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The '''Indigenous Defence Equipment Exporters Association''' ('''IDEEA''') is the nodal-agency of the [[Government of India]] tasked with handling exports of Indian military equipment. The organization is based in Delhi.<ref name="goals">{{Cite web|url=https://ideea.in/objectives-goals/|title=Objectives & Goals – IDEEA|language=en|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref>

== History ==
The Defence Production Policy of 2018 targeted achieving annual defence exports of [[Indian rupee|Rs]] 35,000 [[crore]] by 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.makeinindiadefence.gov.in/admin/writereaddata/upload/Draft_Defence_Production_Policy_2018.pdf|title=DEFENCE PRODUCTION POLICY 2018|website=Department of Defence Production|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> The IDEEA was formed to facilitate achieving this.<ref name="businessstandard" /> The organisation was formally inaugurated on 18 October 2019 by [[Bipin Rawat]], the acting Chief of [[Indian Army]],<ref name="businessstandard" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/we-are-now-gradually-becoming-an-export-oriented-defence-industry-bipin-rawat/videoshow/71644950.cms|title=We are now gradually becoming an export oriented defence industry: Bipin Rawat|date=18 October 2019|work=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> who reiterated the target<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indian-defence-exports-to-grow-to-rs-35000-crore-by-2024-army-chief/articleshow/71645779.cms|title=Indian defence exports to grow to Rs 35,000 crore by 2024: Army Chief|date=2019-10-18|work=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> in the presence of [[Defence Attache]]s from various countries.<ref name="indiastrategic" />

== Responsibilities ==
The IDEEA's aim is to make [[India]] “one of the top three defence equipment exporters in the world.”<ref name="businessstandard" /> It is the nodal-agency tasked with processing all export inquiries from global customers of Indian military equipment.<ref name="businessstandard" /> The agency will serve as the interface between Indian military equipment producers and global customers.<ref name=indiastrategic>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiastrategic.in/2019/10/18/launch-of-ideea-indigenous-defence-equipment-exporters-association/|title=Launch of IDEEA, ‘Indigenous Defence Equipment Exporters Association’|date=October 2019|website=India Strategic (magazine)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>

== Organisation ==
The Indigenous Defence Equipment Exporters Association is a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] organisation created under the terms of the Section 8 of the [[Companies Act 2013|Companies Act]].<ref name="businessstandard">{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/single-agency-being-set-up-to-process-defence-exports-119101600036_1.html|title=Single agency being set up to process defence exports|date=16 October 2019|website=[[Business Standard]]|language=en|access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Defence industry of India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:2019 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Defence agencies of India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2019]]
[[Category:Ministry of Defence (India)]]
[[Category:Defence industry of India]]

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