New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has released its sixth Positive Indigenisation List, placing import restrictions on 405 defence items that will now have to be sourced from Indian industry. The list covers components, spares and raw materials required for the maintenance and production of fighter aircraft, tanks, helicopters and satellite systems, with an estimated business potential of Rs 3,070 crore.
Issued by the Department of Defence Production, the latest list adds to the government’s efforts to reduce dependence on imports for critical defence requirements. It includes strategically important items across a wide range of defence platforms, including sub-systems, sub-assemblies, components and raw materials.
Among the items covered are spares, equipment, components and raw materials required for the Advanced Light Helicopter, Light Utility Helicopter, Sukhoi-30MKI, Tejas and the AL-31FP engine used in the Sukhoi-30. The list also covers requirements for T-72 and T-90 tanks, warships and missile systems.
Several defence electronics have also been included, covering systems such as radars, sonars, fire control systems and satellite communication systems.
The detailed list has been made available on the government’s SRIJAN Defence Portal, which enables the defence public sector undertakings and armed forces to share their import requirements with Indian industry. Each item carries an indicative timeline for indigenisation, after which successfully developed products will be procured from domestic manufacturers.
Defence public sector undertakings will pursue indigenisation through routes including their ‘Make’ procedures and in-house development, with industry participation, particularly from micro, small and medium enterprises.
The Ministry of Defence launched the SRIJAN Defence Portal in August 2020 as a dedicated platform to connect defence requirements with Indian industry. The latest list is the sixth Positive Indigenisation List issued over the past five years, expanding the scope of equipment and components being brought into domestic production.
