Late last month, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) imposed a penalty of around Rs 8 crore (Euro one million) on the French missile manufacturer MBDA for having defaulted on its offset commitment... Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated seven new government-owned defence enterprises to the nation 15 on October. Writing for the Times of India the same day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh... Read more
Editor’s Note The publishing of two consecutive lists, one negative and one positive, over a year or so to enhance the pace of indigenisation and create opportunities for the domestic defenc... Read more
Editor’s Note While the threat along our western borders remains both consistent and somewhat constant – as it weighs, that along our Northern borders has abruptly escalated. The threa... Read more
Editor’s Note After an enthusiastic start, the issue of OFB corporatisation seems to have been put on the backburner. Could the issue have been managed better? The ills that ail the OFB are... Read more
Editor’s Note Indian governments, over the decades, have tried to attract foreign capital in the defence sector with half-hearted initiatives. As such, these attempts have been far from bein... Read more
With the release of the draft Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 on July 27, the exercise that started last August to review the existing acquisition procedure is almost complete. So i... Read more
Editor’s Note We are faced with an unprecedented situation which cannot be set right in the short term. Economies of nations across the globe are in a tailspin. Though the IMF outlook for In... Read more
At Rs 4,71,378 crore, the total Defence Budget isRs 40,367 crore more than the Budget Estimates (BE) of 2019-20, but only Rs 22,258 crore more than the Revised Estimates (RE). This translate... Read more
Editor’s Note The issue of the Ministry of Defence involving itself in the selection of Indian Production Agency under the Buy and Make category has been debated for a long time. If nothing... Read more
