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New Defence Procurement Policy results in dynamic changes

In an attempt to streamline defence acquisition and give a boost to the “Make in India” initiative, the government on Monday approved changes to the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). This will give Indian private companies a chance to locally produce equipment and invest in research and development (R&D).

At a meeting chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday evening, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which is the supreme decision-making body for the Ministry of Defence, allowed changes to the DPP after a one-year review, The Tribune said.

“Recommendations of the expert committee headed by former Home Secretary Dhirendra Singh were considered and most of them were approved,” Parrikar was quoted as saying by The Hindu.

As per the changes, the procurement policy of 2016 will have a new category — an Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured (IDDM) platform. Under this category, if the design is indigenous, it will be mandatory to have 40% local content, but if the design is not local, 60% content will be mandatory.

Another major change to the DPP is “small and medium-scale industries will get opportunities,” Parrikar said. However, two issues have to be addressed: “The method of blacklisting for firms” and the “requirements for guidelines to select the correct strategic partner for producing equipment in India”. The DPP offsets limit has been increased from Rs 300 crore to Rs 2,000 crore, The Tribune report said.

“Issue of Offsets is actually irrelevant since this was not working in any case. As I have been saying all along, Offsets even for projects in excess if 2000 crores will be of no use from a defense technology point of view,” said G Raj Narayan, Founder & Md of Radel Group.

India is currently the largest buyer of military equipment and weaponary, which accounts for 15% of all international imports, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a Sweden-based think tank said.

The original article appeared on IBTimes.

Your Stamp in the Sky

Demand for the course

In India, you can do a course in Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering. BE/ME, BTech/MTech and PhD-level courses are available in the country. Aerospace engineers are required to have both theoretical and practical knowledge. So, most of these programmes will focus on maintenance systems, production planning and control, airframe instruments and industrial management.

“Studying the subject is very interesting as it has practical applications and is challenging compared to computer science or electronics engineering,” says Lynden Martin Gomez, an aeronautical engineering student who graduated last year from KCG College of Technology, Chennai.

Tweet this: “Students get attracted by IT companies and take up jobs there while the passionate few go into core engineering industries”

Career scope

Aerospace engineers are paid from Rs.15,000 to Rs.50,000 a month depending on the firm and their experience. You can become a general manager, aircraft design engineer or a technician. Some companies where you can seek jobs include Indian Space Research Organisation, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Hindustan Aeronautics and National Aeronautics Labs. While there are many job roles and companies that take in such engineers, “it was hard finding a job immediately after graduation,” says Lynden.

“Very few who come to us have hands-on capabilities. They seem to have pre-conceived ideas that seem dull. Students should be encouraged to innovate and design new equipment.”

The original article appeared in the NewIndianExpress

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