Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the DPP would give priority to indigenous manufacturers under the Make in India initiative but it wouldn’t be a mandatory condition to award contacts. The new policy would modernise the defence forces.

Parrikar said, “The DPP will have a new category of indigenously designed, developed and manufactured (IDMM) as the most preferred category for procurements. It aims to boost domestic private and small-scale industry. The government promises to make the defence market more lucrative for Indian industry.” The policy would focus on ...