(a) whether the Government has recently initiated/proposes to initiate any scheme under the Make in India programme to design, develop and manufacture indigenous military equipment in collaboration with Indian private sector;
(b) if so, the details thereof including number and name of the private firms engaged in defence productions;
(c) whether the indigenously developed and manufactured defence equipments are competitive at international level and conform to international standard and if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government is allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence production sector and if so, the details thereof; and
(e) whether the Government proposes to provide eighty per cent funding to the Research & Development projects undertaken by the private sector companies in defence production and if so, the details thereof?