India to boost defence indigenisation to reduce imports
The Dollar Business Bureau Russia (accounting for 75% of imports) and USA (7%) are the top arms suppliers to India The Ministry of Defence is streamlining its “Make policy” to reduce its dependence on imports of defence system and is planning to roll out at least 8-10 projects every year to get more and more into indigenisation, said G. Mohan Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production). “The make policy is under change, it is being streamlined and it is one of our agenda in ‘Make in India’ that at least 8-10 make projects will be started every year and once this happens, I'm sure the defence production and development will attain a critical volume which would be able to carry the industry ...
