India puts embargo on import of 101 defence items to boost 'self-reliance': Rajnath Singh

[Tuco]

why the disappointment?
this is just the first list, this list does not cover the spares and other items.

every year IA gives a list of items to FICCI they want indigenised, if vendors cannot provide reliable alternatives for a few items what can a customer do?

We can safely assume that the items listed are those in which we have achieved critical mass.My disappointment is really with the slow pace specially in UAV segment.

 

[Neil]

The Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to #AtmanirbharBharat initiative. MoD will introduce import embargo on 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenisation of defence production.

Prime Minister Shri
@narendramodi
has given a clarion call for a self-reliant India based on the five pillars, i.e., Economy, Infrastructure, System, Demography & Demand and announced a special economic package for Self-Reliant India named ‘Atamnirbhar Bharat’.

Taking cue from that evocation, the Ministry of Defence has prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them. This is a big step towards self-reliance in defence. #AtmanirbharBharat

This decision will offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture the items in the negative list by using their own design and development capabilities or adopting the technologies designed & developed by DRDO to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces.

The list is prepared by MoD after several rounds of consultations with all stakeholders, including the Armed Forces, public & private industry to assess current and future capabilities of the Indian industry for manufacturing various ammunition & equipment within India

 

[ezsasa]

We can safely assume that the items listed are those in which we have achieved critical mass.My disappointment is really with the slow pace specially in UAV segment.

surely few items will be added later.

Which UAV? rotor or fixed wing?

 

[Neil]

The Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to #AtmanirbharBharat initiative. MoD will introduce import embargo on 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenisation of defence production.



Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi has given a clarion call for a self-reliant India based on the five pillars, i.e., Economy, Infrastructure, System, Demography & Demand and announced a special economic package for Self-Reliant India named ‘Atamnirbhar Bharat’.



Taking cue from that evocation, the Ministry of Defence has prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them. This is a big step towards self-reliance in defence. #AtmanirbharBharat


This decision will offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture the items in the negative list by using their own design and development capabilities or adopting the technologies designed & developed by DRDO to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces.

 

[Neil]

The list is prepared by MoD after several rounds of consultations with all stakeholders, including the Armed Forces, public & private industry to assess current and future capabilities of the Indian industry for manufacturing various ammunition & equipment within India.


Almost 260 schemes of such items were contracted by the Tri-Services at an approximate cost of Rs 3.5 lakh crore between April 2015 and August 2020. It is estimated that contracts worth almost Rs 4 lakh crore will be placed upon the domestic industry within the next 6 to 7 years.


Of these, items worth almost Rs 1,30,000 crore each are anticipated for the Army and the Air Force while items worth almost Rs 1,40,000 crore are anticipated by the Navy over the same period. #AtmanirbharBharat


The list also includes, wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) with indicative import embargo date of December 2021, of which the Army is expected to contract almost 200 at an approximate cost of over Rs 5,000 crore. #AtmanirbharBharat


The embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented between 2020 to 2024. Our aim is to apprise the Indian defence industry about the anticipated requirements of the Armed Forces so that they are better prepared to realise the goal of indigenisation.

 

[Neil]

All necessary steps would be taken to ensure that timelines for production of equipment as per the Negative Import List are met, which will include a co-ordinated mechanism for hand holding of the industry by the Defence Services.


More such equipment for import embargo would be identified progressively by the DMA in consultation with all stakeholders. A due note of this will also be made in the DAP to ensure that no item in the negative list is processed for import in the future.



MoD has also bifurcated the capital procurement budget for 2020-21 between domestic and foreign capital procurement routes. A separate budget head has been created with an outlay of nearly Rs 52,000 crore for domestic capital procurement in the current financial year.

 

[Bhadra]

Hope that better sense will prevail. They have already shoved it down in Assam Rifles. To avoid single vendor situation for large tender, they need to have 1-2 domestic alternates under the DMR category.

Otherwise, propriety purchase for smaller numbers. Let's see where it goes.

Assam Rifles has been in NE as alsoin J&K valley for doney's years..
Can you please tell me how any kills have snipper achieved over 100 years history?? Does Assam Rifles run any Snipper School or even an inter unit snipper competition.. ??

I do to know how many sipper kills have RR in the valley achieved..?? Ido not think even our SF ca boast of some...

India Army though has achieved many kills on LC as also lost so many soldiers to snippers.

OFB snipper has no ammunition... ofb does not make snipper grade ammunition.. that speaks volume about sniping in Indian Forces...

The country imports lots of games and completion grade every year with exhorbitants prices . No one speaks about it but if Army imports 1000 rounds, they are up in arms " General Chor Hai"... "Foreign Mal",,, these guys are so anti forces..

 

[ezsasa]

The list also includes, wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) with indicative import embargo date of December 2021, of which the Army is expected to contract almost 200 at an approximate cost of over Rs 5,000 crore.

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probably this tweet by RM, is the reason for bizarre report by ANI last week on Stryker & Humvee. dalals got wind of this list and made a last ditch attempt to keep their favourite products in play.

 

[BangaliBabu]

The Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to #AtmanirbharBharat initiative. MoD will introduce import embargo on 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenisation of defence production.



Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi has given a clarion call for a self-reliant India based on the five pillars, i.e., Economy, Infrastructure, System, Demography & Demand and announced a special economic package for Self-Reliant India named ‘Atamnirbhar Bharat’.



Taking cue from that evocation, the Ministry of Defence has prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them. This is a big step towards self-reliance in defence. #AtmanirbharBharat


This decision will offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture the items in the negative list by using their own design and development capabilities or adopting the technologies designed & developed by DRDO to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces.

yeah "Demography" in #AtmanirbharBharat. Beiruts and Vaticans will be commonplace then after that. Modi proving himself to be a bigger bootlicker of minorities than chamchos...... typical baniya. No wonder hardcore BJP leaders wanted to throw him out of the PM race. It's ridiculous......

 

[Tuco]

surely few items will be added later.

Which UAV? rotor or fixed wing?

Both, does UAV's really nead 5 to 10 years of testing. By now we should have been able to field atleast rudimentary male uav's. I have been hearing about uav with rotars for over a decade now, first were about converting the chetak helis in collaboration with Israel. Wasn't rustom 1 was supposed to be inducted too?

 

[Bhadra]

The devil lies in details...
MoD list has been prepared by DMA .. so babus have literally washed their hands...

The amount and volume of the order related to negative list is really that which matters in economic terms and I must say it is quite substantive...

Good that Tanks , AFVs and Light Tanks etc are not in negative list or that would have been disasters... What defamation of Indian hero "Arjuna"... that is sacrilege men. I am extremely worried about that name.. as also Bhisma which DRDO think was a Russian thereby supporting AIT theory....

 

[WolfPack86]

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Complete list of 101 items banned for import by Defence Ministry
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence on Sunday announced a list of over 100 items that would be banned for import beyond the time indicated against them. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that this step would move India and its defence sector inch closer to become self-reliant.


While making the announcement through a series of tweets, Rajnath Singh said that it is estimated that contracts worth almost Rs 4 lakh crore will be placed upon the domestic industry within the next six to seven years.


He continued saying that out of these, items worth almost Rs 1,30,000 crore each are anticipated for the Army and the Air Force while items worth almost Rs 1,40,000 crore are anticipated by the Navy over the same period.

List of defence weapons/platforms placed under import embargo:

With Effect From Dec 2020

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	120mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) Mark II Ammunition	Dec 2020
	7.62x51 Sniper Rifle	Dec 2020
	Tracked Self Propelled (SP) Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)	Dec 2020
	Towed Artillery Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)	Dec 2020
	Short Range Surface to Air Missiles (Land variant)	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Cruise Missiles	Dec 2020
	Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) (Pinaka Variant)	Dec 2020
	Simulators Presenting Smart Ranges And Multi-Function Targets	Dec 2020
	Battalion Support Weapons Simulators	Dec 2020
	Container-based Simulators for Live Fire Training	Dec 2020
	Tailor-made Simulators for Counter Insurgency (CI)/Counter Terrorism (CT) based Training	Dec 2020
	Force-on-force Live Tactical Simulators / Infantry Weapon	Dec 2020
	Tank Simulators (driving, as well as, crew gunnery)	Dec 2020
	155mm/39 Cal Ultra-Light Howitzer	Dec 2020
	Successor of Flycatcher & Upgraded Super Fledermaus (USFM) / Air Defence Fire Control Radar (ADFCR)	Dec 2020
	Component Level Repair Facility for Tank T-90	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Close in Weapon System	Dec 2020
	Bullet Proof Jackets	Dec 2020
	Ballistic Helmets	Dec 2020
	Missile Destroyers	Dec 2020
	Multi-Purpose Vessel	Dec 2020
	Offshore Patrol Vessel	Dec 2020
	Next Generation Missile Vessels	Dec 2020
	Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts	Dec 2020

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	Water Jet Fast Attack Craft	Dec 2020
	Ammunition Barges	Dec 2020
	50ton Bollard - Pull Tugs	Dec 2020
	Survey Vessels	Dec 2020
	Floating Dock	Dec 2020
	Diving Support Vessels	Dec 2020
	Pollution Control Vessels	Dec 2020
	Anti-Submarine Rocket Launchers	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Medium Range Gun	Dec 2020
	Torpedo Tube Launcher for Light Weight Torpedoes	Dec 2020
	Magneto - Rheological Anti Vibration Mounts	Dec 2020
	All variants of Depth Charges	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Sonar System for Large Ships	Dec 2020
	Hull Mounted Submarine Sonar	Dec 2020
	Short Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft	Dec 2020
	Anti-Submarine Rocket	Dec 2020
	Chaff Rockets	Dec 2020
	Chaff Rocket Launcher	Dec 2020
	Integrated Ship’s Bridge System	Dec 2020
	Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) MK I A - Enhanced Indigenised Content	Dec 2020
	Light Combat Helicopters	Dec 2020
	General Purpose Pre Fragmentation Bombs between 250-500 Kg	Dec 2020
	Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) for Transport Aircraft	Dec 2020
	Ground Based Mobile ELINT System	Dec 2020
	Transport Aircraft (Light)	Dec 2020
	GSAT-6 Satellite Terminals	Dec 2020
	Aerial Delivery Systems for Transport Aircraft	Dec 2020
SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	Digital Tropo Scatter/LOS Communication System	Dec 2020
	Low Level Transportable Radar	Dec 2020
	High Power Radar (HPR)	Dec 2020
	CBRN Detection & Monitoring System	Dec 2020
	CBRN Decontamination & Protection System	Dec 2020
	Parachute Tactical Assault (PTA)- G2	Dec 2020
	Dragunov Upgrade System	Dec 2020
	PKMG Upgrade System	Dec 2020
	Simulators for A Vehicles / B Vehicles	Dec 2020
	Simulators for Towed and Self Propelled Guns of Air Defence	Dec 2020
	Simulators for Correction of Fire by Observers	Dec 2020
	Military trucks of 4x4 and above variants: 12x12, 10x10, 8x8, 6x6	Dec 2020
	Fixed Wing Mini UAVs	Dec 2020
	500 Ton Self Propelled Water Barges	Dec 2020
	Software Defined Radio (TAC) for IN	Dec 2020
	Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Battery (Long Range)	Dec 2020
	Advance Landing Ground Communication Terminals (ALGCTs)for AGLs	Dec 2020
	Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) 6X6 for Medium Guns	Dec 2020

With Effect From Dec 2021

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment/	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV)	Dec 2021
	Light Machine Gun	Dec 2021
	125 mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) New Generation Ammunition	Dec 2021
	Assault Rifle 7.62 x 39mm	Dec 2021
	30 mm Ammunition for Infantry Fighting Systems	Dec 2021
	Mine Fragmentation	Dec 2021
	Mine Anti-tank	Dec 2021
	Mine Anti-Personnel Blast	Dec 2021
	Multipurpose Grenade	Dec 2021
	Inertial Navigation System for Ship Application	Dec 2021
	Conventional Submarines	Dec 2021

Dec 2022 Onwards

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	40mm UBGL (Under Barrel Grenade Launcher)	Dec 2022
	Lightweight Rocket Launcher	Dec 2022
	155 mm Artillery Ammunition	Dec 2022
	EW Systems	Dec 2022
	Material Handling Crane 2.5 to 7.5 Tons (Vehicle Mounted)	Dec 2023
	GRAD BM Rocket	Dec 2023
	30MM HEI/HET	Dec 2023
	ASTRA-MK I Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVR AAM)	Dec 2023
	EW Suit for MI-17 V5	Dec 2023
	Communication Satellite GSAT-7C	Dec 2023
	Satellite GSAT 7R	Dec 2023
	Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA)	Dec 2023
	Expendable Aerial Targets	Dec 2024
	Small Jet Engines with 120kgf thrust	Dec 2024
	Light Low Level Terrain Radar (LLLWR)	Dec 2024
	Close in Weapon System (Land based)	Dec 2024
	23 mm ZU Ammunitions	Dec 2024
	30mm VOG 17	Dec 2024
	Electronic Fuses for Artillery Ammunitions	Dec 2024
	Bi- Modular Charge System (BMCS )	Dec 2024
	Long Range – Land Attack Cruise Missile	Dec 2025

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Complete list of 101 items banned for import by Defence Ministry

It is estimated that contracts worth almost Rs 4 lakh crore will be placed upon the domestic industry within the next six to seven years.

www.timesnownews.com

 

[patriots]

Atgm is not in the list .....

 

[Brood Father]

Looks like good decision but careful as this will make sarkari karamchari of defence industries more kamchor. So if this has be a success then we need to involve private players en-mass
Infact privatise defence industry completely

 

[another_armchair]

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Complete list of 101 items banned for import by Defence Ministry
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence on Sunday announced a list of over 100 items that would be banned for import beyond the time indicated against them. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that this step would move India and its defence sector inch closer to become self-reliant.


While making the announcement through a series of tweets, Rajnath Singh said that it is estimated that contracts worth almost Rs 4 lakh crore will be placed upon the domestic industry within the next six to seven years.


He continued saying that out of these, items worth almost Rs 1,30,000 crore each are anticipated for the Army and the Air Force while items worth almost Rs 1,40,000 crore are anticipated by the Navy over the same period.

List of defence weapons/platforms placed under import embargo:

With Effect From Dec 2020

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	120mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) Mark II Ammunition	Dec 2020
	7.62x51 Sniper Rifle	Dec 2020
	Tracked Self Propelled (SP) Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)	Dec 2020
	Towed Artillery Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)	Dec 2020
	Short Range Surface to Air Missiles (Land variant)	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Cruise Missiles	Dec 2020
	Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) (Pinaka Variant)	Dec 2020
	Simulators Presenting Smart Ranges And Multi-Function Targets	Dec 2020
	Battalion Support Weapons Simulators	Dec 2020
	Container-based Simulators for Live Fire Training	Dec 2020
	Tailor-made Simulators for Counter Insurgency (CI)/Counter Terrorism (CT) based Training	Dec 2020
	Force-on-force Live Tactical Simulators / Infantry Weapon	Dec 2020
	Tank Simulators (driving, as well as, crew gunnery)	Dec 2020
	155mm/39 Cal Ultra-Light Howitzer	Dec 2020
	Successor of Flycatcher & Upgraded Super Fledermaus (USFM) / Air Defence Fire Control Radar (ADFCR)	Dec 2020
	Component Level Repair Facility for Tank T-90	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Close in Weapon System	Dec 2020
	Bullet Proof Jackets	Dec 2020
	Ballistic Helmets	Dec 2020
	Missile Destroyers	Dec 2020
	Multi-Purpose Vessel	Dec 2020
	Offshore Patrol Vessel	Dec 2020
	Next Generation Missile Vessels	Dec 2020
	Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts	Dec 2020

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	Water Jet Fast Attack Craft	Dec 2020
	Ammunition Barges	Dec 2020
	50ton Bollard - Pull Tugs	Dec 2020
	Survey Vessels	Dec 2020
	Floating Dock	Dec 2020
	Diving Support Vessels	Dec 2020
	Pollution Control Vessels	Dec 2020
	Anti-Submarine Rocket Launchers	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Medium Range Gun	Dec 2020
	Torpedo Tube Launcher for Light Weight Torpedoes	Dec 2020
	Magneto - Rheological Anti Vibration Mounts	Dec 2020
	All variants of Depth Charges	Dec 2020
	Shipborne Sonar System for Large Ships	Dec 2020
	Hull Mounted Submarine Sonar	Dec 2020
	Short Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft	Dec 2020
	Anti-Submarine Rocket	Dec 2020
	Chaff Rockets	Dec 2020
	Chaff Rocket Launcher	Dec 2020
	Integrated Ship’s Bridge System	Dec 2020
	Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) MK I A - Enhanced Indigenised Content	Dec 2020
	Light Combat Helicopters	Dec 2020
	General Purpose Pre Fragmentation Bombs between 250-500 Kg	Dec 2020
	Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) for Transport Aircraft	Dec 2020
	Ground Based Mobile ELINT System	Dec 2020
	Transport Aircraft (Light)	Dec 2020
	GSAT-6 Satellite Terminals	Dec 2020
	Aerial Delivery Systems for Transport Aircraft	Dec 2020
SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	Digital Tropo Scatter/LOS Communication System	Dec 2020
	Low Level Transportable Radar	Dec 2020
	High Power Radar (HPR)	Dec 2020
	CBRN Detection & Monitoring System	Dec 2020
	CBRN Decontamination & Protection System	Dec 2020
	Parachute Tactical Assault (PTA)- G2	Dec 2020
	Dragunov Upgrade System	Dec 2020
	PKMG Upgrade System	Dec 2020
	Simulators for A Vehicles / B Vehicles	Dec 2020
	Simulators for Towed and Self Propelled Guns of Air Defence	Dec 2020
	Simulators for Correction of Fire by Observers	Dec 2020
	Military trucks of 4x4 and above variants: 12x12, 10x10, 8x8, 6x6	Dec 2020
	Fixed Wing Mini UAVs	Dec 2020
	500 Ton Self Propelled Water Barges	Dec 2020
	Software Defined Radio (TAC) for IN	Dec 2020
	Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Battery (Long Range)	Dec 2020
	Advance Landing Ground Communication Terminals (ALGCTs)for AGLs	Dec 2020
	Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) 6X6 for Medium Guns	Dec 2020

With Effect From Dec 2021

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment/	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV)	Dec 2021
	Light Machine Gun	Dec 2021
	125 mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) New Generation Ammunition	Dec 2021
	Assault Rifle 7.62 x 39mm	Dec 2021
	30 mm Ammunition for Infantry Fighting Systems	Dec 2021
	Mine Fragmentation	Dec 2021
	Mine Anti-tank	Dec 2021
	Mine Anti-Personnel Blast	Dec 2021
	Multipurpose Grenade	Dec 2021
	Inertial Navigation System for Ship Application	Dec 2021
	Conventional Submarines	Dec 2021

Dec 2022 Onwards

SNo	Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment	Indicative Year- Import Embargo
	40mm UBGL (Under Barrel Grenade Launcher)	Dec 2022
	Lightweight Rocket Launcher	Dec 2022
	155 mm Artillery Ammunition	Dec 2022
	EW Systems	Dec 2022
	Material Handling Crane 2.5 to 7.5 Tons (Vehicle Mounted)	Dec 2023
	GRAD BM Rocket	Dec 2023
	30MM HEI/HET	Dec 2023
	ASTRA-MK I Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVR AAM)	Dec 2023
	EW Suit for MI-17 V5	Dec 2023
	Communication Satellite GSAT-7C	Dec 2023
	Satellite GSAT 7R	Dec 2023
	Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA)	Dec 2023
	Expendable Aerial Targets	Dec 2024
	Small Jet Engines with 120kgf thrust	Dec 2024
	Light Low Level Terrain Radar (LLLWR)	Dec 2024
	Close in Weapon System (Land based)	Dec 2024
	23 mm ZU Ammunitions	Dec 2024
	30mm VOG 17	Dec 2024
	Electronic Fuses for Artillery Ammunitions	Dec 2024
	Bi- Modular Charge System (BMCS )	Dec 2024
	Long Range – Land Attack Cruise Missile	Dec 2025

Atmanirbhar Bharat: Complete list of 101 items banned for import by Defence Ministry

It is estimated that contracts worth almost Rs 4 lakh crore will be placed upon the domestic industry within the next six to seven years.

www.timesnownews.com

In the event where screwdrivered domestic system costs 1.x times more than imported system, the imported alternative could be chosen citing price + quality differential.
We are essentially back to the good old circle jerking competition of ToT+JV under Antonya-Maino era.

Good luck to those in the battlefield. They can swat flies till 'indigenous' system is ordered.

"Sir, bearings have been held up at customs as they are imported from China. Will proceed as soon as we have the product released, meanwhile, please speak to secretary x and minister 'Y' urging for a speedy release".

 

[Chandragupt Maurya]

HAL is foreign company as its hq is in Bengaluru, baki sub are there outsourced manufacturing facility.

gripen is also an LCA,

 

[Chandragupt Maurya]

It means Aircrafts in category of LCA and LCH can’t be imported anymore this list will keep getting bigger once the TEDBF/ORCA , AMCA , MWF , and HCH comes aircrafts like Rafales Su30mki and Apache will get banned to

 

[captscooby81]

Exactly if private industry is not given 50 % of this deals then trust me this entire negative list will be another big blow to forces only after 2025 DRDO will give half baked product and MoD will say take baba ji ka thullu . This deal should be competitive in every project private industry should be forced to get share of the order .

Looks like good decision but careful as this will make sarkari karamchari of defence industries more kamchor. So if this has be a success then we need to involve private players en-mass
Infact privatise defence industry completely

 

[piKacHHu]

Assam Rifles has been in NE as alsoin J&K valley for doney's years..
Can you please tell me how any kills have snipper achieved over 100 years history?? Does Assam Rifles run any Snipper School or even an inter unit snipper competition.. ??

I do to know how many sipper kills have RR in the valley achieved..?? Ido not think even our SF ca boast of some...

India Army though has achieved many kills on LC as also lost so many soldiers to snippers.

OFB snipper has no ammunition... ofb does not make snipper grade ammunition.. that speaks volume about sniping in Indian Forces...

The country imports lots of games and completion grade every year with exhorbitants prices . No one speaks about it but if Army imports 1000 rounds, they are up in arms " General Chor Hai"... "Foreign Mal",,, these guys are so anti forces..

Sir, I didn't get where your rant is aimed at; to my post or criticism regarding Army's love for Foreign armaments?

1. I agree that not every foreign deal involves kickbacks and the armed forces receive unfair amount of criticism for that. As it appears, this negative list is another gimmick by politico-bureaucrats nexus by putting onus on Army to procure from domestic markets. More funnily, they have added ASTRA missile in the negative list as if we were importing it earlier. Classic headline hunting by MoD !!

2. May be it's time for armed forces to actively strike partnerships to promote domestic armament industry. Tailoring of GSQRs should also consider domestic capabilities and augmentation potential rather than going for downright rejection. Also, Single Vendor/Bid should be allowed in MII category tenders. Let bygone be bygones.

3. AR is under operational control of Indian Army commanded by Lt. Gen rank officer (as its DG). Now, if it has accepted the OFB sniper, surely it must have given some thought about using it as per its operational requirements or else shoved down to its throat by MHA to promote OFB and the army DG readily complied without any complaint. Utility of snipers in RR & AR is a different subject altogether. Here, I was talking about procurement that happened and the road ahead.

 

[ezsasa]

Exactly if private industry is not given 50 % of this deals then trust me this entire negative list will be another big blow to forces only after 2025 DRDO will give half baked product and MoD will say take baba ji ka thullu . This deal should be competitive in every project private industry should be forced to get share of the order .

For now it’s 56000 crores dedicated to domestic industry.