Lok Sabha Question No. 1676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Make in India Scheme
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1676

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## MAKE IN INDIA SCHEME

1676. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any proposal for production of defence equipment under 'Make in India' scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details regarding production of defence equipment which have already achieved the target and the likely timeline by which India will be AatmaNirbhara in defence production?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

- (a) to (c):  A statement is attached.

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(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1676  FOR  ANSWER  ON  21.09.2020  REGARDING 'MAKE IN INDIA SCHEME'.

- (a) to(c):Targets  for production  of  indigenous  defence  equipment are  decided based on requirements of the Armed Forces. Procurement of defence equipment is undertaken from  various  domestic  as  well  as  foreign  vendors,  based  on  threat  perception, operational challenges and technological changes and to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges.

'Make  in  India'  is  implemented  in  defence  sector  through  various  policy initiatives  which  promotes  indigenous  design,  development  and  manufacture  of defence  items.  As  per  Defence  Procurement  Procedure  (DPP),  priority  has  been accorded to capital acquisition from 'Buy (Indian-IDDM)', 'Buy (Indian)', 'Buy and Make (Indian)', 'Buy and Make' 'Strategic Partnership Model' or 'Make' categories over Buy (Global) category. In the last six financial years i.e. from 2014-15 to 20192020 (till December 2019), Government has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to 226 Defence proposals, worth Rs. 4,15,006 Crore approximately, under the various categories  of  Capital  Acquisition,  which  promotes  domestic  manufacturing  as  per Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP).

Many significant defence equipment including 155mm Artillery Gun system 'Dhanush',  Light  Combat  Aircraft  'Tejas',  'Akash'  Surface  to  Air  Missile  system, Attack  Submarine  'INS  Kalvari',  'INS  Chennai'  etc,  have  been  produced  in  the country under 'Make  in India' initiative of the Government.  The  details of procurement of defence equipment in the last three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20 is given in the table below: -

(Value in Rs Cr)

| Year    |   Capital &Revenue Expenditure from Indian Sources (Based on data received from CGDA) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                                                                               54951.4 |
| 2018-19 |                                                                               50507.7 |
| 2019-20 |                                                                               63784.8 |

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