Public–Private Partnership in Defence Aeronautics: Why Has the PPP Model Not Caught On in Indian Defence Development Projects?

India today is one of the fastest growing economies, the most populous country with a huge talent pool, growing infrastructure and a revamped education system. While most of these are fairly recent developments whose effects will only be visible over the next few decades, it is still worth examining why it has not yet made a major impact in the global defence industrial stage. A state-controlled defence Research & Development (R&D) organisation coupled until recently with a state-controlled defence production set-up, has perhaps not garnered the expected effect even after seven decades of independence. This article examines the ecosystem, both the past and the current, and attempts to find reasons for the lack of advancement in specific areas of defence development. It examines the various players in the game and the role and responsibilities undertaken by each of them, which consciously or otherwise have contributed to the current state of affairs. It then makes out a case for the establishment of a public private entity for major system development in defence aeronautics.

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