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DAC approves acquisition proposals worth about Rs 8000 crore for armed forces

All of these proposals are under the ‘Make in India’ initiative with the focus on design, development and manufacturing in India.

November 2, 2021

DAC simplifies defence acquisition procedure

In a move to encourage greater participation by industry in acquisition of defence equipment, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) at its meeting on Tuesday chaired by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman cleared a simplified “Make-II” procedure. The simplified ‘Make-II’ procedure will help import substitution and promote innovative solutions. This simplified ‘Make-II’ procedure will amend the existing …

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January 18, 2018

DAC may clear all backlog by year end: Nirmala Sitharaman

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) may clear all its backlog by the end of December. Addressing the 90th Annual General Meeting of Ficci, she also said that government will allocate more funds for defence research and development in next budget. Sitharaman, after taking charge of the crucial ministry …

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December 15, 2017

Sitharaman chairs first DAC, clears sonars, missiles for Navy

Chairing her first Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday cleared a project worth Rs 200 crore for buying indigenous sonars for Indian Naval ships, and another one for missiles for the navy. The minister has decided to hold meetings of the DAC, the highest decision making body for defence acquisitions …

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September 27, 2017