The United Progressive Alliance government is all set to announce its first ever defence production policy and a revised procurement policy which will favour Indian companies over imports."We hope......
Stung by the alleged scam in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, the defence ministry is now busy tweaking the defence procurement policy that it hopes to unveil in mid-April this year. In......
Defence Minister AK Antony on Friday released the new policy that will govern defence procurements over the next two years. The Defence Procurement Policy of 2008, or DPP-2008 for short,......
As India prepares to clinch several big-ticket arms deals, the Comptroller and Auditor General on Wednesday said the defence ministry lacked the expertise for acquisitions.He also said the......
The government issued an amended draft Defence Acquisition Procedure on Tuesday, wherein it elaborated on how to use "leasing" method to get various defence products and on procedure to procure......
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday unveiled the much-awaited Defence Procurement Procedure, saying it will ensure transparency and speed in acquisition process and boost the 'Make......
The government is planning to tweak its procurement policy to give a fillip to domestic manufacturing. Photograph: Praveen Paramasivam/Reuters The industry department has floated a proposal to......
As the DefenceExpo gets underway in Goa, Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd) says the proposed Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 should ensure that the Indian defence industry is on the path to......
An increase in the farmer income support scheme PM Kisan Nidhi, the introduction of a 'robot tax' to fund reskilling of people who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence (AI), and a reduced......
Essar Steel aims to participate in the indigenisation of products used in naval defence Essar Steel has forayed into high-growth defence manufacturing sector by developing steel grades which find......