§1Who it is for

  • Indian manufacturers that can make spares/sub-systems of equipment already in service, alone or with a foreign OEM (ToT or JV)

Useful if

Precision manufacturers with an OEM tie-up for spares of in-service equipment

Do not spend time on it if

Firms without access to the original design data or OEM licence

§2Eligibility

  1. Indian Vendor per Para 20 of Chapter I, EXCLUDING the extra ownership/control conditions 20(a) and 20(b) — so foreign-invested Indian firms can take part
  2. Same financial criteria as Make-II: none if prototype cost up to Rs 3 crore and procurement below Rs 100 Cr/year; else turnover at least 5% of project cost and positive net worth
  3. Indian vendor may enter into a JV with OEM or take ToT

§3Benefits

  • Procurement under Buy (Indian) category with minimum 60% indigenous content after successful development
  • Suo-moto proposals allowed

§4Norms — pattern of assistance

  1. No Government funding (Make-II rules on cost apply)
  2. Minimum 60% indigenous content in resulting Buy (Indian) procurement
  3. Feasibility study target: 12 weeks

§5Documents

Not published

The guideline does not list the documents. Ask the portal or bank before you apply — we do not make up lists.

§6How to apply

  1. 1

    Respond to Make-III EoIs or send suo-moto proposals to the Services HQ (same route as Make-II)

§7Pros and cons

Merits

  • Open to firms with foreign partners (ownership conditions 20(a)/(b) do not apply) — DAP 2020
  • Demand is real: items are already in Services' inventory and imported — DAP 2020

Demerits

  • 60% indigenous content needed — hard if the design and key parts are foreign — DAP 2020
  • No development funding — DAP 2020

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Sources

  1. Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 (as amended, Nov 2021) — full text, DDP
  2. PIB, MoD — Manufacturing in Defence Sector, Lok Sabha reply 4 Feb 2022 (Release ID 1795537), mirrored by GlobalSecurity

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