Industry wants govt to move fast on draft defence infrastructure policy

Aerospace and defence manufacturers in the country have responded to the Union government’s draft policy on establishing defence testing infrastructure (DTI). 

The ministry, which promulgated the draft policy last month, had sought feedback by June 8.

The new policy draft notes that defence testing infrastructure is often capital intensive, requiring continuous upgradation and it is not economically viable for individual defence industrial units to set up in-house testing facilities. 

It proposes DTI as a government-funded platform, especially in two “defence industrial corridors” already planned in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. 

The scheme envisages six-to-eight DTI clusters to be set up