Ministry of defence sets up the Defence Acquisition Council
24 Jan 2007
New Delhi: India's ministry of defence (MoD) has set up the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which will function as a body under the supervision of the defence minister. An overarching structure, the council has been constituted to provide overall guidance to the country's defence procurement programme.
The stated objective of the DAC is to ensure expeditious procurement of the requirements of the armed forces in a prescribed time frame. Its functions include:
 | in principle approval of 15 Years Long Terms Integrated Perspective Plan for Defence Forces |
| | accord of Acceptance of Necessity to acquisition proposals |
| | categorisation of the acquisition proposals relating to 'Buy', 'Buy & Make' and 'Make' |
| | issues relating to single vendor clearance |
| | decision regarding 'offset' provisions in respect of acquisition proposals above Rs300 crore |
| | decisions regarding Transfer of Technology under 'Buy & Make' category of acquisition proposals; and |
| | Field Trial evaluation. |
| The composition of the DAC is as follows: | ||
| (a) | The defence minister | chairperson |
| (b) | The minister of state for defence | member |
| (c) | The chief of army staff | member |
| (d) | The chief of naval staff | member |
| (e) | The chief of air staff | member |
| (f) | Secretary, Defence | member |
| (g) | Secretary, defence research & development | member |
| (h) | Secretary, defence production | member |
| (i) | Chief of integrated staff committees, HQ, IDS | member |
| (j) | Director General (acquisition) | member |
| (k) | Deputy chief , integrated defence staff | member, secretary |
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