The Ministry of Urban Development has incorporated a new requirement in tender documents of Metro Rail companies that makes it mandatory for them to procure 75 per cent of their rolling stock and 25 per cent of their critical equipment from India itself.

A press release from the ministry yesterday (23 April) stated that these mandatory conditions were put it place to enable indigenous manufacturing under the Make In India scheme, and stated that the eligibility criteria for suppliers would be standardised in two weeks.