The panel, led by the Executive Director (Acquisition), has been set up to carry out extensive deliberations with all stakeholders in line with a comprehensive review of the defense acquisition process to “align” with the government’s existing policies and initiatives, officials said Thursday.
The purpose of the review is to meet “operational requirements and military modernization” in a timely manner to ensure national security, according to the Ministry of Defense.
It also aims to “achiev” the acquisition procedure, aligning the Centre’s policies and initiatives, to “achieving” the “Aatmanirbharta” and enable the sector’s makeup in India.
In September 2020, Defense Minister Rajnassin announced the defense acquisition process in New Delhi.
DAP 2020 states in September 2020 through the government’s vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” and the “Ultimate aim of transforming India into a global manufacturing hub” through the “Make in India in India” initiative.
Following its declaration as a 2025 “year of reform,” the ministry has launched a “comprehensive review” of DAP 2020 to “align with existing Indian government policies and initiatives,” it said on Thursday.
“The committee led by the Executive Director (Acquisition) is structured to carry out extensive deliberations with all stakeholders. The committee includes senior officials from the Ministry of Defense, representatives of the defense industry, and academia,” the ministry said.
He also appointed former bureaucrat Apurva Chandra (Bach, 1980), who previously served as the DG (Technical Advisor to the Committee) as the “primary advisor to the committee.”
The panel has already begun discussions and invited proposals from stakeholders by July 5, the ministry said.
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In defensive terminology, MRO stands for maintenance, repair, and overhaul.
Coordinating acquisition procedures with government policies and initiatives is to promote the design and development of both the public and private sectors, focusing on the civil defense industry for technology injections for start-ups, innovators and Indigenous peoples, the statement said.
The Ministry of Defense also said stakeholders’ suggestions are being sought for policy or procedural changes to cover the adoption of new technologies such as “rationalizing the acquisition process,” classification, ease of business, conducting tests, post-contract management, first-track procedures, and AI.
“Improvements to the language to disambiguate, remove contradictions and enhance procedural clarity in DAP,” states other related issues that should be addressed in the review.
The first defence procurement procedure was promulgated in 2002 and was later “regularly revised” to boost the growth of the domestic industry and achieve enhanced independence in defence manufacturing.
The Minister of Defense “approved the constitution of the main review committee” under the chairmanship of the then DG (acquisition) Apurva Chandra in preparation for August 2020, the ministry said in a statement in September 2020.
DAP 2020 is expected to be effective from October 1, 2020, with the creation of DAP 2020 over a year adding that it had incorporated comments and suggestions from “a wide range of stakeholders.”
