Ministry of Defence recently invited the apex body for MSME associations, FISME, to recommend MSMEs who can develop Defence Items not made in India so far.
To develop a collaborative effort of MSMEs in defence supplies Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) has announced launching of ‘MSME Defence Suppliers Group’ and has invited all MSMEs, already supplying to Defence or are interested, to join the Group.
FISME is the only MSME body invited to participate in the ‘Make in India’ mission of the Defence Ministry.
Since announcement of the ‘Make in India’ mission for Defence Procurement’s by Manohar Parikkar, Defence Minister of India, FISME is consistently following up with the Defence Ministry for a respectable share for MSMEs in Defence Procurement’s.
The diligence of FISME resulted in reservation of ‘Make’ projects upto Rs. 10 crore in defence Procurement’s for MSMEs. The ‘Make’ projects are those, as mentioned in the recently announced Defence Procurement Procedure 2016, where Ministry of Defence will support Indian Industry in developing items not so far made in India.
Besides forwarding a series of position papers on the capabilities of Indian MSMEs in Defence Procurement’s, FISME, organised a ‘Brainstorming Session’, in Delhi, in June 2016, which was chaired by the Defence Minister himself.
