MoD releases 5th positive indigenisation list to give more exposure to domestic industry

October 5, 2023
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MoD releases 5th positive indigenisation list to give more exposure to domestic industry

Subject : Economy

Section: Msc

In News: Ministry of Defence (MoD) on releases the fifth Positive Indigenisation list of 98 items at plenary session of ‘Swavlamban 2.0’.

Key Points:

Ministry of Defence (MoD) releases the fifth Positive Indigenisation list of 98 items, such as certain categories of combat vehicles and drones, sensors, weapons and ammunitions, to give more exposure to domestic industry and reduce dependence on imports of the military hardware.
Highly complex systems, sensors, weapons and ammunition have been included in the list. All these items will be procured from indigenous sources as per provisions given in Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 in staggered timeline.
Announcement was made at the plenary session of ‘Swavlamban 2.0’, the two-day seminar of Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO)
The list has been prepared by the Department of Military Affairs, lays special focus on import substitution of components of major systems which are being developed and is likely to translate into firm orders in the next five to ten years.
Other announcements:
- Defence Minister also launched 76 challenges for the industry under 10th Defence India Start-up Challenges (DISC 10) and DISC 10 PRIME
- Under the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) five problem statements were announced.
- In addition, two INDUS X challenges under ‘INDUS-X Mutual Promotion of Advanced Collaborative Technologies’ (IMPACT) challenges jointly finalised by iDEX and United States Department of Defense (US DoD) were also launched by Rajnath Singh. He also released the Indian Navy’s updated Indigenisation Roadmap ‘Swavlamban 2.0’.
- Defence Minister also launched SBI NAVeCash Card – a one-of-its-kind dual-chip debit card developed by the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Indian Navy. The card can be used in online mode (as a regular debit card) as well as in offline mode while at sea with no direct connectivity with the bank

India-United States Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS X)

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) launched the India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) to expand the strategic technology partnership and defense industrial cooperation between our governments, businesses, and academic institutions.
This initiative builds on a commitment by the U.S. and Indian National Security Advisors in January 2023 to launch an “Innovation Bridge” to connect U.S. and Indian defense start-ups as part of the U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET).
India’s Innovations for Defense Excellence (iDEX) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) are leading INDUS-X activities for MoD and DoD, respectively

Innovations For Defence Excellence (iDEX)

The iDEX initiative was launched by the Hon’ble PM in April 2018. iDEX aims to achieve self – reliance and foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia.
iDEX has partnered with leading incubators in the country to provide handholding, technical support and guidance to the winners of iDEX challenges.

SPRINT Challenge

It was launched during the Naval Innovation and Indigenization Organization (NIIO) seminar “Swavlamban” in New Delhi. This challenge aims to boost indigenous technology usage in Indian Navy.