- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reveals in a series of tweets
New Delhi. 09 August 2020. Theday today despite of being a Sunday started with a bang when the twitter was rife with the news that the Defence Minister of India will make an important announcement at 10 AM. All speculation was put to rest by a series of tweets by the Defence Minister. He started with, “the Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self Reliant India) initiative. MoD will introduce import embargo on 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenisation of defence production.”
Taking a cue from the Prime Minister’s clarion call for self reliance and Make in India the embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented between 2020 to 2024. “Our aim is to apprise the Indian defence industry about the anticipated requirements of the Armed Forces so that they are better prepared to realise the goal of indigenisation. MoD has also bifurcated the capital procurement budget for 2020-21 between domestic and foreign capital procurement routes. A separate budget head has been created with an outlay of nearly Rs 52,000 crore for domestic capital procurement in the current financial year,” he elaborated.
More such equipment for import embargo would be identified progressively by the Department of Military Affairs in consultation with all stakeholders. A due note of this will also be made in the DAP to ensure that no item in the negative list is processed for import in the future. All necessary steps would be taken to ensure that timelines for production of equipment as per the Negative Import List are met, which will include a co-ordinated mechanism for hand holding of the industry by the Defence Services.
The list also includes, wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) with indicative import embargo date of December 2021, of which the Army is expected to contract almost 200 at an approximate cost of over Rs 5,000 crore. Of these, items worth almost Rs 1,30,000 crore each are anticipated for the Army and the Air Force while items worth almost Rs 1,40,000 crore are anticipated by the Navy over the same period. Almost 260 schemes of such items were contracted by the Tri-Services at an approximate cost of Rs 3.5 lakh crore between April 2015 and August 2020. It is estimated that contracts worth almost Rs 4 lakh crore will be placed upon the domestic industry within the next 6 to 7 years.
The list is prepared by MoD after several rounds of consultations with all stakeholders, including the Armed Forces, public & private industry to assess current and future capabilities of the Indian industry for manufacturing various ammunition & equipment within India. This decision will offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture the items in the negative list by using their own design and development capabilities or adopting the technologies designed & developed by DRDO to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces.
List of the 101 items put on embargo for import by Defence Ministry
1.120mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) Mark II Ammunition
2.7.62×51 Sniper Rifle
3.Tracked Self Propelled (SP) Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)
4.Towed Artillery Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)
5.Short Range Surface to Air Missiles (Land variant)
6.Shipborne Cruise Missiles
7.Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) (Pinaka Variant)
8.Simulators Presenting Smart Ranges And Multi-Function Targets
9.Battalion Support Weapons Simulators
10.Container-based Simulators for Live Fire Training
11.Tailor-made Simulators for Counter Insurgency (CI)/Counter Terrorism (CT) based Training
12.Force-on-force Live Tactical Simulators / Infantry Weapon
13.Tank Simulators (driving, as well as, crew gunnery)
14.155mm/39 Cal Ultra-Light Howitzer
15.Successor of Flycatcher &Upgraded Super Fledermaus (USFM) / Air Defence Fire Control Radar (ADFCR)
16.Component Level Repair Facility for Tank T-90
17.Shipborne Close in Weapon System
18.Bullet Proof Jackets
19.Ballistic Helmets
20.Missile Destroyers
21.Multi-Purpose Vessel
22.Offshore Patrol Vessel
23.Next Generation Missile Vessels
24.Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts
25.Water Jet Fast Attack Craft
26.Ammunition Barges
27.50ton Bollard – Pull Tugs
28.Survey Vessels
29.Floating Dock
30.Diving Support Vessels
31.Pollution Control Vessels
32.Anti-Submarine Rocket Launchers
33.Shipborne Medium Range Gun
34.Torpedo Tube Launcher for Light Weight Torpedoes
35.Magneto – Rheological Anti Vibration Mounts
36.All variants of Depth Charges
37.Shipborne Sonar System for Large Ships
38.Hull Mounted Submarine Sonar
39.Short Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft
40.Anti-Submarine Rocket
41.Chaff Rockets
42.Chaff Rocket Launcher
43.Integrated Ship’s Bridge System
44.Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) MK I A – Enhanced Indigenised Content
45.Light Combat Helicopters
46.General Purpose Pre Fragmentation Bombs between 250-500 Kg
47.Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) for Transport Aircraft
48.Ground Based Mobile ELINT System
49.Transport Aircraft (Light)
50.GSAT-6 Satellite Terminals
51.Aerial Delivery Systems for Transport Aircraft
52.Digital Tropo Scatter/LOS Communication System
53.Low Level Transportable Radar
54.High Power Radar (HPR)
55.CBRN Detection & Monitoring System
56.CBRN Decontamination & Protection System
57.Parachute Tactical Assault (PTA)- G2
58.Dragunov Upgrade System
59.PKMG Upgrade System
60.Simulators for A Vehicles / B Vehicles
61.Simulators for Towed and Self Propelled Guns of Air Defence
62.Simulators for Correction of Fire by Observers
63.Military trucks of 4×4 and above variants: 12×12, 10×10, 8×8, 6×6
64.Fixed Wing Mini UAVs
65.500 Ton Self Propelled Water Barges
66.Software Defined Radio (TAC) for IN
67.Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Battery (Long Range)
68.Advance Landing Ground Communication Terminals (ALGCTs)for AGLs
69.Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) 6X6 for Medium Guns
70.Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV)
71.Light Machine Gun
72.125 mmFin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS)New Generation Ammunition
73.Assault Rifle 7.62 x 39mm
74.30 mm Ammunition for Infantry Fighting Systems
75.Mine Fragmentation
76.Mine Anti-tank
77.Mine Anti-Personnel Blast
78.Multipurpose Grenade
79.Inertial Navigation System for Ship Application
80.Conventional Submarines
81.40mm UBGL (Under Barrel Grenade Launcher)
82.Lightweight Rocket Launcher
83.155 mm Artillery Ammunition
84.EW Systems
85.Material Handling Crane 2.5 to 7.5 Tons (Vehicle Mounted)
86.GRAD BM Rocket
87.30MM HEI/HET
- ASTRA-MK I Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVR AAM)
89.EW Suit for MI-17 V5
90.Communication Satellite GSAT-7C
91.Satellite GSAT 7R
92.Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA)
93.Expendable Aerial Targets
94.Small Jet Engines with 120kgf thrust
95.Light Low Level Terrain Radar (LLLWR)
96.Close in Weapon System (Land based)
97.23 mm ZU Ammunitions
98.30mm VOG 17
99.Electronic Fuses for Artillery Ammunitions
100.Bi- Modular Charge System (BMCS )
101.Long Range – Land Attack Cruise Missile
