Sudhir V. Bal

Group Captain Sudhir V. Bal, VSM is the Director Plans at Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Air).

Publication

Offset Absorption Roadmap for the Indian Air Force

Offsets in some form or the other have been practiced in many countries over a long period of time. Even in India, licensed production contracts and technology transfer contracts with the erstwhile USSR were a type of offsets. However, Defence Procurement Procedure-2006 (DPP-2006) had streamlined the process to a great extent. DPP-2008 has refined the policy further.