By Jagadish Prasad
Mysore, Sept. 2 - "A country's defence depends on production of defence equipments and with a resurgent Indian economy, the time is ripe for Indian industry to tap the vast potential of defence manufacturing," said Maj. Gen. Gautham Moorthy, Additional Director and Col. Commandant, Ordnance Services Directorate, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, here today.
Maj. Gen. Moorthy was speaking as the guest of honour at the Buyer-Seller Meet organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern Region, at Hotel Sandesh The Prince here.
Referring to Kelkar Committee Report's recommendation for inclusion of private sector defence manufacturing, he said that Indian defence forces would have to be self-sufficient in the production of arms, armaments and other support services in order to be totally self-reliant.
He said, "Indian defence services would from now on buy Indian arms, buy the best and at the cheapest possible price."
Elaborating on the process of becoming a Defence Industry Contractor, Maj.Gen. Moorthy gave a powerpoint presentation of various rules and regulations pertaining to becoming a defence supplier. He al...more