Towards indigenisation: MoD puts 108 defence items on import ban list

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Mon­day a “Positive Indigeni­sa­t­ion List” of 108 items of defence eq­uipment that must be compulsorily procured from indigenous sources according to provisions in the Def­ence Acquisition Procedure 2020. The list includes 49 items that will be banned for import after Decem­ber this year; 21 that cannot be imp­orted after end-2022; 17 that will be banned for import after Decem­ber 2023; 13 after December 2024; and eight that will have to be proc­u­red indigenously after December 2025.

This list supplements an earlier import embargo on 101 defence items announced last August.

“The list lays special focus