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NDA has had both success & failure with defence industry: Baba Kalyani

The SP Policy is intended to build private sector capability in defence production.

Baba Kalyani, CMD, Bharat Forge at the Make in India event in Mumbai (pic: Suryakant Niwate)
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Baba Kalyani, CMD, Bharat Forge at the Make in India event in Mumbai (pic: Suryakant Niwate)

Ajai Shukla
Baba Kalyani, Chairman, Kalyani Group and Chairman CII Defence Committee, tells Ajai Shukla that while some government initiatives like the Defence Procurement Procedure of 2016 and the defence licensing policy have helped the sector, problems remain. Edited excerpts:

As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government approaches the end of its five-year term, what are its successes and failures in defence?

The NDA government has had hits as well as misses in defence. It has instituted a Defence Planning Committee, under the National Security Advisor to coordinate macro-level planning. It has announced a Defence Production Policy in 2018 (DPrP 2018), revised

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