Implementation of Offset Policy in Defence Contracts: Indian Army Perspective The Offset Policy has been articulated in the DPP 2008. The Offset Clause would be applicable for all procurement proposals where indicative cost is above Rs. 300 crores and schemes are categorized as ‘Buy Global’ involving outright purchase from foreign/Indian vendors and ‘Buy and Make with Transfer of Technology’ i.e. purchase from foreign vendor followed by licensed production. S. Sunder January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
Industry Perspectives on Defence Offsets Defence offsets are expected to generate business in India of about $10 billion over the next five years. Some would be in the form of tangible product and service exports while some in the form of investments made in India, and perhaps technology transfers, and yet some would be reduced through multipliers, banking, etc. We can assume that genuine export business could be $1 to $1.5 billion a year. Large as these may appear, in a trillion dollar economy, the direct impact is less than 0.2 per cent. S.K. Kaura January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
Background Paper Definition, Forms and Types of Offsets Offsets Laxman Kumar Behera January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
Gearing up for the Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Pitfalls India has made rapid strides in defence technology in recent past and reached a stage of self-reliance. The objective was to have thrust in indigenous production and exploring possibilities of exports to other developing nations that may look forward to supplies from India. In spite of the potential the country had in defence production, in the form of resource capability, know-how and technical expertise, but due to lack of clear policy had prevented its full exploitation. One can assume that our defence industrial policy broadly consists of the following- B. Khaitan January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
Essential Elements of India’s Defence Offset Policy – A Critique Offsets have been variously defined. In essence, offsets in defence, as in civil trade, are compensations that a buyer seeks from the seller for the purchase of goods and/or services. The demand for offsets in defence has exhibited an upward trajectory since the 1950s.1 It gained further momentum in the 1980s and has been growing ever since. Thomas Mathew January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
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. Sudhir V. Bal January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
Offset Investment Inflow Priorities for Ordnance Factories Offset agreements are formal arrangements of trade where some sort of leverage is exploited by a buyer to obtain compensatory benefits in the case of high value off-shore purchases by forcing the seller to undertake well-designated activities for enhancing competitiveness, up-gradation of technology for domestic industries, additions to exports, up-gradation in the infrastructure in appropriate domestic sectors, etc. Though these are business deals with built-in reciprocity clauses, it is not a matter of establishing desired equivalence of inflow and outflow resources. S. Gopalaswamy January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
Technology Inflows: Issues, Challenges and Methodology The defence offset policy mandates the foreign suppliers to plough back a minimum of 30 per cent of the contractual value of projects worth Rs. 300 crores or above to the domestic defence industry. The offset route is intended to strengthen the domestic defence industrial base through a combination of technology transfer, investment in R&D and in production facilities, besides export business generation. From the national view point, the offset aims self-reliance and indigenous capability enhancement in the vital defence sector involving advanced technology. S. P. Ravindran January 2009 Journal of Defence Studies
National Investigation Agency: A Good Start but not a Panacea On January 1, 2009 the National Investigative Agency Bill became a law. It provides for setting up a special agency at the national level “to investigate and prosecute offences affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India, security of State, friendly relations with foreign States and offences under Acts enacted to implement international treaties, agreements, conventions and resolutions of the United Nations, its agencies and other international organisations and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto”. Pushpita Das January 12, 2009 IDSA Comments
Changing Face of Bodo Insurgency Intense internal rivalry among Bodo insurgents has proved to be the biggest hurdle to peace in Bodo-dominated areas of Assam. Internal differences within the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), the only surviving Bodo insurgent group, have further widened, following the expulsion of its founder-president, Ranjan Daimary, alias D.R. Nabla. Prospects for yet another round of fratricidal clashes are imminent, thus posing a significant threat to the peace process. M. Amarjeet Singh January 12, 2009 IDSA Comments
