Strategic Partner Policy of GoI

[Raj Malhotra]

GoI is in the process of initiating Strategic Partner Policy. We will have to see whether it starts a new eco-system of defense industrial complex in Pvt Sector or will only lead to new phase of Screwdrivergiri.

While I have my doubts about Ajai Shukla but his article given below is readable.

 

[Raj Malhotra]

http://ajaishukla.blogspot.in/2017/05/the-defence-ministrys-strategic-partner.html

here are also worries that the new SP policy is too narrowly focused. Its aim cannot be just to create “systems integrators” that assemble foreign-built sub-systems and systems into a military platform in India. Rather, the policy must ensure India develops the entire eco-system for manufacturing the defence platforms in question, including Tier-1, Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers, the component and materials manufacturers – not to forget the capability to subsequently maintain, repair, overhaul and upgrade the platform through its service life. The SP policy, as communicated to industry so far, does not cater for this. Nor does it acknowledge the complex manufacturing chains of global OEMs, which involve multiple tiers of independent vendors that feed into a complex weapons platform.