Defense Procurement Assistance Center in Belagavi
Lieutenant General Ravi Thodge, AVSM, SM, VSM, Master General Ordnance, Indian Army (Retd.), at an interactive meeting, jointly organized by All India Association of Industries (AIAI) and World Trade Centre Mumbai said that Ministry of Defence was developing a testing center for Defense Procurement Assistance Center in Belagavi, Karnataka.
This will also help MSMEs with testing facilities.
Government is attempting to boost MSME sector’s contribution to indigenous manufacturing in defense from 20-30% at present to 70% in next 5 years under its ambitious Make in India programme, he added further.