 "Sanjay Jaju, Joint Secretary (DIP), Department of Defence Production, MoD addresses the workshop for Defence Export Promotion organised by Ficci. (Photo: Twitter/Sanjay Jaju)")
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday issued a blunt warning to private sector defence firms that they must find customers overseas for the weapons and equipment they produce, rather than relying on the government for orders.
Addressing a Ficci seminar in Delhi on “Defence Exports Promotion”, Sanjay Jaju, who handles the MoD’s interface with industry, warned that the limited capital budget had to cater for committed liabilities (instalments payable for equipment purchased in previous years), purchases from the defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) and ordnance factories (OFs), as well as the private sector.
“The capital budget is
Addressing a Ficci seminar in Delhi on “Defence Exports Promotion”, Sanjay Jaju, who handles the MoD’s interface with industry, warned that the limited capital budget had to cater for committed liabilities (instalments payable for equipment purchased in previous years), purchases from the defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) and ordnance factories (OFs), as well as the private sector.
“The capital budget is
