The government desires for greater outsourcing by defence PSUs and ordnance factories, said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar here on Saturday. He said the government is looking at building synergy between public and private sector to establish a vibrant defence industrial base in the country with greater indigenisation and self-reliance.
Parrikar was addressing a seminar on ‘Outsourcing and Vendor Development by DPSUs and OFs: Opportunities for Innovation, Collaboration and Product Development’ organised jointly by the Department of Defence Production and the FICCI.
Parrikar said defence was one of the sectors being focused in ‘Make in India’. He said the government is ensuring that Indian industry gets adequate protection, especially in defence sector, to allow manufacturers to design and produce defence equipment indigenously.
He added that it would be in the interest of the country’s security, if defence capabilities are scaled up and requirements of the armed forces are met in-house. “Asking of something which is not pragmatic and not readily available will never help, rather will make things complicated leading to a situation where the nation suffers,” he said and added that in the past there were examples where the blacklisted companies benefited as we had paid money but not received the product.