Time lag in defence purchase being continually addressed by on-going procurement process: Parrikar

New Delhi, May 3 (KNN) Mismatches between requirement and availability of capital procurement of defence equipment is being addressed by the on-going procurement process, the Parliament was informed today.

Capital procurement of defence equipments is carried out as per provisions of Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) and is guided by the time lines for various stages of procurement given therein.

“Mismatches between requirement and availability can sometimes occur which are continually addressed by the on-going procurement process,” Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in a written reply to Dr. Kanwar Deep Singh in Rajya Sabha today. 

The New DPP-2016 which has come into effect from 1st April, 2016 has introduced changes for faster completion of the procurement process.

Such measures, inter-alia, include the provision for change of name of Vendor / Entity; reduction of validity of Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) from one year to six month for “Buy” cases and from two years to one year for “Buy & Make (Indian)”, provision that Field Evaluation Trials (FET) will be conducted by the User only pertaining to conditions where the equipment is most likely to be deployed and notification of guidelines for handling of complaints, Parrikar said. 

Government attaches high priority to ensuring that the Armed Forces are adequately equipped and operationally prepared to deal with the entire spectrum of security challenges facing the country, he added.