New Delhi: US aircraft maker Boeing Inc launched a skill development programme in association with the aerospace manufacturing firm Jaivel to train front-line workers in the MSME segment in aerospace industry. The programme was announced in the presence of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Gu…
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Centre, state go all out to make Vibrant Gujarat Summit a success
Ahmedabad: The Centre is leaving no stone unturned to make the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit a success. The five-day event is scheduled to kick off at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is learnt, is personally monitoring arrangements for the summit. This apa…
Parrikar assures the Indian Private Sector of full support
Hanoi (Vietnam), 6 June 2016: Composite Indian defence delegation met with Vietnamese industrial counterpart in presence of Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister of India and General Ngo Xuan Lich, Vice Minister of Defence, Vietnam. This meeting gained significance as both countries are celebratin…
Quality Council of India to cover 1.25 million MSMEs with their ZED model in next five years
Hailed as Asia’s largest Defence exhibition, the recently concluded Defexpo 2016 saw participation from 1055 registered companies from 47 nations. Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar focused on the amended DPP aimed at empowering India’s target of ‘Make in India’ polic…
Defence Procurement Policy to be notified soon | Parrikar
The government will finalise Defence Procurement Policy in next couple of days and this would be notified within 30 days. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has announced. Parrikar told a Make in India Summit that the policy will be private sector supported while ensuring that Public Sector units …
Parrikar unveils contours of Defence Procurement Policy
Almost fourteen months after becoming Defence Minister, and after missing numerous self-imposed deadlines, Manohar Parrikar announced the contours of the Defence Procurement Policy of 2016 (DPP-2016), which will guide military acquisitions after it is promulgated in another two months. The policy…
Govt needs to incentivise defence exports | Neeraj Gupta, MD, MKU
India’s defence industrial policy needs to be in line with the objective to boost defence exports. The government should interact more with vendors and look towards making the procurement process faster, says Neeraj Gupta, Managing Director, MKU Pvt. Ltd, in an interview to H. Siddiqui of SMEpost…
SMEs to drive ‘Make In India’ in defence
It is imperative for Indian SMEs to integrate themselves into the supply chains of national and international defence majors to reduce dependence on foreign supplies and gain a foothold in the international market, Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra said today. “India, till the recent past, …