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India's Defence Manufacturing - Coggle Diagram
India's Defence Manufacturing
India’s defense exports
India has set an ambitious target to achieve exports of about ₹35,000 crore
Increased manifold from ₹1,521 crore in 2016-17 to ₹8,434.84 crore in 2020-21
Items that India export
Artillery gun systems, tanks, radars, military vehicles, electronic warfare systems
Missile systems, LCA/helicopters, multi-purpose light transport aircraft, warships and patrol vessels
Major export partners
Tejas LCA to several Southeast Asian and West Asian nations
BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to SE Asian Countries
Vietnam is procuring 12 Fast Attack Craft
Steps taken to boost defence production
Defence Production & Export Promotion Policy 2020
Indigenization lists: Positive and Negative
Lines of Credit
Budgetary allocations
Licensing relaxation
Issues retarding defence exports
Long gestation
‘Unease’ in doing business
Lack of Critical Technologies
Multiple jurisdictions
Policy delay
FDI Policy
Excess reliance on Public Sector
Lack of skills
R&D Lacunae
Way forward
Economic boost
Security Imperative
Employment generation
Reducing import dependence
Context
Defence-Expo 2022 held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in October drew attention to a major policy initiative, the need for India to acquire the appropriate degree of “atma nirbharata” (self-reliance) in the defence sector and the arduous path ahead.
Why the fuss over self-reliance?
Indigenization in defence
Economic boost
Security Imperative
Employment generation
Reducing import dependence