5th March, 2003
Ministry of Defence  


OPENING OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION TO PRIVATE SECTOR


RAJYA SABHA

The Ministry of Defence through Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has received fourteen applications for grant of industrial license for manufacture of various types of defence equipment till date.

No formal proposal for construction work in defence production sector has so far been received.

The DIPP has issued six letter of intent for manufacture of various types of defence equipment, in consultation with Ministry of Defence to three companies, so far.

This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written reply to Shri PK Maheshwari in Rajya Sabha today