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Fourth, legal issues that of- vider concerned. follow-on orders for indigenised A more modest and focussed
ten come in the way of indigeni- Lastly, indigenisation is products because of the endur- mission-mode approach to in-
sation of products need to be driven by commercial consider- ing financial constraints it has digenisation can produce better
tackled. This is more relevant in ations. No seller will opt for indi- been facing for long. results.
the case of substitution of parts genisation if it involves the risk of Amit Cowshish is a former Financial Advisor (Acquisition), Ministry
and assemblies fitted in the im- conceding a competitive edge to of Defence and former Consultant, Manohar Parrikar Institute for
ported equipment through in- another seller because of the ad- Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi
digenisation efforts which pose ditional cost of indigenisation, or
a problem because of the legal if the delivery schedule is inflexi- Views expressed are of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
constraints imposed by the war- ble allowing no room for indulg- views of the Manohar Parrikar IDSA or of the Government of India

ranty/guarantee clauses in the ing in time-taking indigenisation This is the abridged version of the article which appeared first in the
contracts awarded by the MoD/ efforts, or there is uncertainty Comment section of the website (www.idsa.in) of Manohar Parrikar
Services to the technology pro- about the MoD’s ability to place Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi on July 10, 2021

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