The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced four Positive Indigenisation Lists with a prohibition on the import of 411 significant military platforms/systems from certain periods in order to support Aatmanirbharta. Additionally, the MoD has announced three Positive Indigenization Lists for DPSUs that include a ban on the import of 3,738 major Line Replacement Units, subsystems, assemblies, subassemblies, components, and spare parts until certain dates. Also, the SRIJAN Portal has more than 26,000 defence goods that have been uploaded and made available to the industry for indigenization. The process of indigenousization is dynamic. 7,031 goods that serve both the domestic and international markets have already undergone indigenous production. According to data that is available through December 2022, the imports of defence have decreased from 46% to 36.7% between 2018–19.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Rakesh Sinha in Rajya Sabha today.
