FDI in Defence: Need for Liberalisation and Simplification
The government should set up a task force to engage with potential investors and investees and evolve a simplified FDI policy, which has different slabs for different kinds of activities and is free from terms and conditions that are difficult to understand and implement.
Examining the Case for Complete Transfer of Technology
The relationship between the cost versus coverage of technology transferred, which likely follows the law of diminishing returns, would make technology acquisition beyond, say 80 per cent, increasingly cost prohibitive, with no matching and assured gains
India's Defence Budget 2017-18: An Analysis
While certain changes in the format of the defence Demand for Grants have brought even more complexity to the task of estimating India's official defence budget, the fact remains that there has only been a meagre increase of 5 per cent which is grossly inadequate to keep the Armed Forces in fighting form.
Blacklisting Policy on the Anvil
The proposed blacklisting policy of the Ministry of Defence must be comprehensive enough to ensure that no loose ends are left to be tied at time of implementation.
A French Solution to India's Defence Acquisition Problem
The biggest lesson that India can borrow is France's integrated and centralised procurement structure, which has the dual responsibility of arms acquisition and defence industrial development.
Making FDI Count in Defence
It is rare that a foreign company makes a huge investment to produce major platforms in a third country with a view to make that country an export hub.
Discontinuance of National Five Year Plans – Time to Revaluate Defence Planning
Defence planning has had a troubled history since its inception, in spite of several experiments with the structures and processes of planning. It will, therefore, be in the fitness of things to re-evaluate the existing architecture of planning.
2015: A Year of Work-in-Progress for Defence
The issues confronting the defence establishment at the beginning of the year broadly related to defence policy, human resource management and operational preparedness.
Exchange Rate Variation in Defence Contracts in India
This Brief analyses industry demands and reviews existing regulations in IT and defence procurement markets, culminating with suggestions on a possible way forward for reforms that can avoid adverse implications of industry demands, particularly in view of their potential conflict with important policies fostering indigenisation.
Reinventing India's "Make" Procedures for Defence Acquisitions
The Indian defence industry needs procedural clarity and simplification to be ingrained in the "Make" procedures, as the rules are presently silent on a number of important operational aspects.