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FDI in Defence Industry is permissible up to 26%, under Government route subject to Industrial license under the Industries (Development & Regulation) Act 1951 and the following conditions: 

• Licence applications will be considered and licences given by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, in consultation with Ministry of Defence.
• Cases involving FDI will be considered by the FIPB and licences given by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion in consultation with Ministry of Defence.

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The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delbi, is a registered society. It is considered to be the premier strategic and security studies Think Tank in India. The Institute is funded by the Indian Ministry of Defence, but functions autonomously.

The Week in Review (TWIR) covers areas of strategic interests to India. Please Click the link to read the TWIR, http://www.idsa.in/system/files/TWIR_8_4_2010.pdf 

'Our defence forces require timely and cost effective acquisition of defence equipment to enable them to meet any challenge to the country's security. The emerging security scenario is very challenging. Nobody can say what will happen in some of our neighbouring areas. India will have to be fully prepared, our armed forces will have to be fully prepared to meet any challenge from any quarter and they must be able to protect every inch of Indian territory' said the Defence Minister in the IDSA Defence Acquisition Seminar in Jan 2010. 

Click to read the Defence Acquisition proceedings compiled by the IDSA in its Special Issue on the Defence Acquisition: http://idsa.in/jds/4_1_2010

Asia Defence News is a monthly print-media Journal which articulates Asian point of view  on 'Asian and World Security Affairs'. FreeMarketsDefence.com brings You  the full text of the Asia Defence News for FREE viewing.

Please click the 'Magazine Cover' on the TOP right hand side of this Page to read the Magazine. It may take 40-60 seconds to download.

CBW Magazine, ‘A Journal on Chemical and Biological Weapons’, is the publication of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA).

The magazine was launched in the year 2007. It is a quarterly magazine.

Pse Click to Download: http://idsa.in/system/files/CBW_vol3no3.pdf  

TTT Defence & Aerospace Development Company (TSDADC) , a 50:50 JV, based in Tucson/Arizona, USA between Tucson Transatlantic Trade Inc. Holding Group, USA, (www.ttthg.com ) and Svipja Technologies, will support development of JVs, Offsets, TTs, e-Procurement, etc, globally with India focus.

The amendments to DPP-2008 have been issued in the form of Defence Procurement Procedure . 2008 (Amendment - 2009), details of which are given on

These amendments are to be incorporated to the existing DPP-2008 in relevant pages/paragraphs as mentioned and will take effect from 01 Nov 2009.

Here is Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP 2008) including Offsets Policy, and Defence Procurement Manual 2009 ! You could read these on the MOD/India website at link :

http://mod.nic.in/dpm/welcome.html

e-Selling & e-Procurement Service Provider(s) (e-SP2) is an Innovative Idea.

In this concept, e-Selling, and e-Sourcing/e-Procurement is outsourced by Industry/Companies to experts outside their organisations in line with their Strategy. The goal of the Industry is to retain the existing 'edge' definitely, but still fine-tune 'input costs' with a view not to get 'edged-out' in the emerging environment of globalisation and liberalisation. This helps in making Selling and Buying Processes highly competitive.

Please also visit my Blog : www.FreeMarketsDefence.blogspot.com for more details.

Govt. has mandated to develop an advanced government-wide IT-enabled system, after re-engineering existing business processes where necessary, covering all aspects of government procurement, which may include        development of an e-Government Procurement (e-GP) portal providing links to various stakeholders in the e-GP for services such as registration of vendors, accessing details of procurement made, tenders awarded, tenders  advertised etc. And development of an IT-enabled “exchange or e-Marketplace” linking various Government agencies in need of procurement of goods and services on the one hand and the vendors/service providers and the e-procurement service providers on the other. 

For the past 60 years, India has built a steady reputation as a nation with strong aerospace and defence capabilities, but it is a reputation which has been forged, for the most part, in splendid isolation. While a number of critical requirements have been fulfilled by indigenous .......

The government of India (GoI) aspires to transform the defence industrial sector so that it can achieve a 70% level of selfsufficiency from domestic sources. At the same time, GoI currently maintains a ceiling of 26% on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence industrial sector, with some exceptions permitted for project-specific joint ventures and for dual-use activities. Raising — and eventually removing — this 26% ceiling would be an important enabler in bringing about the transformation that GoI seeks. 

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Defence Services purchase virtually every conceivable Product & Service – including those of Your Company. In addition to 'commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)' equipment and MRO products for use by the units and formations, our defence personnel need personal electrical & electronic gadgets, clothing , home furnishings, travel and insurance services.

If you are a small to medium sized company and are NOT planning to buy/sell Your products and services  through Net and e-Marketplaces, you are simply loosing a great opportunity !

In a broader sense, a B2B-B2C-B2G e-Marketplace is an online platform where Buyers and Sellers come to communicate, collaborate and make business transactions. e-Marketplace caters to a large number of participants with common interests as a Community. The main objective of an e-Marketplace is to create a venue filled with features that allow community members to efficiently conduct significant portion of their routine business processes on the Net. e-Marketplaces are also known as Exchanges.

One of the major challenges SMEs face is growing their businesses nationally and internationally, coupled with employing best business practices in their day-to-day working. SMEs mostly look for other SMEs, or in some cases Large Enterprises, as customers. 

Indian Defence Industry Infrastructure comprises of Govt-owned Ordnance Factories, Defence Public Sector Undertakings, ably supported by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, www.drdo.org, Directorate General of Quality Assurance, Civil Industry including SMEs amongst others.

The United States and India have entered a new era. We are transforming our relationship to reflect our common principles and shared national interests.

As the world's two largest democracies, the United States and India agree on the vital importance of political and economic freedom, democratic institutions, the rule of law, security, and opportunity around the world. The leaders of our two countries are building a U.S.-India strategic partnership in pursuit of these principles and interests.