Who said that a foreign designed rifle couldn't be made in India? I
This what I call as Desi Neta Baj attitude
There is a dejfference between IDDM, Buy Global, Buy Indian, Buy and Make Indian, Buy and Make Global , Make I and Make II
A mega tender for entire rifle going to foreign industry kills our own, that;s what US has been doing by imposing strict regimes on foreign rifle manufacturers and linient for their own same goes to China.
THE THEME IS TO BE IDDM, to ultimately bring all projects under either of the two IDDM or Make Category.
Your suggestion implies only license manufacturing, the thing which isn't designed here but manufactured here is license manufactured, if you have any little knowledge about manufacturing tech then you will know the importance of the word design if not then only you would undermine it as just design. DESIGN IS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, IT IS THE ROOT FOR THE SO CALLED "TRANSFER OF TECNOLOGY". When we ask TOT we ask the design and what everybody denies is the DESIGN. That is where real innovation lies and that is what ensures future of the industry,
As I said IDDM or Make is the target, License manufacturing is being done for last 50 years now and that is crap it didn't do any good then it won't do any good now.
The motto is not just the rifle but entire industry! and that can't be done untill the everything belongs to us from Design to Product.