India unveiled its new policy for military procurement and defence offsets on 28 September. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi said that the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 will support its drive to spur indigenous capability development and achieve self-reliance: targets that have been afforded higher priority amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The MoD said the new policy, which replaces the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) that was introduced in the early 2000s, is applicable from 1 October and has been shaped by input from a cross-section of stakeholders including government, industry, and think-tanks. Drafts of the policy were issued by the MoD earlier this year.
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