Proposed MoD policy aims to double India's defence production in 5 years

The new policy backtracks significantly from the draft DPrP 2018, which aimed at catapulting India into the world's top five defence producers

Combining multiple announcements (that) were made under Atmanirbhar Bharat package into a single policy document, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday released a draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020 (DPEPP 2020) for public consultation and comments.

“DPEPP 2020 is positioned as MoD’s overarching guiding document to provide a focused, structured, and significant thrust to defence production capabilities of the country for self-reliance and exports,” states the draft policy.

Mirroring the draft Defence Production Policy 2018 (DPrP 2018), which was never finalised, the DPEPP 2020 sets out the target: “To achieve a turnover of Rs 1.75 trillion ($25