Defence Ministry gives in-principle nod for 31 projects under “Make-II scheme”

Defence Ministry gives in-principle nod for 31 projects under “Make-II scheme”

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  1. The Department of Defence Production under Ministry of Defence has given in principal approval for 31 projects under Make-II scheme.

Make-II scheme

  1. It is an industry-funded scheme to make clearance easier and scaling up production of defence projects.
  2. Under Make-II scheme, the Ministry of Defence has a sub-category of suo motu submission of proposals.

SPARK (Support for Prototype and Research Kick-start) scheme

  1. SPARK framework by the Defence Innovation Organization – Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission, is aimed at supporting Startups/MSMEs/Innovators to create prototypes and/or commercialize products/solutions in National Defence and Security.
  2. The vision of this framework is two-fold:
  • help create functional prototypes of products/technologies relevant for national security (prototyping), and spur fast-moving innovation in the India defence sector;
  •  help new tech products/technologies and a market and early customer (commercialization) in the form of the Indian Defence Establishment.
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