Defense Minister Rajesh Kumar Singh said that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) significantly reduced the timeline for key public procurement processes within the main reforms to improve efficiency and support the objective of the Indian “Aatmanirbhart” in the defensive sector.
On Friday, who spoke on the defensive concrete in national capital, Singh said that the decision would save a total of 69 weeks, remarks that the defense procedure (DAP) is revised to reflect current reality, moves from traditional nomination costs of competing prices to competing price price.
This approach is already implemented for boat construction and recently for the AMCA project, he added.
Singhov’s statement came in the middle of the fear of the Chief of the Aviation Staff, the main Marshal AP Singh, during his address at the annual CII 2025 trading summit on Thursday, emphasizing the ongoing delay in defensive projects, unrealistic timelines and their adverse impact on operational readiness.
Air Marshal’s boss pointed out the recurring pattern of delay in project implementation and criticized the practice of undertaking unattainable terms in connection with the reported projects with projects such as the supply of aircraft.
Singh emphasized the critical role of self -confidence in maintaining Indian strategic autonomy and achieving the Viksit Bharat vision, while urging the private industry to invest in research and development (research and development) and capital equipment to strengthen the ecosystem of domestic defense.
Defense Minister Rajesh Kumar Singh, who focused on the Indian vision of defense, said he focused on Aatmanirbhart for maintaining the strategic autonomy of the country. It is also decisive in achieving the wider goal of Viksit Bharat, such as the expansion of our GDP from the current $ 4 trillion to $ 32 trillion by 2047, increasing the initial culture in India and expanding our industrial base, as well as its spin-off doses that come from dual use of technology.
He emphasized the impact of indigenization over the last decade and said India had moved from the highest importer in 2015 to the state with one of the 25 best exporters today. More than 100 Indian companies are now exported to 100 or more countries. The list of products includes missiles such as Brahmos, missile launchers such as pinaka, simulators, armored vehicles, Dornier Aircraft, different types of ships, coast patrols, etc.
The rise of exports can be measured from the fact that our exports have increased 30 times on the last ten years to £23 622 Crores in the last financial year. Our defense industry today includes 16 defensive dogs, 430 licensed companies and approximately 16,000 mSMe. Domestic defense sales also increased from £43746 Crores in 2014 £127000 Crores in 2023-24.
Full use of the budget of defense modernization for the first time in the last 5 years
Singh also emphasized record successes in the financial year 2024-25 and noted that MOD for the first time in the last five years has completely used the budget of defense modernization and signed contracts worth of record £2 Lakh Crores during the last financial year, which is the highest achieved and doubles from the numbers for 2023-24.
This would ensure that the process of modernizing the armed forces maintains a step. This would also help ministries to require a higher share in the Union’s budget, which would lead to a minimum defense ratio to GDP 2.5 % in five years as the first step and then 3 % in the medium term.
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