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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.[1]
History
The Defence Production Policy of 2018 targeted achieving annual defence exports of Rs 35,000 crore by 2025.[2] The IDEEA was formed to facilitate achieving this.[3] The organisation was formally inaugurated on 18 October 2019 by Bipin Rawat, the acting Chief of Indian Army,[3][4] who reiterated the target[5] in the presence of Defence Attaches from various countries.[6]
Responsibilities
The IDEEA's aim is to make India “one of the top three defence equipment exporters in the world.”[3] It is the nodal-agency tasked with processing all export inquiries from global customers of Indian military equipment.[3] The agency will serve as the interface between Indian military equipment producers and global customers.[6]
Organisation
The Indigenous Defence Equipment Exporters Association is a non-profit organisation created under the terms of the Section 8 of the Companies Act.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Objectives & Goals – IDEEA. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ↑ DEFENCE PRODUCTION POLICY 2018. Department of Defence Production. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Single agency being set up to process defence exports. Business Standard(16 October 2019). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ↑ We are now gradually becoming an export oriented defence industry: Bipin Rawat. The Economic Times(18 October 2019). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ↑ Indian defence exports to grow to Rs 35,000 crore by 2024: Army Chief. The Economic Times(2019-10-18). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Launch of IDEEA, ‘Indigenous Defence Equipment Exporters Association’. India Strategic (magazine)(October 2019). Retrieved 2019-10-26.