs in Cr) |
Total Production of DPSUs/OFs(Rs in Cr) |
| 2016-17 | 69,150.12 | 55,252.00 |
| 2017-18 | 72,732.28 | 58,314.00 |
| 2018-19 | 75,920.74 | 57,641.00 |
Under the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative of the Government to strengthen the defence production in the country, Government has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to 113 proposals, worth ` 2,39,074 Crore, in the last three financial years (2016-17 to 2018-19) under ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’, ‘Strategic Partnership Model’ or ‘Make’ categories of capital procurement. Request for Proposal (RFP) for such categories is issued only to Indian Vendors under DPP.