Defence Procurement

Will Indian Defence Private Sector Deliver with Recent Policy Changes?

November 24, 2009

With the growth of the public sector in Defence Production a large number of industrial units in the Private Sector has also grown with varied scales of operation in areas like outsourcing of raw materials, components, sub-systems, assemblies and sub-assemblies.

Acquisition Reform - Lessons from Bernard Gray

November 10, 2009

If India does not modernize in an evenly spread out manner, it will be faced either with the prospect of its armed forces not being prepared, or rushing to make purchases amidst crises, or creating needless hysteria when frenzied modernization occurs.

Indian Defence Industry Poised to Grow

November 10, 2009

Even as the new amendments incentivise domestic companies to enter defence production, the government has made it clear that it wants a competitive environment in defence industry.

What is wrong with India’s Defence Industrial Policy?

August 22, 2008

The above question arises in the context of publicly known government plans of arms procurement amounting to over $64 billion1

  1. 1. This amount is a rough estimate based on media reports.

Understanding the Economics of Defence Procurement

January 25, 2008

“It’s about time that the bureaucrats in the MOD and the military leadership in the Service Headquarters opted not only to do ‘the right things’ but also to do ‘the things right’ in as far as the p

Weapons Procurement: Qualitative Requirements and Transparency in Evaluation

October 2006

Procurement of new weaponry and equipment for the armed forces is a long, complex and arduous process.

Challenges in Defence Planning

October 2006

Defence planning is essentially a subset of overall national level planning in the political, economic and social spheres and has to be evolved in the context of global and proximate factors affecting

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