India preparing country-wise profiles of defence products for exports

To promote indigenous production, the Defence Ministry on August 9 announced restrictions on import of 101 weapons and military platforms

India is preparing country-wise profiles of defence products and platforms to promote their exports and the government will stand "side by side" with the domestic industry in this endeavour through diplomatic channels, a senior Defence Ministry official said Monday.

Raj Kumar, secretary, Department of Defence Production, said in a webinar that the domestic defence industry will hold web interactions with the representatives of friendly countries to figure out what kind of products and platforms they require.

"We are preparing country-wise profiles of products, weapons and platforms which are probably needed by our friendly countries. So we are now planning to