New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar admitted on Friday that 'Make-In-India' lacks clarity and said the Centre was sketching up a separate policy to flesh it out.
On the inauguration of Aero India 2015, the minister said, "The Defence Procurement Procedure, as a document, is also not well-articulated and there is a lot of confusion. Besides, everything does not need to be squeezed into it. So, we are planning a separate policy on Make-In-India."
Sensing the interest being generated across the aerospace and defence community globally, the Centre is planning to roll out a dedicated Make in India policy in the next two months.
Parrikar said among the projects under 'Make-In-India' banner, the government is open to manufacturing 338 helicopters (military and civil) and private industry will also be roped in.
"The Defence Procurement Procedure, as a document, is also not well-articulated and there is a lot of confusion," Manohar Parrikar said.
Aero India 2015 earlier got off to a rocking start with clear skies and a clear-minded PM Narendra Modi making his intent of business more than apparent at the inaugural of the 10th edition of the event pegged to be the largest ever.
The defence minister announced a policy on legalizing lobbyists or middlemen representing various arms manufacturers across the world will be ready in the next four to five weeks as part of easing up working with the government and defence manufacturers.
"Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) needs to augment its production capability. Right now, it has the capacity to make 25-30 per year, but it has to be 50-100," he said.
The defence minister announced a policy on legalizing lobbyists or middlemen representing various arms manufacturers across the world will be ready in the next four to five weeks as part of easing up working with the government and defence manufacturers.
