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India framing policy on domestic manufacturing of military equipment: Jaitley

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
Apr 28, 2017 02:38 PM IST

Addressing the annual meeting of CII, finance minister Jaitley, who holds additional charge of the defence ministry, said the focus would be on technological tie-ups to help India become a “manufacturing economy”.

India is in the advanced stages of formulating a policy to encourage domestic defence manufacturing and cut import of combat planes, ships and submarines, union minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.

Addressing the annual meeting of CII, finance minister Arun Jaitley, who holds additional charge of the defence ministry, said the focus would be on technological tie-ups to help India become a “manufacturing economy”.(Reuters)
Addressing the annual meeting of CII, finance minister Arun Jaitley, who holds additional charge of the defence ministry, said the focus would be on technological tie-ups to help India become a “manufacturing economy”.(Reuters)

Addressing the annual meeting of CII, finance minister Jaitley, who holds additional charge of the defence ministry, said the focus would be on technological tie-ups to help India become a “manufacturing economy”.

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“India is the world’s largest arms importer, spending some 1.8% of its GDP on defence. It imports about 70% of defence equipment, a proposition which the government wants to change.

“We are in the advanced stages of formulating a policy where we can ensure that instead of just being buyers... on the strength of technological and other tie-ups, India also becomes a manufacturing economy,” he said.

He, however, did not elaborate on the policy in works and whether it will include tax incentives and state support.

“The response that we have from domestic and international industry has been quite encouraging itself,” he added.

With its growing global clout, India -- which has topped the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s list of largest defence importers for the last seven years -- is looking at self-reliance in aerospace and defence industry.

The government has pledged to spend $250 billion by 2025 on weapons and military equipment.

Jaitley had last week in US stated that the policy will help major global defence companies set up manufacturing units in the country in collaboration with Indian firms.

“Under our changed policy, we are in the future going to concentrate not merely in buying from the rest of the world, but encouraging global defence majors in collaboration with Indian companies to set up manufacturing units in India,” he had stated.

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