Question : Make in India

(a) the details of areas in Defence in which Make in India has been newly introduced;

(b) the total number of products developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation and other Indian institutions during the last three years and the details of the products out of them being or proposed to be mass produced during the last three years;

(c) the details of number of contracts at present signed by the Government to import defence equipments and machinery;

(d) whether the existing defence production factories are either closed or on the verge of closure; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE (DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
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(a) ‘Make in India’ in defence sector, which is primarily driven by capital acquisition of defence equipment and other policy measures, has been introduced in all major areas of defence such as combat vehicles, combat aircrafts, warships, weapons, ammunitions, missiles, radars, electronic warfare systems etc.

(b) Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), the Research wing of Ministry of Defence has been set up with a mandate of developing cutting edge technologies and systems for Indian Armed Forces as per their speci?c Qualitative Requirements. The list of products developed by DRDO during the last three years is placed at Annexure-1.

(c) In the last three ?nancial years (2015-16 to 2017-18), 58 contracts worth about Rs 1,17,656 Crore were signed with foreign vendors for procurement of defence capital equipment for Defence Forces.

(d) & (e): At present, there is no proposal to close Ordnance Factories or Defence Public Sector Units functioning under the administrative control of Department of Defence Production.

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