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ARCHIVES Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2020 stands passed in Parliament  (Topic: Society, Culture) This bill will convert  (i) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi (ii) Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi (iii) Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati into Central Sanskrit Universities The Central University status awarded to these 3…

The following steps have been taken by the government which would help in bringing in critical technologies and modernize the Defence Industry in the country:- Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) has been revised in 2016 wherein specific provisions have been introduced such as ‘Buy Indian Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM)’ for…

Key point: When it comes to establishing a foothold in the highly competitive, politically fraught Gulf market, Rosoboronexport has their work cut out for them. Since 2010, Rosoboronexport-- Russia’s state defense export agency-- has made great strides in breaking into the Southeast Asian arms market. However, parts of the Middle-East present…

The efforts made by Government to boost country’s defence sector during the last two years are as follows:- Industrial licensing: Industrial licensing regime for Indian manufacturers in Defence sector has been liberalized.  Defence Products list requiring Industrial Licences has been rationalised and manufacture of most of the parts and components…

The 11th edition of Defexpo was organized from 05-09 February, 2020 at Sector-15, Vrindavan Yojna, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The theme of the event was “Digital Transformation of Defence”. 856 Domestic and 172 Foreign companies/exhibitors respectively participated in Defexpo 2020. Over 200 partnerships involving Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), Transfer…

Government has taken various policy measures to promote new and innovative defence production projects under the “Make in India” program:- i.        A new category of procurement ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ has been introduced in Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)-2016 to promote indigenous design and development of defence equipment.…

Yemen Press Reader 631b: 11. März 2020: Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 631, cp4 - cp18 / March 11, 2020: Sequel to Yemen War Mosaic 631, cp4 - cp18 Bei diesem Beitrag handelt es sich um ein Blog aus der Freitag-Community Eingebetteter MedieninhaltDies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 631, Teil 1 /…

ARCHIVES Steps taken by the Government for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants (Topic: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure) It has been the endeavour of the Government of India to ensure the safe return of Kashmiri migrants by providing…

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has called for an increased participation of the private sector in defence manufacturing to realise the Government’s vision of making India a $5 trillion economy by 2024. In his address at the Global Business Summit here today, Raksha Mantri said, the manufacturing sector has the…

In May, 2001, the Defence Industry sector, which was hitherto reserved for the public sector, was opened up to 100% for Indian private sector participation, with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 26% both subject to licensing. Further,  Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce &…