Rajnath Singh readies plan to streamline procurement, promote partnerships
procurement, promote integration between the services, encourage public-private partnerships and technology transfer.
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At a meeting chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh, 2025 has been declared as the year of reforms with several initiatives set to be rolled out in the coming months. Officials said that among the areas that have been identified for focused intervention is the acquisition procedure, which has often been marred by delays and time overruns.
«Acquisition procedures need to be made simpler and time-sensitive to facilitate swifter and robust capability development,» they said. Sources added among the new initiatives being placed is an accelerated procurement procedure that will be on the lines of emergency procurements done by the services over the past four years. Such a procedure will drastically cut down selection time as well as delivery of weapons systems to the armed forces.
Another focus area is going to be improving ease of doing business, with the ministry looking to promote technology transfer and public-private partnerships in the defence sector. It is known that public sector entities have a lot of manufacturing infrastructure and expertise but have been unable to fully absorb technology
