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    In defence of making the impossible, possible

    2018-12-04T13:23:23+00:00September 16th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

    On May 14 earlier this year, India’s defence minister Manohar Parrikar set an ambitious target of $2 billion per annum for arms and ammunition exports from the country in the next two years. By any yardstick, this is a bold statement of intent. After Saudi Arabia, India is the largest importer of defence equipment in the world. In 2015, arms worth $ 4.3 billion were shipped from various parts of the world into the country. In contrast, exports from India [...]

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      Short Takes

      2020-03-12T14:40:26+00:00September 16th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

      Thales bets on India supply chain French defence major Thales is eyeing partners for major joint ventures in India, besides the ones already in place with state-run BEL, Samtel and L&T. The group is planning to expand its six-decade-old footprint in India and plans to make the country a part of its global supply chain in a much bigger way. India currently contributes less than 2.5 per cent to the company's €14 billion annual turnover. Pascale Sourisse, senior executive vice-president [...]

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        Striking the right partnerships for India’s defence

        2018-12-04T13:22:07+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

        A foreign policy expert writes exclusively for ‘India Investment Journal’ on how the Indian government can create the right environment to help translate global interest in India’s defence sector into collaborative ventures. A major element in the Modi government’s flagship Make in India programme is the development of the indigenous defence industry, particularly in the private sector. This is essential in view of the fact that India has emerged as the largest arms importer and import dependency for military hardware [...]

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          The key to absorbing foreign tech is not ‘know how’ but ‘know why’

          2018-12-04T13:14:20+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

          The Modi government’s Make in India initiative has led to a number of Indian companies entering the defence sector. In this exclusive interview, Baba Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge Ltd, one of the early movers in the defence manufacturing space among Indian private sectors, tells India Inc's Consulting Editor Arnab Mitra about the opportunities, problems and future of the sector. There’s a perception that foreign investors aren’t coming forward to establish defence units in India? What more should [...]

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            Man of integrity takes on India’s defence

            2020-03-12T08:13:01+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

            Manohar Parrikar has taken on the task of India’s defence minister with gusto, writes senior columnist Ashok Malik exclusively for ‘India Investment Journal’. As India’s defence minister, Manohar Parrikar has a multiplicity of tasks before him, a menu more challenging than that on offer to many recent predecessors. A BJP veteran and popular chief minister in the coastal state of Goa, Parrikar, 61 this year, was requested to move to Delhi in November 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s search [...]

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              India reaffirms UN peacekeeping commitment

              2018-12-05T07:03:25+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

              India’s minister of state for defence, Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, was in London recently to attend the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial summit hosted by the UK. He explains the lead India is taking in the field for ‘India Investment Journal’. India’s minister of state for defence, Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, reaffirmed the country’s commitment to UN Peacekeeping Operations and confirmed that India will provide troops for UN Peacekeeping as pledged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York last year. Speaking [...]

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                Lining up for a new start

                2018-12-04T13:37:49+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

                The Modi government's Make in India programme promises to revive India's stuttering domestic defence industry and make India self-sufficient over the next two decades. It is one piece of statistics that no Indian is proud of. That India, the world’s fastest growing country, the ninth largest economy and, by common agreement, the brightest economic spot in the world, is also the world’s largest arms importer is a huge matter of concern for India’s political leadership and strategic community. India imports [...]

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