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Fourth Indigenisation List Of 928 Defence Equipment Approved
The defence ministry has approved a fresh list of 928 components and subsystems which will only be procured from domestic industry after a ban on their import kicks in under a staggered timeline of around five-and-a-half years.
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Rs 76,390 Crore Military Equipment To Be Procured From Domestic Industry
The defence ministry on Monday approved the procurement of military equipment and platforms worth Rs 76,390 crore from domestic industries. The procured proposals were approved by Defence Acquisition Council which is headed by Rajnath Singh.
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68% Of Capital Procurement Budget For Defence To Go To Domestic Industry
With an objective to reduce dependence on imports of defence equipment, India will earmark 68 per cent of its capital procurement budget of the defence sector for the domestic industry, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.
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Navy Talks To Coimbatore Industries On Indigenous Aviation Equipment
Keen on ensuring self-reliance in naval aviation equipment through indigenisation of the same, the Indian Navy recently met with local industries from Coimbatore to discuss with them its requirements.
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Armed Forces Committed To Hand-Hold Domestic Defence Industry: General Bipin Rawat
India's armed forces are committed to hand-hold the domestic industry in developing next generation military platforms and equipment to make the country self reliant in defence manufacturing, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday.
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Make Us Ventilators To Fight Coronavirus, UK Asks Ford & Rolls-Royce
Britain has asked manufacturers including Ford, Honda and Rolls-Royce to help make health equipment including ventilators to cope with the coronavirus outbreak and will look at using hotels as hospitals. Britain, which has reported 35 coronavirus deaths and 1,372 cases, has taken a different approach to some European countries that have imposed str...
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Rajnath Singh Urges Russian Defence Industry To Jointly Manufacture In India
Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon the Russian defence industry to work jointly to modernise India's defence platforms and manufacture equipment to give a massive boost to the two nations' exports to third countries.
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India To Commit Huge Resources On Modernising Defence: Union Minister
Union minister Subhash Bhamre today said the country is going to invest huge resources on modernisation of the defence sector in the coming years. Subhash Bhamre said a lot of defence equipment are being imported and called for better collaboration between the defence sector and the industry.
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Centre To Unveil Key Policy To Make India Hub For Defence Manufacturing
The government is likely to unveil a major policy next month outlining a roadmap to build a robust defence production industry and make India one of the top five manufacturers of military equipment and platforms in the next 10 years.
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Pakistan Defence Industrial Base Better Than Ours: Army Vice Chief
A top Army general today said Pakistan has a better military industrial base and exports more defence equipment than India, as he came down heavily on ordnance factories which manufacture weapons for the forces.
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India, Russia Sign Deal to Build 2 Units Of Kudankulam N-Plant: 10 Facts
India and Russia have signed a pact to jointly build the last two units of the Kudankulam nuclear reactor. Making the announcement during his joint statement with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the seven-decade India-Russia ties, which he said, has stood the "test of time". PM Modi, who also addressed an elite gr...
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Government Eases Rules For Private Sector Entry In Defence Production
The Commerce and Industry Ministry can now grant licences to companies for manufacturing tanks, fighter jets, warships and other defence equipment, the Home Ministry has said in a gazette notification. The Home Ministry said the secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion or DIPP can now issue licences for manufacturing defence h...
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Reliance Defence Seeks Licence for Equipment Manufacturing in SEZs
Reliance Defence has sought the Commerce Ministry's approval to manufacture defence equipment at its special economic zones (SEZs) in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
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H-1B Visa Fee Issue Will Impact Indo-US Defence Trade: US India Business Council
The doubling of H-1B visa fee would impact India's purchase of defence equipment from the US as the move would affect the country's IT exports that generate money to buy the American military hardware, a top American industry advocacy group has warned.
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Air Force To Induct 8 Squadrons 'Tejas' In 8 Years: Manohar Parrikar
The Air Force will induct three to four indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' this year and a total of eight squadrons in eight years, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.
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Fourth Indigenisation List Of 928 Defence Equipment Approved
The defence ministry has approved a fresh list of 928 components and subsystems which will only be procured from domestic industry after a ban on their import kicks in under a staggered timeline of around five-and-a-half years.
-
Rs 76,390 Crore Military Equipment To Be Procured From Domestic Industry
The defence ministry on Monday approved the procurement of military equipment and platforms worth Rs 76,390 crore from domestic industries. The procured proposals were approved by Defence Acquisition Council which is headed by Rajnath Singh.
-
68% Of Capital Procurement Budget For Defence To Go To Domestic Industry
With an objective to reduce dependence on imports of defence equipment, India will earmark 68 per cent of its capital procurement budget of the defence sector for the domestic industry, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.
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Navy Talks To Coimbatore Industries On Indigenous Aviation Equipment
Keen on ensuring self-reliance in naval aviation equipment through indigenisation of the same, the Indian Navy recently met with local industries from Coimbatore to discuss with them its requirements.
-
Armed Forces Committed To Hand-Hold Domestic Defence Industry: General Bipin Rawat
India's armed forces are committed to hand-hold the domestic industry in developing next generation military platforms and equipment to make the country self reliant in defence manufacturing, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday.
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Make Us Ventilators To Fight Coronavirus, UK Asks Ford & Rolls-Royce
Britain has asked manufacturers including Ford, Honda and Rolls-Royce to help make health equipment including ventilators to cope with the coronavirus outbreak and will look at using hotels as hospitals. Britain, which has reported 35 coronavirus deaths and 1,372 cases, has taken a different approach to some European countries that have imposed str...
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Rajnath Singh Urges Russian Defence Industry To Jointly Manufacture In India
Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon the Russian defence industry to work jointly to modernise India's defence platforms and manufacture equipment to give a massive boost to the two nations' exports to third countries.
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India To Commit Huge Resources On Modernising Defence: Union Minister
Union minister Subhash Bhamre today said the country is going to invest huge resources on modernisation of the defence sector in the coming years. Subhash Bhamre said a lot of defence equipment are being imported and called for better collaboration between the defence sector and the industry.
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Centre To Unveil Key Policy To Make India Hub For Defence Manufacturing
The government is likely to unveil a major policy next month outlining a roadmap to build a robust defence production industry and make India one of the top five manufacturers of military equipment and platforms in the next 10 years.
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Pakistan Defence Industrial Base Better Than Ours: Army Vice Chief
A top Army general today said Pakistan has a better military industrial base and exports more defence equipment than India, as he came down heavily on ordnance factories which manufacture weapons for the forces.
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India, Russia Sign Deal to Build 2 Units Of Kudankulam N-Plant: 10 Facts
India and Russia have signed a pact to jointly build the last two units of the Kudankulam nuclear reactor. Making the announcement during his joint statement with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the seven-decade India-Russia ties, which he said, has stood the "test of time". PM Modi, who also addressed an elite gr...
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Government Eases Rules For Private Sector Entry In Defence Production
The Commerce and Industry Ministry can now grant licences to companies for manufacturing tanks, fighter jets, warships and other defence equipment, the Home Ministry has said in a gazette notification. The Home Ministry said the secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion or DIPP can now issue licences for manufacturing defence h...
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Reliance Defence Seeks Licence for Equipment Manufacturing in SEZs
Reliance Defence has sought the Commerce Ministry's approval to manufacture defence equipment at its special economic zones (SEZs) in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
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H-1B Visa Fee Issue Will Impact Indo-US Defence Trade: US India Business Council
The doubling of H-1B visa fee would impact India's purchase of defence equipment from the US as the move would affect the country's IT exports that generate money to buy the American military hardware, a top American industry advocacy group has warned.
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Air Force To Induct 8 Squadrons 'Tejas' In 8 Years: Manohar Parrikar
The Air Force will induct three to four indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' this year and a total of eight squadrons in eight years, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.
