Lok Sabha Question No. 3446 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Production of Defence Products
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3446

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  August, 2022

## PRODUCTION OF DEFENCE PRODUCTS

## 3446. MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has taken any decision regarding the production of more than hundred defence related products in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of such products thereof;
- (c) the amount of foreign exchange likely to be saved through these products; and
- (d) the number of persons likely to get employment as a result thereof?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a) & (b):  Government has taken several steps to enhance self-reliance in indigenous design, development  and  manufacturing  of  defence  products.  Three  Positive  Indigenisation  lists comprising  of  310  (101,  108  and  101  respectively)  items  have  been  promulgated  by Department of Military Affairs (DMA), Ministry of Defence on 21 st August 2020, 31 st May, 2021  and  07 th April  2022,  respectively  with  the  timelines  indicated  against  them  beyond which the items would be procured from indigenous sources. The products have been offered to the industry to come forward for design & development.

Further,  in  continuous  pursuit  of  self-reliance  in  defence  manufacturing  and  to minimize  import  by  DPSUs,  Department  of  Defence  Production,  Ministry  of  Defence  has notified two Positive Indigenisation Lists (PILs) of sub-systems/assemblies/subassemblies/components on 27 th December, 2021 and 28 th March, 2022. The 1 st list  contains 2500  items,  which  are  already  indigenized  and  351  items  which  have  been  taken  up  for indigenisation.  The  2 nd list consists of 107  strategically important Line replacement units/major sub-assemblies. The list of these items and their details are available on SRIJAN portal for Industry to show their interest. The items are notified with a timeline beyond which there would be an embargo on their import. Till date, 154 items out of 235 items from the 1 st Positive Indigenisation List and 4 items out of 107 items from the 2 nd Positive Indigenisation List have already been indigenized.

(c) & (d):  With focus of Government on indigenisation and procurement of defence products from the domestic resources, the expenditure on defence procurement from foreign sources has  reduced  from  46%  to  36%  in  the  last  4  (four)  years  i.e.  from  2018-19  to  2021-22. Moreover, the Government, in the last four years i.e. from 2018-19 to 2021-22, has accorded Acceptance of Necessity  (AoN) to 162 proposals worth  Rs. 2,51,130 crore approximately, under various categories of Capital procurement from domestic sources.

Further, the timelines for embargo on imports has been spread from December, 2020 to December 2028, so the assessments of savings on foreign exchange and opportunities for employment cannot be done at this stage.

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