Quest for ‘atmanirbhar’ modernisation of forces January 31, 2021, 9:29 AM IST
Lt General KJ Singh superannuated in August 2016 after 39 years of distinguished service. He commanded the formidable Western Command, an operationally committed Corps in the North East having borders with four countries, an armoured division in the strike corps, a T-90 armoured brigade, and an elite armoured regiment, 63 Cavalry. He is currently holding the prestigious Ranjit Singh Chair of Excellence in the Panjab University, Chandigarh. LESS. MORE
India is grappling with an aggressive Dragon in the north, with uneasy stalemate on LAC beginning to acquire LoC type character. Hence, expectations from defence budget are indeed very high. These are further fuelled by the stark reality that challenges have multiplied, with no resolution in sight on the western border. They are further exacerbated by China and Pakistan acting in collusive mode. Even internally, quest for conflict res
The Deadly Alphabet Soup That Is India s Defence Acquisition Procedure
Service officers and defence ministry officials concede that the âalphabetic morse codeâ that comprises communications with vendors pose a âformidable comprehensibleâ challenge even to themselves.
Representative image of government files. Photo: Indi Samarajiva/Flickr CC BY 2.0
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Every day we are assaulted by a miasma of bewildering acronyms and abbreviations in official documents, newspapers and on television, all guaranteed to drown millions of us in thick alphabet soup.
But this confusion is possibly paramount in Indiaâs defence acquisition procedure, that remains a deadly cocktail of abridged and shortened terms that even its originators, at times, find difficult to comprehend or unravel. Service officers and Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials concede that the âalphabetic morse codeâ that comprises almost all their internal communi
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These acquisition categories are listed in decreasing order of
priority. They are prioritised based on the relative importance of
indigenisation. Apart from enhancing the minimum IC requirements,
the DAP 2020 also seeks to increase the indigenous availability of
high-end military materials and special alloys for future needs.
4 For this, the DAP 2020 has proposed
that public sector platform manufacturers, and research and
development establishments identify various materials that can be
indigenously developed by them or through transfer of technology
under the offset clause.
5 The DAP
2020 also seeks to utilise indigenous software for running
applications on equipment/systems and mandatorily include them
under the Buy (Indian – IDDM) and Buy (Indian) categories.
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The Atmanirbhar Bharat vision requires policies that encourage global competitiveness, Salil Gupte, president of Boeing India said
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Simplification in the administration of offsets, incentives to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to increase their research and development (R&D) activities, and increasing the local aerospace and defence (A&D) ecosystem are some of the measures that will help Make in India, Salil Gupte president of Boeing India said
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Companies such as Boeing would look for taxation and other stimulus relief for airlines, Salil Gupte, the president of Boeing India says, as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman readies to unveil her third budget. It will help India recover early from the economic shock that has resulted from the covid-19 pandemic. Simplification in the administration of offsets, incentives to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
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