It is often alleged that the government of India has paid a lip service in reviewing the organizational structures and roles in the defence services. Currently, the defence...
Presently, the head of DRDO is also the secretary to DRDO and scientific adviser to the defence minister. The government has put forth the proposal of splitting these...
It was in 2001 that foreign participation in Defence sector was allowed with a cap of 26%. Before that, production was carried on a limited scale by only...
India’s manufacturing sector contributes merely 16 % to the total GDP and the National Manufacturing Policy aims to increase this share to 25% in next 10 years. A...
Defence Procurement Policy came into effect in 2002. Under DPP all capital acquisitions are categorized into: Buy(Indian), Buy & Make (Indian), Make, Buy & Make, Buy (Global). Buy...
The indigenous production of Defence equipments in the country comes under the purview of the Department of Defence Production under Defence Ministry. India inherited the Ordnance Factories (OF)...
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts is collective name of several acts passed by Indian parliament for providing special powers to the Indian Armed Forces and to provide army officers and...
In 1970s, the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) undertook the Project Devil and Project Valiant. The Project Devil was aimed to produce short range surface-to-air missile. The...
CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB are collectively called Central Armed Police Forces. They come under Ministry of Home Affairs. Central Reserve Police Force The Central Reserve Police Force...
