New Delhi: Calling for a rethink of its submarine building programme, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today that India should look for greater numbers than the existing plan of constructing 24 such vessels.
Referring to the existing 30-year submarine building plan that envisages construction of 24 submarines, including both nuclear and conventional, Mr Parrikar said India needed a longer term plan till 2050. The existing plan ends in 2030.
He also said that the strategic partnership model is in the last stage and once brought out, the ministry will fast-track the P75 India project under which six more conventional submarines are to be built.
Mr Parrikar emphasised on the need to retain skill and skilled people engaged in submarine construction and said the focus should also be on maintenance.
The minister noted that prime contractors are chosen through stringent criteria and are nurtured through award of contracts on sustained basis so as to retain the industrial base skills, capabilities and technology.
On startegic partnership, he said, "It has already been approved and the drafting of the chapters is underway.
Mr Parrikar also called for a higher level of indigenisation in submarine-building.
Referring to the existing 30-year submarine building plan that envisages construction of 24 submarines, including both nuclear and conventional, Mr Parrikar said India needed a longer term plan till 2050. The existing plan ends in 2030.
He also said that the strategic partnership model is in the last stage and once brought out, the ministry will fast-track the P75 India project under which six more conventional submarines are to be built.
Mr Parrikar emphasised on the need to retain skill and skilled people engaged in submarine construction and said the focus should also be on maintenance.
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The minister noted that prime contractors are chosen through stringent criteria and are nurtured through award of contracts on sustained basis so as to retain the industrial base skills, capabilities and technology.
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On startegic partnership, he said, "It has already been approved and the drafting of the chapters is underway.
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Mr Parrikar also called for a higher level of indigenisation in submarine-building.
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