New Delhi, Dec 18 (KNN) The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that the his Ministry will soon come out with the new Defence Procurement Procedure as well as the Defence Procurement Manual, 2016.

Addressing the Consultative Committee in the national capital today, Parrikar said the current Defence Procurement Procedure is under amendment and is under the consideration of his  Ministry after a Committee of experts headed by Dhirendra Singh had submitted its report.

The Committee was appointed to evolve a policy framework to facilitate Make in India in defence manufacturing, align the policy evolved with DPP-2013 and suggest requisite amendments in DPP-2013 to remove bottlenecks in the procurement process and also simplify/rationalize various aspects of defence procurement.

Along with this, the Defence Procurement Manual is under the process of internal vetting and is expected to be finalized by end June, 2016, he said.

“Over the last few decades, provisions such as “Make” and BUY+Make(Indian)” categories have been introduced to facilitate the participation of the private sector in defence production,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

Taking part in the discussion, Members of Parliament suggested that Government should give incentives under the Buy (Indian) and Buy & Make(Indian) categories. They also said that PSUs should also be allowed to bid for Buy(Indian) category and that offsets should be in terms of overall requirements of users. (KNN Bureau)