July 21 , 2024
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	- The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has notified a fifth positive indigenisation list (PIL) comprising 346 defence items.
 
	- It aims to boosting Aatma nirbharta (self-reliance) in defence production and minimising imports by defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs).
 
	- The MoD had launched the Srijan portal in 2020. 
 
	- It provides a forum for DPSUs and service headquarters (SHQs) to offer defence items for indigenisation to private industries. 
 
	- They include micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and startups.
 
	- Till June 2024, over 36,000 defence items were offered to the industry for indigenisation by the DPSUs and SHQs. 
 
	- Of them, more than 12,300 items have been indigenised in the last three years.
 

                                 
                            
                                
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