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Indian Navy releases a 15-year-plan to turn fully Indian

The 'Indian Naval Indigenisation Plan (INIP) 2015-2030', which was released on Monday, also talks about bringing domestic private industries on board, in line with the 'Make in India' pitch.

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The Indian Navy, which is almost 70% import-dependent when it comes to main combat equipment, has come up with a 15-year plan to significantly change the numbers in favour of indigenous production and procurement.

The 'Indian Naval Indigenisation Plan (INIP) 2015-2030', which was released on Monday, also talks about bringing domestic private industries on board, in line with the 'Make in India' pitch.

In its requirement for the next 15 years, equipment listed in naval jargon as 'Fight Category' include surface-to-air missiles, surface surveillance radars, airborne early warning radars, mine-hunting sonars, torpedoes, unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous underwater vehicles, super rapid gun mounts and others. It is in this category the dependence on import is overwhelming -- almost 70%. These weapons are procured from countries like Israel, the US and Russia.

The 'Move' category includes gas turbines, marine gearboxes, steam generation equipment and others, where the dependence on imports is about 40-50%. India largely depends on Germany, the US and Ukraine for them.

The third category, called Float, is where India has already achieved close to 90% self-sufficiency. It includes paints for underwater hull and deck, aircraft lifts, foldable aircraft hangar doors and the like.

A Rs 64,000-crore project, called P-75I, for next generation submarines to be built indigenously is already up for grabs for the domestic industry. For this project, a high-level ministry of defence (MoD) committee has identified five companies- Cochin Shipyard Ltd, Mazagon Dock Ltd, Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Anil-Ambani owned Reliance Infrastructure, which recently bought stakes in Pipavav Defence, and Larsen & Toubro.

The Directorate of Indigenisation at the defence ministry's Integrated Headquarters in Delhi, the coordinating agency, would work closely with industry associations like the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) to synergise the private companies' involvement in INIP 2015-30.

A senior naval officer told dna that the Navy has shared a note with the MoD for incorporating its suggestions in the upcoming revised Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), which is again being worked upon to boost the 'Make in India' drive in defence.

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