Indigenous Production of MBTs
Government has started an ambitious project of producing
indigenous Main Battle Tanks (MBTs). Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF), Avadi has
already produced and delivered 121 Nos of indigenously designed and developed
MBT Arjun Mark-I to Army.
DRDO has spent Rs.305.60 crore for design and development of
MBT Arjun Mark-I while Ordnance Factory Board has spent Rs.86.73 crore on
creation of facilities for manufacturing of this tank in its different
factories.
This information was given by Minister of State for Defence
Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Shri CM Ramesh in Rajya Sabha today.
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Exports of Weapons by DRDO
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
been mandated towards making the country independent of foreign technology in
the areas of defence and is primarily engaged in design and development of
strategic complex and security sensitive systems for Armed Forces. A number of defence
systems designed and developed by DRDO have been productionised by the
production agencies and inducted into Armed Forces. DRDO is not involved in the
export of defence equipment. However, some of the DRDO’s developed products /
systems, like radars, electronic warfare systems, missiles, naval systems, etc.
can be exported to our friendly countries. Some countries have shown their
initial interests to acquire DRDO developed systems. DRDO, being a designer of
these systems, need to play a lead role to adopt these systems to customer
needs (export version) after taking into account the national security
concerns.
Technologies of DRDO developed systems are transferred to
industries for production and delivery to users as per their requirements.
Production agencies can accept orders from other users after meeting the
requirements of the Armed Forces.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Ranjib Biswal in Rajya Sabha today.
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Exports of Weapons by DRDO
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
been mandated towards making the country independent of foreign technology in
the areas of defence and is primarily engaged in design and development of
strategic complex and security sensitive systems for Armed Forces. A number of
defence systems designed and developed by DRDO have been productionised by the
production agencies and inducted into Armed Forces. DRDO is not involved in the
export of defence equipment. However, some of the DRDO’s developed products /
systems, like radars, electronic warfare systems, missiles, naval systems, etc.
can be exported to our friendly countries. Some countries have shown their
initial interests to acquire DRDO developed systems. DRDO, being a designer of
these systems, need to play a lead role to adopt these systems to customer
needs (export version) after taking into account the national security
concerns.
Technologies of DRDO developed systems are transferred to
industries for production and delivery to users as per their requirements.
Production agencies can accept orders from other users after meeting the
requirements of the Armed Forces.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Ranjib Biswal in Rajya Sabha today.
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rash Of Sukhoi Aircraft
Su-30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force had recently met with
an accident near Sheyur village located near Pune. A Court of Inquiry has been
ordered to ascertain the cause of accident and loss to service property. The
maintenance work on SU-30 aircraft is carried out in accordance with procedures
specified in the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Maintenance Manuals and
Servicing Schedules for the aircraft.
The details of amount spent on the repair and maintenance
task of the Sukhoi aircraft during the last three years is as under:
Year Repairs and
maintenance cost
2011-12 Rs.
551.35 crore
2012-13 Rs.
877.84 crore
2013-14 Rs. 834.76 crore
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Ishwarlal Shankarlal Jain in Rajya Sabha
today.
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Meeting Defence needs from Domestic Production
There has been a thrust on indigenous manufacture of defence
equipment through the collaborative efforts of Defence Research & Development
Organisation (DRDO), Defence Public Sector Undertakings, Ordnance Factory Board
and the Indian Private Sector. The expenditure on capital acquisition in
respect of direct orders placed on Indian vendors during the period 2011-12 to
2013-14 was 53.9 percent of the total.
Allocation of Budget to DRDO is made as a part of the annual
Budget of the Government which is approved by Parliament. There has been
increase in the current financial year in the allocation of Budget for Research
& Development (R&D) to DRDO.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Shri AU Singh Deo in Rajya Sabha today.
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Buildings Near Air Force Stations
Under Section 3 & 7 of the Works of Defence Act, 1903,
restrictions have been imposed by the Government upon the use and enjoyment of
land in the vicinity of Air Force installations / establishment as specified in
Gazette Notification issued by the Government from time to time. The
restrictions notified are applicable from the date of its publication in the
Official Gazette.
Restriction on land upto 100m from the crest of the outer
parapet of Air Force Station Arjangarh (Aaaya Nagar) has been imposed vide Gazette
Notification dated 14.02.2007 and 13.01.2010 since the station area falls under
two States i.e. Haryana and Delhi.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Ramdas Athawale in Rajya Sabha today.
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Delayed Projects of DRDO
As on date, there are 294 on-going projects (cost >Rs.2
Crore each) in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The details of these projects are given
below:-
•
Mission Mode (MM)
-
60
•
Technology Development (TD)
-
144
•
Science & Technology (S&T)
-
62
•
Product Support (PS)
-
5
•
Infrastructure & Facilities (IF)
-
23
Some of the ongoing projects are delayed due to the
following reasons:-
· Ab-initio
development of state-of-the-art technologies.
· Technical /
technological complexities.
·
Non-availability of infrastructure / test facilities in the country.
·
Non-availability of critical components / equipment / materials in the
country and denial of technologies by the technologically advanced countries.
· Failure of
some of the components during trials / testing.
· Increase in
the scope of work during developmental phase.
The following steps have been taken for timely completion of
ongoing projects:-
· Consortium
approach is being used for design, development and fabrication of critical
components.
· Three-tier
project monitoring approach has been instituted in the major projects/
programmes.
· Project
Monitoring Review Committee (PMRC) and Project Appraisal and Review Committee
(PARC) meetings are held regularly to monitor the progress of ongoing projects
/ programmes.
· Concurrent
engineering approach has been adopted in technology intensive projects to
minimize time-lag between development and productionisation of the systems.
· Information
Technology and modern management techniques are being applied.
· Encouraging joint
funding by users to ensure their commitment towards earliest completion.
· Promoting
synergy and better co-ordination among User Services, DRDO and production
agencies through cluster meetings.
Contd….2/-
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During the last three years (2011-2013) and current year
(2014), DRDO has successfully completed 45 projects (cost>Rs.2 Crore each).
Government had constituted an Independent Review Committee
headed by Dr. P Rama Rao to improve the functioning of DRDO. DRDO has implemented the following
recommendations of the Committee within DRDO’s powers to expedite its on-going
projects:-
· Nomination of Nodal Officers for structured
interaction between DRDO and Services.
· Introduction
of Integrated Financial Advice (IFA) Scheme for financial decentralization.
· Appointment
of a dedicated Chief Controller for Human Resources (HR).
· Creation of
Seven Technology Domain based Clusters headed by Directors General,
Restructuring of DRDO HQrs, Creation of Directorate of Systems Analysis and
Modelling (SAM) and Directorate of Quality, Reliability and Safety (QR&S).
· Increase in
budget for Extramural Research.
DRDO is involved in the development of technologies /
systems primarily for Armed Forces.
However, some of the weapons / systems developed for Armed Forces are
being utilized by various Government agencies, like State Police, Border
Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), etc.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in Rajya Sabha today.
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Cash Rewards for Gallantry Awardees
The rate of annuity laid down by Government of J&K for
Paramvir Chakra Awardees w.e.f. April 01, 2008 is Rs.1,25,000/- per annum.
Subedar Bana Singh, Paramvir Chakra awardee, is also a recipient of the above
annuity.
The cash rewards for gallantry awardees varies from State to
State as it is the prerogative of the State Governments. However, Central
Government has fixed uniform monetary allowances for the recipients of
Gallantry Awards.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Rajya Sabha today.
Indigenous Production of MBTs
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