Lok Sabha Question No. 1743 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Marketing of Indigenously Developed Defence Equipment
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1743

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  December, 2022

## MARKETING OF INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED DEFENCE EQUIPMENT

1743.SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of DEFENCEbe pleased to state:

- (a)  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  tomarket  indigenously  developed  defence equipment to international players;
- (b)  whether the Government proposes to signMoU's with other countries as a part of iDEX to inculcate the spirit of competition amongst the Indian defence sector; and
- (c)  if so, the details thereof?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a):  The following  initiatives have been taken by the  Government to  facilitate marketing of indigenously developed defence equipment to international players:

- i. The export of items specified in Category 6 (Munitions List) is governed by the extant Standard Operating Procedure (SoP)issued by the Ministry of Defence. The SOP  has  been  streamlined  and  simplified  from  time  to  time  for  promotion  of defence export and ease of doing business.
- ii. An end to  end  portal  -  defenceexim.gov.in  -  has  been  developed  for  receipt  & processing of applications for grant of Export Authorisation. Export Authorisations are digitally signed and issued through the portal.
- iii. Ministry of Defence has brought in 3 OGEL's (Open General Export License); one for  the  select  parts  and  components;  another  for  intra-company  transfer  of technology and third for major platforms.
- iv. An  Export  Promotion  Cell  has  been  established  in  Ministry  of  Defence  to  coordinate and follow-up on export related action including enquiries received from various  countries  and  facilitate  private  sector  and  public  sector  companies  for export promotion.

- v. Defence Attaches have been mandated for export promotion of Indigenous defence products of both public and private sector. For export promotion of indigenously manufactured  equipment,  a  scheme  is  in  place  wherein  Defence  Attachés  are provided  financial  support  as  per  their  annual  requirement  to  promote  export  of indigenous defence equipment.
- vi. Subject  to  strategic  considerations,  domestically  manufactured  defence  products are being promoted through Lines of Credit/Funding.
- vii. Export leads received from various stakeholders are disseminated to the registered Indian  Defence  Exporters  through  online  portal.  This  facility  helps  the  Indian defence  exporters  to  quickly  respond  to  export  opportunities  arising  in  other countries.
- viii. Two export booklets i.e. 'Indian Defence Industry, a Global reach' and 'Catalogue Indian  Defence  Industry  2022'  for  promotion  of  Indigenous  Defence  products from both Public and Private sector have been released during the month of March 2022.
- ix. In  order  to  boost  defence  exports,  webinars  are  organized  with  Friendly  Foreign Countries  (FFCs)  under  the  aegis  of  DDP,  MoD  through  Industry  Associations. Total 33 such webinars have been organised so far.
- x. A  mechanism  on  'Enabling Foreign  Delegations  (both  from  Government  and Services) visiting India to meet Defence Exporters' has been set up to understand the capabilities of Indian defence industry and to explore potential areas of their interest.

(b) & (c):  iDEX- DIO (Defence Innovation Organisation) has shared Memorandum of Intent (MoI) with United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Australia and Sweden to increase cooperation on Defence innovation and take steps to enable deeper collaboration in the areas of innovation, science, and technology ecosystems.

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