View: What is to be done with India’s defence offset policy!The objectives of India’s defence offset policy need to be revisited to facilitate innovation-based transformation. Perhaps, the need of th...
26 Aug, 2022, 08.55 PM IST
Govt mulls including skilling as defence offset avenue to boost domestic workforceDefence offset guidelines apply in case of defence contracts over ₹2,000 crore and mandate certain contractual obligations for the vendor/m...
23 Jun, 2022, 11.55 PM IST
India warns arms companies of action for default in offset commitmentsThe defence ministry (MoD) has delivered a stern message to the arms companies, seeking repeated time extensions to discharge their offsets...
30 Aug, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
View: MoD should reconsider the impact of a dwindling offset marketA lot of players have already made significant investment in this space, and the same is on the drawing board strategy for a large number o...
04 Feb, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
View: Decoding Defence Acquisition Procedure for F-OEMs in an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'A few important things happened over the past year impacting the compilation of DAP-2020. First was the coronavirus pandemic which rekindle...
27 Nov, 2020, 04.55 PM IST
View: Making India 'Atmanirbhar' in the defence sectorRecognizing this gap, on May 16, 2020, in an unprecedented move to spur the post COVID-19 Indian economy, the Finance Minister announced th...
23 Jun, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
We propose full technology transfer for engine to power next gen fighters: French manufacturer SafranOur technologies make France one of the four countries in the world to master the complete development of a fighter jet engine. And if Indi...
05 Feb, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
View: 2019 could be Sitharaman's opportunity to make historyThe time has come for getting to grips with the reality of a slowdown, and finding new avenues of growth.
10 Jun, 2019, 06.11 AM IST
Government opposes Tribunal’s order to extend NFFU to central armed forcesThe para-military forces have already been granted this benefit by the top court.
13 Mar, 2019, 06.28 AM IST
With ease of doing business in mind, government makes amendments to defence offset guidelinesThere was a persistent demand from the industry (both domestic and foreign) for allowing Services as a valid avenue for discharge of offset...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.35 PM IST
Government working on Rs 30,000 crore corpus for venture capital funds in defence sectorForeign companies can invest up to 25% of their offset obligations in such funds. But the capital won’t be repatriable, only dividends will...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.15 PM IST
Budget 2016 expectations: An insight into the defence sectorThe ‘Make in India’ initiative that aims to revive manufacturing in the country and create a wave of job opportunities for the skilled as w...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.50 PM IST
Defence production in India heading towards private sector participationPrivate sector companies' defence exports surged in 2015, rising three-fold to Rs 441.06 crore in the first nine months itself from Rs 132....
11 Jul, 2018, 01.39 PM IST
Foreign Defence companies may soon get to invest in equitiesChanges being proposed by the defence ministry in its offset policy will drastically change how companies such as Boeing, Airbus and Dassau...
03 May, 2018, 08.16 AM IST
Agusta, Finmecannica bookings for Defexpo scrappedThe Defence Ministry today s ousted AgustaWestland and its parent group Finmecannica, from the biennial military exhibition Defexpo-14.
04 Feb, 2014, 04.04 PM IST
- BEL enters JV with Rafael of Israel
Navratna defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited is eyeing acquisition of foreign technology companies and is currently evaluating a few pot...
15 Apr, 2008, 08.23 PM IST
- India Inc may soon run war machines
The government announced on Friday that premier private companies would be granted special status to permit them to directly import defence...
10 Jun, 2006, 12.59 AM IST