Rajnath Singh releases third list of defence items banned for import

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released on Thursday a third “positive indigenisation list” of 101 major pieces of defence equipment that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will no longer clear for import. Instead, these 101 items will be incrementally procured from indigenous sources in accordance with the provisions of Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020.

These weapons and platforms will be incrementally banned for import, with some items embargoed from December 2022, and additional items added each December until 2027. 

The 101 items embargoed for import today were preceded by two earlier lists: The first list of 101 items was promulgated on August 21,