Lok Sabha Question No. 2255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Self-reliance in Defence Sector
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2255

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## SELF-RELIANCE IN DEFENCE SECTOR

2255. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total amount disbursed to various institutions between 2018-2021 under the innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme, Institute-wise and State-wise;
- (b) the manner in which the innovation incentives under iDEX scheme have strengthened the self-reliance in defence sector and defence production in the country;
- (c) the total number of new innovative prototypes, commercial solutions, collaborations have resulted from iDEX scheme;
- (d) the rationale behind not guaranteeing the Government procurement for successful prototypes under iDEX scheme; and
- (e) the total number of incubation centres set up and Centers/Institutes of National Importance included under iDEX scheme?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a) The  total  amount  disbursed  between  2018-2021  under  the  Innovations  for  Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme, Company-wise and State-wise is attached as Annexure.
- (b) (i)  Till  date,  iDEX has  launched five rounds  of Defence  India Startup Challenges  (DISCs), and three rounds of Open Challenge (OC), receiving more than 2000 applications from innovators. iDEX has been able to fund projects in many technological areas under DISCs and OC through the Support for Prototype and Research Kickstart (SPARK) framework, which entail provisioning of grants upto Rs 1.50 crore to the startups.

(ii)  The  Partner  Incubators  (PIs)  bridge  the  gap  between  the  requirements  of  startups  and technological expertise required to develop the product.

(iii) iDEX also features as a procurement avenue under the Defence Acquisition Procedure-2020.

(iv) The Government has approved a scheme worth Rs 498.78 Crore to scale up iDEX in the next five years.

(c) 60 contracts for developing innovative prototypes have been signed under iDEX.

(d)   The establishment of iDEX is aimed at creation of an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia and provide them grants/funding and other support to carry out R&D development which has good potential for future adoption for  Indian  defence  and  aerospace  needs.  Accordingly,  as  per  the  feature  incorporated  in  the Defence Acquisition Procedure, the prototypes that  have  been  successfully  developed  through the iDEX framework find the route for procurement by the concerned Services. In line with the above, the Indian Navy has already placed a Supply Order on one iDEX Winner. The Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) are also mandated to follow similar procurement procedure for iDEX cases.

(e)  Under  the  iDEX  scheme,  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoUs)  have  been  signed  with 11 incubators. Out of the 11 Partner Incubators, 7 are Institutes of National Importance and 1 is Institute of Eminence.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2255 FOR ANSWER ON 10.12.2021 REGARDING 'SELF-RELIANCE IN DEFENCE SECTOR'.

Support for Prototype and Research Kickstart (SPARK) Grant ( In Rs)

|   Sl. No | Name of iDEX Winner                               | State         | Total (2018 -2021)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Aditya Precitech Private Limited                  | Telangana     | 15,00,000            |
|        2 | Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd                 | Karnataka     | 28,55,000            |
|        3 | Anvation Labs Pvt Ltd                             | Telangana     | 14,95,816            |
|        4 | Astrome Technologies Private Limited              | Karnataka     | 28,96,275            |
|        5 | Big Bang Boom Solutions Pvt Ltd                   | Tamil Nadu    | 82,73,206            |
|        6 | BigCat Wireless Pvt Ltd                           | Karnataka     | 61,50,000            |
|        7 | Centre for Study of Science Technology and Policy | Karnataka     | 15,00,000            |
|        8 | Chipspirit Technologies Pvt Ltd                   | Karnataka     | 44,23,138            |
|        9 | Dimension NXG Private Limited                     | Maharashtra   | 87,00,000            |
|       10 | DV2JS Innovation                                  | Delhi         | 52,50,000            |
|       11 | Gurutvaa Systems Pvt Ltd                          | Maharashtra   | 40,50,740            |
|       12 | Gyan Data Private Limited                         | Tamil Nadu    | 5,64,109             |
|       13 | HWDesign Lab Pvt Ltd                              | Kerala        | 13,42,405            |
|       14 | Iotina Technologies Pvt Ltd                       | Uttar Pradesh | 9,98,180             |
|       15 | Irov Technologies Private Limited                 | Kerala        | 14,36,500            |
|       16 | ISenses Incorporation PVt Ltd                     | Rajasthan     | 15,00,000            |
|       17 | Kinetix Engineering Solutions Limited             | Karnataka     | 45,00,000            |
|       18 | Lekha Wireless Solutions Pvt Ltd                  | Karnataka     | 56,50,746            |
|       19 | Logic Fruit Technologies Pvt Ltd                  | Haryana       | 13,36,783            |
|       20 | MMRFIC Technology Private Limited                 | Karnataka     | 45,19,290            |
|       21 | Navyug Infosolutions Private Limited              | Uttar Pradesh | 44,99,924            |
|       22 | Nopo Nanotech Pvt Ltd                             | Karnataka     | 10,41,350            |
|       23 | North Street Cooling Towers Pvt Ltd               | Uttar Pradesh | 90,00,000            |
|       24 | Nyokas Technologies Private Limited               | Kerala        | 11,45,200            |
|       25 | Optimized Electrotech Pvt Ltd                     | Karnataka     | 7,49,750             |
|       26 | OSSUS Biorenewables Pvt Ltd                       | Karnataka     | 12,08,662            |

| 27          | Radome Technologies and Services Pvt Ltd   | Karnataka      | 22,60,247    |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------|
| 28          | Saif Automations Services LLP              | Andhra Pradesh | 22,85,104    |
| 29          | SCI-COM Software India Pvt Ltd             | Maharashtra    | 44,99,600    |
| 30          | Tatvabodh Technology Pvt. Ltd              | Haryana        | 13,82,500    |
| 31          | Tonbo Imaging India Private Limited        | Karnataka      | 45,00,000    |
| 32          | Zmotion Autonomous Pvt Ltd                 | Karnataka      | 15,00,000    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                                | Grand Total    | 10,30,14,525 |

## Funds Disbursed to Partner Incubators (PIs) under CSR by DPSUs:

( In Rs)

| Sl. No      | Partner Incubators   | State       | Total (2018-2021)   |
|-------------|----------------------|-------------|---------------------|
| 1           | SINE, IIT Bombay     | Maharashtra | 50,00,000           |
| 2           | Maker Village, Kochi | Kerala      | 20,00,000           |
| 3           | IIT MIC, IIT Madras  | Tamil Nadu  | 60,00,000           |
| 4           | Forge, Coimbatore    | Tamil Nadu  | 1,10,00,000         |
| 5           | iTIC, IIT Hyderabad  | Telangana   | 12,00,000           |
| 6           | CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad  | Gujarat     | 55,00,000           |
| 7           | FITT, IIT Delhi      | Delhi       | 60,00,000           |
| 8           | T-Hub Hyderabad      | Telangana   | 80,00,000           |
| Grand Total | Grand Total          | Grand Total | 4,47,00,000         |

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