To promote private industry, MSMEs and start-ups in defence production ecosystem, 25% of the Domestic Capital Procurement/Acquisition Budget, amounting to ₹21,149.47 Cr, will be earmarked for domestic private industry in FY2022-23: Defence Ministry
To promote domestic defence production ecosystem, the Ministry of Defence has now decided that 25% of domestic capital procurement budget, amounting to ₹21,149 crore, will be earmarked for domestic private industry in FY23.
Further, to foster innovation and encourage technology development in defence, it has also been decided that an amount of ₹1,500 crore will also be earmarked for procurement from start-ups, including iDEX s-up, from within the allocations for domestic capital procurement.
"These steps will foster the growth of private industry, MSMEs and start-ups in Defence ecosystem," the ministry of defence said in a statement.
Earlier, ministry of defence had decided to earmark 68% of capital procurement budget for the entire domestic industry during fiscal 2022-23. Accordingly, an amount of ₹84,597 crore was allocated specifically for Domestic defence industry in current financial year.
