KNN Bureau Features 23 Mar 2016 16:17:34 <strong><strong><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="" width=""><param name="movie" value="http://knnindia.co.in/resources/ckeditor/plugins/jwplayer/jwplayer/player.swf" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="file=http://knnindia.co.in/knnuploads/uploads 4.1.14/a-k-gupta.flv&amp;autostart=false" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://knnindia.co.in/knnuploads/uploads 4.1.14/a-k-gupta.flv&amp;image=http://knnindia.co.in/knnuploads/uploads 4.1.14/a-k-gupta-23-3-16.jpg&amp;autostart=false" height="" id="player1" name="player1" src="http://knnindia.co.in/resources/ckeditor/plugins/jwplayer/jwplayer/player.swf" width="" wmode="opaque"></embed></object></strong>New Delhi, Mar 23 (KNN)</strong> Under the Defence Procurement Policy, the criteria for MSMEs for eligibility has been relaxed in the Make procedure, A K Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Production) said in a reply to KNN.<br /> <br /> Some projects, which are small, have been reserved for the MSMEs, he said mentioning about the major changes done in the DPP.<br /> <br /> He said this in his reply to a question put up by KNN India Correspondent during the Curtain Raiser Press Conference&nbsp;on DefExpo-2016.today.<br /> <br /> Gupta also said that defence procurement is already up to 15% which the government is trying to push to 20 per cent.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;The identification of projects for SMEs under MAKE would be done on the basis of two categories. Under category 1 projects upto Rs 10 crore limits would be given to the MSMEs first if they are ready and similarly category 2 which is industry funded, projects upto Rs 3 crore would be reserved for the MSMEs,&rdquo; said Gupta.<br /> <br /> Watch his full Video <strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong> 14185 http://knnindia.co.in/features/criteria-for-msmes-for-eligibility-relaxed-in-make-procedure-under-dpp:-steel-secretary-to-knn/26-14185.go 23 Mar 2016 16:17:34 KNN