New Defence Procurement Procedure provides indigenously manufactured equipments

Ministry of Defence       03-May, 2016 13:27 IST

Ministry of Defence finalized the new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016 containing the Preamble and 5 Chapters and has been put on the Ministry's website on 28.03.2016. The new DPP focuses on giving boost to the 'Make in India' initiative of the Government of India, through Indigenous design, development and manufacturing of defence equipment, platforms & systems. A new category viz., Buy (Indian-IDDM) which is Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured, has been introduced as the most preferred category of procurement. 'Make' procedure has been simplified to ensure increased participation of the Indian industry. Indigenous content has been enhanced / rationalised. Provisions for involving private industry as Production Agencies and Technology Transfer Partners have been incorporated. The role of MSMEs has been enhanced in the defence sector.

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