New Delhi, Aug 28: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has accepted a recent checklist of 780 elements and subsystems which can solely be procured from home trade after a ban on their import kicks in beneath a staggered time-line of round six years.
It’s the third such “optimistic indigenisation” checklist comprising line substitute items, sub-systems and elements used for varied navy platforms, tools and weapons, and the purpose is to minimise imports by the defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs).
The defence ministry has set particular timelines for import ban of the gadgets, spanning a interval from December 2023 to December 2028.
“Singh has accepted the third optimistic indigenisation checklist of 780 strategically necessary Line Alternative Units (LRUs)/Sub-systems/Elements with a timeline past which they are going to solely be procured from the home trade,” it mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
This checklist is in continuation to the 2 comparable optimistic lists that had been introduced out in December 2021 and March 2022. “Indigenisation of this stuff can be taken up via totally different routes beneath ‘Make’ class,” the ministry mentioned.
The ‘Make’ class goals to attain self-reliance by involving larger participation of the indian trade in defence manufacturing.
“Initiatives involving design and growth of apparatus, methods, main platforms or upgrades thereof by the trade could be taken up beneath this class,” the ministry mentioned.
It mentioned the indigenous growth of this stuff will bolster the financial system and cut back the import dependence of DPSUs. (PTI)
