Nodal Agency to test and Certify Defence Equipment
India - Press Information Bureau
Ministry of Defence
Posted On: 28 MAR 2022 2:36PM by PIB Delhi
As part of the annual Budget for 2022-23 an announcement has been made to set up an independent nodal umbrella body for meeting wide ranging testing and certification requirements. The nodal body is envisaged to be an autonomous body to permit, promote, hand-hold, monitor & supervise and act as a Single-Window Nodal agency to enable and regulate the existing facilities of Trial, Testing and Certification of Defence Products, besides creating new facilities.
During the last three financial years (2018-19 to 2020-21) and current financial year 2021-22 (upto February, 2022) 127 capital acquisition contracts have been signed with Indian vendors for capital procurement of Defence equipment for Armed Forces. Out of these, 55 contracts have been signed with PSUs/erstwhile OFB/DRDO and 72 contracts have been signed with Indian private vendors for capital procurement of Defence equipment for Armed Forces.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Vaiko in Rajya Sabha on March 28, 2022.
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(Release ID: 1810444)
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