<div>The new Defence Procurement Procedure will be ready soon, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday, and it will have clear categorisation to make a shift towards indigenous equipment.<br /><br />The minister made the announcement at a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the defence ministry, according to an official statement.<br /><br />Parrikar said the ministry would "soon be coming out with a new Defence Procurement Procedure as well as the Defence Procurement Manual, 2016."<br /><br />He said the current Defence Procurement Procedure was to be amended and being considered by his ministry after a committee of experts headed by Dhirendra Singh submitted its report. <br /><br />The committee was to evolve a policy framework to facilitate 'Make in India' in defence manufacturing, align the policy evolved with DPP-2013, and suggest requisite amendments in DPP-2013 to remove bottlenecks in the procurement process.<br />"The Defence Procurement Manual is under the process of internal vetting and is expected to be finalised by end June, 2016."<br /><br />The statement said the categorisation committees, while considering categorisation of all capital acquisition under the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), follow a preferred order of categorisation, and 'Buy Indian' tops the list.<br /><br />It is followed by Buy and Make Indian, Make, Buy and Make and Buy Global. "This hierarchy of categorisation clearly marks a shift towards indigenous equipment," the statement said.<br /><br />"Department of Defence Production with its OFs and DPSUs has been a major instrument to foster Indigenisation. However, over the last few decades, provisions such as 'Make' and 'Buy-and-Make Indian' categories have been introduced to facilitate the participation of the private sector in defence production."<br /><br />Taking part in the discussion, members of parliament who are on the committee suggested that the government should give incentives under the 'Buy Indian' and 'Buy and Make Indian' categories.<br />They also said that PSUs should also be allowed to bid for 'Buy Indian' category and that offsets should be in terms of overall requirements of users.<br /><br />Among the MPs who attended the meeting were Pinaki Mishra, Saugata Roy, A. Seetaram Naik, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Mahendra Prasad, T.K. Rangarajan, Bhupender Yadav, and Samsher Singh Manhas.<br /><br />Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar, Defence Production Secretary Ashok Kumar Gupta, DG, DRDO chief S. Christopher and other senior officials also attended the meeting.<br /><br /></div>
<div>The new Defence Procurement Procedure will be ready soon, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday, and it will have clear categorisation to make a shift towards indigenous equipment.<br /><br />The minister made the announcement at a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the defence ministry, according to an official statement.<br /><br />Parrikar said the ministry would "soon be coming out with a new Defence Procurement Procedure as well as the Defence Procurement Manual, 2016."<br /><br />He said the current Defence Procurement Procedure was to be amended and being considered by his ministry after a committee of experts headed by Dhirendra Singh submitted its report. <br /><br />The committee was to evolve a policy framework to facilitate 'Make in India' in defence manufacturing, align the policy evolved with DPP-2013, and suggest requisite amendments in DPP-2013 to remove bottlenecks in the procurement process.<br />"The Defence Procurement Manual is under the process of internal vetting and is expected to be finalised by end June, 2016."<br /><br />The statement said the categorisation committees, while considering categorisation of all capital acquisition under the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), follow a preferred order of categorisation, and 'Buy Indian' tops the list.<br /><br />It is followed by Buy and Make Indian, Make, Buy and Make and Buy Global. "This hierarchy of categorisation clearly marks a shift towards indigenous equipment," the statement said.<br /><br />"Department of Defence Production with its OFs and DPSUs has been a major instrument to foster Indigenisation. However, over the last few decades, provisions such as 'Make' and 'Buy-and-Make Indian' categories have been introduced to facilitate the participation of the private sector in defence production."<br /><br />Taking part in the discussion, members of parliament who are on the committee suggested that the government should give incentives under the 'Buy Indian' and 'Buy and Make Indian' categories.<br />They also said that PSUs should also be allowed to bid for 'Buy Indian' category and that offsets should be in terms of overall requirements of users.<br /><br />Among the MPs who attended the meeting were Pinaki Mishra, Saugata Roy, A. Seetaram Naik, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Mahendra Prasad, T.K. Rangarajan, Bhupender Yadav, and Samsher Singh Manhas.<br /><br />Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar, Defence Production Secretary Ashok Kumar Gupta, DG, DRDO chief S. Christopher and other senior officials also attended the meeting.<br /><br /></div>