Govt to amend DPP every year to improve acquisition policy

New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) Government on Monday said it will
amend the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) every year to
improve country's acquisition policy for the armed forces.

"We have taken a decision that instead of every two or
three years, we will amend the DPP annually so that by
learning we would be able to improve it every year," Defence
Minister A K Antony told reporters.

"Within a few months, we are going to amend the DPP that
will further give new impetus to indigenisation process," he
said on the sidelines of a seminar here.

Stating that the Government was working on a roadmap for
speedy indigenisation, Antony said, "Our policy is that within
next ten years, we must be able to establish a very strong
defence industrial base in the country."

Commenting on the recently concluded Indo-China talks, he
said, "according to my information, the talks ended on a
positive note. It was very fruitful and the whole atmosphere
was also very cordial."

The Minister said India will continue talking to China to
find an amicable solution to its long pending border dispute
with Beijing.

"The dialogues are continuing and we have decided that
through it, we must try to sort out all issues with China
regarding our border dispute and it will continue," Antony
said. PTI AJD
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