{"id":127633,"date":"2026-10-05T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127633"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:38:02","slug":"dhirendra-singh-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dhirendra-singh-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhirendra Singh Committee, Key Recommendations and Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Dhirendra Singh Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was an important step towards reforming India\u2019s defence procurement system and strengthening the domestic defence industry. It looked at how India could involve the private sector, improve defence acquisition and build greater domestic capability in the production of defence equipment. Its recommendations later contributed to important changes in India\u2019s defence procurement framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About the Dhirendra Singh Committee<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Dhirendra Singh Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>constituted by the Ministry of Defence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to recommend reforms in India\u2019s defence procurement system and promote Make in India in defence manufacturing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Constituted by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Ministry of Defence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chairperson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Dhirendra Singh, former Director General (Acquisition).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Report submitted<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: July 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Total recommendations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 43.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major focus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Defence indigenisation, private-sector participation, procurement reforms and development of domestic defence manufacturing capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Recommendations of the Dhirendra Singh Committee<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dhirendra Singh Committee recommendations sought to reform defence procurement while using procurement policy to create stronger domestic defence manufacturing capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strategic Partnership Model: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select capable Indian private companies as long-term partners for developing and manufacturing major defence platforms such as aircraft, warships, submarines and armoured vehicles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Three Partnership Models:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use Strategic Partnership for critical defence areas, Developmental Partnership for projects requiring significant indigenous design and development, and Competitive Partnership where competition among companies is more suitable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Greater Private-Sector Participation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give Indian private companies a larger role in defence production and allow capable firms to participate in major and complex defence programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Foreign Technology Partnerships:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Encourage Indian companies to partner with foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) so that foreign technology and expertise can contribute to developing manufacturing capabilities in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Better Information for Industry: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share the Armed Forces\u2019 future equipment requirements with industry so that companies can plan their investments, production capacity and technology development in advance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>15-Year Capability Roadmap:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Strengthen the Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR) to provide industry with a clearer picture of the military\u2019s long-term capability requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Early Identification of \u2018Make\u2019 Projects:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Identify indigenous development projects well in advance because developing and producing new defence equipment requires considerable time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Wider Participation in \u2018Make\u2019 Projects:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Allow capable private companies and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to participate in projects involving indigenous design and development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Higher Indigenous Content: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase the share of Indian design, technology, components and manufacturing in defence equipment so that Make in India results in genuine domestic capability rather than only assembly of imported systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flexible Indigenous-Content Requirements:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Set different indigenous-content requirements depending on the technological capability available within Indian industry instead of applying the same requirement to every defence product.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reform Single-Vendor Procurement:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Do not automatically cancel a procurement when only one technically qualified vendor remains, particularly when the requirement involves specialised equipment with naturally limited suppliers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Greater Access to Defence Infrastructure: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow private industry greater access to government research, testing and proof-firing facilities so that companies can develop and test defence products without having to create all infrastructure independently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Defence Manufacturing Skill Development: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establish a Defence Manufacturing Sector Skill Council and promote internships, training programmes and specialised facilities to develop skilled manpower for the defence industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Financial and Tax Support: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide appropriate financial and tax incentives for companies undertaking defence research, development and indigenous manufacturing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Support for MSME Technology Development:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Improve access to technology-development support for MSMEs so that smaller companies can contribute components, subsystems and specialised technologies to the defence supply chain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>10-Year Defence Industrial Roadmap:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Prepare a long-term roadmap with clear targets for domestic defence production and greater coordination among the Armed Forces, DRDO, public-sector defence enterprises and private industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Defence Export Promotion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Simplify approval procedures for defence exports and help Indian manufacturers access international markets, thereby expanding the scale of domestic defence production.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Read:- <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/parliamentary-committees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parliamentary Committees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>Significance of the Dhirendra Singh Committee<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The significance of the Dhirendra Singh Committee lies in its attempt to make defence procurement a means of building long-term indigenous defence capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strategic Partnership Framework:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its Strategic Partnership Model created a framework for developing capable Indian private companies as long-term partners in critical defence sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Private Sector Integration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It helped expand the role of the private sector from being mainly a supplier to becoming a <\/span><b>producer and system integrator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in defence manufacturing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Procurement Linked to Indigenisation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It sought to use government defence orders to encourage <\/span><b>Indian design, development and manufacturing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Long-Term Industry Planning:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its emphasis on sharing future military requirements gave Indian industry greater visibility for <\/span><b>investment and capacity creation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>MSME Integration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It brought <\/span><b>MSMEs into the defence industrial ecosystem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly for components, subsystems and specialised technologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Foundation for DPP 2016:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Government stated that the Committee\u2019s <\/span><b>43 recommendations were suitably factored into DPP 2016<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making it an important step in the evolution of India\u2019s defence procurement policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Defence Self-Reliance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It provided a policy basis for reducing excessive dependence on imports by developing domestic capabilities in design, production and technology.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Dhirendra Singh Committee and Later Defence Procurement Reforms<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Committee\u2019s recommendations were subsequently reflected in changes to India\u2019s defence procurement framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>DPP 2016:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Government stated that the Committee\u2019s 43 recommendations were suitably incorporated into the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strategic Partnership Policy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Strategic Partnership Model was incorporated into DPP 2016 as <\/span><b>Chapter VII<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>V.K. Aatre Task Force:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A task force headed by <\/span><b>V.K. Aatre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was constituted to develop the criteria and methodology for selecting Strategic Partners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>DAP 2020:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 further strengthened the focus on Indian design, development and manufacturing, including priority for Buy (Indian-IDDM).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhirendra Singh Committee was formed in 2015 to reform defence procurement, promote private-sector participation, strengthen indigenous manufacturing and advance defence self-reliance in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":126244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[10688,10687],"class_list":["post-127633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-dhirendra-singh","tag-dhirendra-singh-committee","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127633"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127655,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127633\/revisions\/127655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}