Additional 164 defence items worth Rs 814 crore successfully indigenised on time; total goes up to 2,736

NewsBharati    16-May-2023 17:30:17 PM
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New Delhi, May 16: In yet another major boost to achieve 'Aatmanirbharta' in defence, 164 items, with an import substitution value of Rs 814 crore, which was to be indigenised by December 2022, have met the target within timelines and have been notified by the Department of Defence Production under Ministry of Defence (MoD).
 
 
Additional 164 defence items worth Rs 814 crore successfully indigenised on time
Earlier, the successful indigenisation of 2,572 items, with an import substitution value of Rs 1,756 crore was notified. Now, with the notification of these 164 additional items, the total number of indigenised items till December 2022 from these stands at 2,736, worth an import substitution value of Rs 2,570 crore.
 
"These indigenised items will now be procured from the Indian industry only," an official release from Defence Ministry stated.
 
The indigenisation of such defence-related items has been achieved by Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) either through Industry partners, including MSMEs, or in-house.
The list of such indigenised items is available on the Srijan Portal 
 
The Department of Defence Production has so far notified four positive indigenisation lists consisting of 4,666 items.
The government has set the target of achieving defence manufacturing worth Rs 175,000 crore including defence exports of Rs 35,000 crore by the year 2024-25.
 
The Government has taken several policy initiatives in the past few years and brought in reforms to encourage indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment, thereby promoting self-reliance in defence manufacturing in the country.