Implementation of Offset Policy in Defence Contracts: Indian Army Perspective The Offset Policy has been articulated in the DPP 2008. The Offset Clause would be applicable for all procurement proposals where indicative cost is above Rs. 300 crores and schemes... S. Sunder | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Industry Perspectives on Defence Offsets Defence offsets are expected to generate business in India of about $10 billion over the next five years. Some would be in the form of tangible product and service exports... S.K. Kaura | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Background Paper Definition, Forms and Types of Offsets Offsets Laxman Kumar Behera | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Gearing up for the Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Pitfalls India has made rapid strides in defence technology in recent past and reached a stage of self-reliance. The objective was to have thrust in indigenous production and exploring possibilities of... B. Khaitan | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Essential Elements of India’s Defence Offset Policy – A Critique Offsets have been variously defined. In essence, offsets in defence, as in civil trade, are compensations that a buyer seeks from the seller for the purchase of goods and/or services.... Thomas Mathew | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Offset Absorption Roadmap for the Indian Air Force Offsets in some form or the other have been practiced in many countries over a long period of time. Even in India, licensed production contracts and technology transfer contracts with... Sudhir V. Bal | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Offset Investment Inflow Priorities for Ordnance Factories Offset agreements are formal arrangements of trade where some sort of leverage is exploited by a buyer to obtain compensatory benefits in the case of high value off-shore purchases by... S. Gopalaswamy | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
Technology Inflows: Issues, Challenges and Methodology The defence offset policy mandates the foreign suppliers to plough back a minimum of 30 per cent of the contractual value of projects worth Rs. 300 crores or above to... S. P. Ravindran | January 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies
National Investigation Agency: A Good Start but not a Panacea On January 1, 2009 the National Investigative Agency Bill became a law. It provides for setting up a special agency at the national level “to investigate and prosecute offences affecting... Pushpita Das | January 12, 2009 | IDSA Comments
Changing Face of Bodo Insurgency Intense internal rivalry among Bodo insurgents has proved to be the biggest hurdle to peace in Bodo-dominated areas of Assam. Internal differences within the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB),... M. Amarjeet Singh | January 12, 2009 | IDSA Comments