A panel headed by the director common (acquisition) has been set as much as perform intensive deliberations with all stakeholders according to a complete assessment of the Defence Acquisition Process 2020 to “align” it with present insurance policies and initiatives of the federal government, officers stated on Thursday.
The goal of the assessment is to fulfill the “operational necessities and modernisation of the armed forces” in a well timed method to make sure nationwide safety, based on the defence ministry.
In addition to, it additionally goals to align acquisition procedures with the Centre’s insurance policies and initiatives to “obtain ‘Aatmanirbharta” and allow Make in India within the sector, it stated.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in September 2020 had unveiled the Defence Acquisition Process 2020 in New Delhi.
DAP 2020 has been aligned with the imaginative and prescient of the federal government, of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and empowering Indian home trade by means of ‘Make in India’ initiative with the “final goal of turning India into a worldwide manufacturing hub”, the ministry had stated in an announcement in September 2020.
Following the declaration of 2025 because the ‘Yr of Reforms’, the ministry has initiated a “complete assessment” of the DAP 2020 to “align it with present authorities of India insurance policies and initiatives”, it stated on Thursday.
“A committee headed by the Director Common (Acquisition) has been constituted to hold out intensive deliberations with all stakeholders. The committee contains senior officers from the Ministry of Defence, representatives from the defence trade and academia,” the ministry stated.
It has additionally appointed former bureaucrat Apurva Chandra (of 1980 batch), who has beforehand served as DG (Acquisition), because the ‘Principal Advisor to the Committee’.
The panel has already begun consultations and has invited ideas from stakeholders by July 5, the ministry stated.
Aligning of acquisition procedures with the insurance policies and initiatives of the federal government is to “obtain ‘Aatmanirbharta’ (self-reliance) by selling expertise infusion by means of indigenously designed and developed methods”, allow ‘Make in India’ by selling defence manufacturing in India by means of facilitation of joint ventures and switch of expertise for the non-public sector, encouraging international authentic tools producer by way of international direct funding alignment, and “establishing India as a worldwide defence manufacturing and MRO hub”, it stated.
In defence parlance, MRO stands for upkeep, restore, and overhaul.
Aligning acquisition procedures with the insurance policies and initiatives of the federal government is to additionally promote design and growth in each private and non-private sectors, with a deal with start-ups, innovators and the non-public defence trade for indigenous expertise infusion, the assertion stated.
The defence ministry additionally stated stakeholder ideas have been sought on coverage or procedural adjustments to “streamline acquisition processes”, protecting categorisation, ease of doing enterprise, conduct of trials, post-contract administration, fast-track procedures, and adoption of recent applied sciences akin to AI.
“Language enhancements to eradicate ambiguity, take away inconsistencies, and improve procedural readability within the DAP,” apart from, every other related points that ought to be addressed within the assessment, it stated.
The primary Defence Procurement Process was promulgated within the yr 2002 and has since been “revised periodically” to offer impetus to the rising home trade and obtain enhanced self-reliance in defence manufacturing.
The defence minister had “accepted the structure of the Most important Overview Committee” underneath Chairmanship of then DG (Acquisition) Apurva Chandra in August 2019 for preparation of DAP 2020, the ministry had stated in an announcement in September 2020.
DAP 2020 was to be relevant with impact from Oct. 1, 2020, it had stated, including, formulation of DAP 2020 had been finished over multiple yr, incorporating feedback and ideas from a “large spectrum of stakeholders”.