Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday unveiled major reforms to improve efficiency, accountability and timely completion of strategic R&D projects by “providing financial power (DFP-2026)” to the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Rajnath Singh said that DFP-2026 will facilitate rapid production and induction into the defense forces of systems, platforms and technologies emerging from the R&D ecosystem and said that the new framework will promote stronger collaboration with industry and academia, thereby strengthening the vision of a self-reliant India.
He further said that the changed framework will help in increasing self-reliance in defense technology and defense Will help in strengthening the preparations. The objective of DFP-2026 is to significantly increase functional empowerment at different levels within the Department of Defense R&D.
DRDO gets new financial authority
He said the changed framework addresses several critical needs, including specific financial provisions for trial campaigns, test and evaluation activities, authority to approve pre-project R&D initiatives, and clear separation of financial powers for grants-in-aid related to extra-mural research projects, Defense Innovation Accelerator-Centres of Excellence, and Technology Development Fund projects. Is included.
These people participated in the program
On this occasion, Chief of Defense Staff General NS Raja Subramani, Defense Secretary and DRDO Chairman Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary (Defence Production) Sanjeev Kumar, Secretary (Ex-Servicemen Welfare) Sukriti Likhi, Controller General of Defense Accounts Anugrah Narayan Das, DG (Naval Systems and Materials), DRDO RV Hara Prasad, DG (Resources and Management) Ravindra Singh. Director of Directorate of Finance and Material Management Maiya Deen and other senior officials were present during the Delhi event.
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