KINFRA DEFENSE PARK PALAKKAD, KERALA
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
For the Selection of Consultants for Market Survey and Demand Assessment of Defence Products/Ancillary Equipments and Feasibility Report Preparation for Defence Park at Palakkad, Kerala.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Defence has been identified as one of the sectors under “Make in India” initiative of Government of India to provide a major thrust to in-house manufacturing of equipments to meet most of the varied requirements of defence. This is mainly to achieve self-reliance and to reduce dependency on foreign countries which has become a necessity today rather than a choice, both for strategic and economic reasons. The Indian defence equipments sector is dominated by DPSUs and ordinance factors. The Indian manufacturing supplier firms are few and scattered with very limited contribution from MSMEs. As a result the defence requirements are met only to the extent of 30% and the remaining through imports.