Ministry's initiative to push indigenous development

The Defence Procurement Procedure of 2013 (DPP-2013), which the defence ministry (MoD) has almost finalised, aims to fundamentally change the approach to buying new military equipment. From mid-2013, when DPP-2013 is expected to take effect, the international arms bazaar will no longer be the first choice for buying weaponry and equipment. Instead, it will first have to be established that the required equipment cannot be built in India.

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