Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the third Positive Indigenisation List (PIL) of 780 strategically important line replacement units (LRU), subsystems and components with a timeline beyond which they will only be procured from the domestic industry,to promote self-reliance in defence manufacturing and minimising imports by the defence Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
This is different from the 3 BILLs announced for the armed forces. Out of 458 items 167 have been indigenous so far.
The Minister explained that Indigenisation of these items will be taken up through different routes under the ‘Make’ category of procurement procedure. The ‘Make’ category aims to achieve self reliance with great participation by the Indian industry and projects involving the design and development of equipment systems, major platforms or upgrades thereof by the industry.
The indigenous development of these LRUs, sub-systems and components will blister the economy and reduce the import dependence of DPSUs.
