Indian Ministry of Defence, Indigenous development, being the only solution to ensure reliable and assured product support for warship equipment, has been the key area of thrust of the Indian Navy, Since indigenous development is the only way to ensure complete self reliance, Indian Navy is giving renewed and focused attention to this endeavour by creating a new Directorate of Indigenisation at IHQ MoD (Navy) with effect from 01 September this year.
Navy's quest in making rapid strides towards achieving the goal of self-reliance felt constrained due to cumbersome procedures and limited financial powers. The new directorate is aimed at tiding over these impediments and become the nodal agency for all indigenisation activities of the Navy.
It would provide a single window interface with the industry, thus cutting down procedural delays and encouraging larger participation of the industry. Assessing the needs of the service, the directorate, in conjunction with the industry, would undertake research, development and subsequent manufacture of engineering and electric equipment.
Over the past few years, a sea change has been observed in the response of the private industry and today, it is fully geared up with the required infrastructure for development and production of high technology defence equipment, with quality at par with the best in the world. The directorate would embark upon various contact programmes with the industry and CII in near future to appraise the industry of specific requirements in line with the 15-year Indigenisation Plan of the Indian Navy.
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