Overview

• The high-level panel includes senior MoD officials, defence industry figures and academics under the leadership of the director general (acquisition)
• Stakeholder inputs are being solicited until July 5 on policy and procedural reforms to streamline capital procurement processes
• The review targets simplification of acquisition categories, faster tendering cycles and integration of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence
• Reforms aim to bolster Aatmanirbharta by enabling Make in India partnerships, joint ventures and technology transfers with private sector and foreign OEMs
• Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has already cut procurement timelines by about 69 weeks to accelerate the armed forces’ modernisation