TNPSC Thervupettagam

India’s 5th Indigenization List

July 21 , 2024 5 hrs 0 min 33 0
  • The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has notified a fifth positive indigenisation list (PIL) comprising 346 defence items.
  • It aims to boosting Aatma nirbharta (self-reliance) in defence production and minimising imports by defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs).
  • The MoD had launched the Srijan portal in 2020.
  • It provides a forum for DPSUs and service headquarters (SHQs) to offer defence items for indigenisation to private industries.
  • They include micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and startups.
  • Till June 2024, over 36,000 defence items were offered to the industry for indigenisation by the DPSUs and SHQs.
  • Of them, more than 12,300 items have been indigenised in the last three years.

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