India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has announced a ban on 101 defence items as part of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” program which initiates self-dependency.
This ban will come into force from December 2020 and will be completely implemented by December 2025 in a phased manner.
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Here is the list of some banned Items according to today’s decision
The below items will be embargoed by December 2020
- 120mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) Mark II Ammunition
- 7.62×51 Sniper Rifle
- Tracked Self Propelled (SP) Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)
- Towed Artillery Gun (155mm x 52 Cal)
- Short Range Surface to Air Missiles (Land variant)
- Shipborne Cruise Missiles
- Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) (Pinaka Variant)
- Simulators Presenting Smart Ranges And Multi-Function Targets
- Battalion Support Weapons Simulators
- Container-based Simulators for Live Fire Training
- Tailor-made Simulators for Counter Insurgency (CI)/Counter Terrorism (CT) based Training
- Force-on-force Live Tactical Simulators / Infantry Weapon
- Tank Simulators (driving, as well as, crew gunnery)
- 155mm/39 Cal Ultra-Light Howitzer
- The successor of Flycatcher & Upgraded Super Fledermaus (USFM) / Air Defence Fire Control Radar (ADFCR)
- Component Level Repair Facility for Tank T-90
- Shipborne Close-in Weapon System
- BulletProof Jackets
- Ballistic Helmets
- Missile Destroyer
- Multi-Purpose Vessel
- Offshore Patrol Vessel
- Next-Generation Missile Vessels
- Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts
- Water Jet Fast Attack Craft
- Ammunition Barges
- 50ton Bollard – Pull Tugs
- Survey Vessels
- Floating Dock
- Diving Support Vessels
- Pollution Control Vessels
- Anti-Submarine Rocket Launchers
- Shipborne Medium-Range Gun
- Torpedo Tube Launcher for Light Weight Torpedoes
- Magneto-Rheological Anti Vibration Mounts
- All variants of Depth Charges
- Shipborne Sonar System for Large Ships
- Hull Mounted Submarine Sonar
- Short Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft
- Chaff Rocket Launcher
- Integrated Ship’s Bridge System
- Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) MK I A – Enhanced Indigenised Indigenised Content
- Light Combat Helicopters
- Pre Fragmentation Bombs between 250-500 Kg
- Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) for Transport Aircraft
- Ground-Based Mobile ELINT System
- Transport Aircraft (Light)
- GSAT-6 Satellite Terminals
- Aerial Delivery Systems for Transport Aircraft
- Digital Tropo Scatter/LOS Communication System
- Low-Level Transportable Radar
- High Power Radar (HPR)
- CBRN Detection & Monitoring System
- CBRN Decontamination & Monitoring System
- CBRN Decontamination & Protection System
- Parachute Tactical Assault (PTA)- G2
The below items will be embargoed by from 2021
- Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV)
- Light Machine Gun
- 125 mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS)
- New Generation Ammunition
- Assault Rifle 7.62 x 39mm
- 30 mm Ammunition for Infantry Fighting Systems
- Mine Fragmentation
- Mine Anti-tank
- Mine Anti-Personnel Blast
- Multipurpose Grenade
- Inertial Navigation System for Ship Application
- Conventional Submarines
The below items will be embargoed by December 2022
- 40mm UBGL (Under Barrel Grenade Launcher)
- Lightweight Rocket Launcher
- 155 mm Artillery Ammunition
- EW Systems
The below items will be embargoed by from 2023 will not be imported
- Material Handling Crane 2.5 to 7.5 Tons (Vehicle Mounted)
- GRAD BM Rocket
- 30MM HEI/HET
- ASTRA-MK I Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVR AAM)
- Satellite GSAT 7R
- Communication Satellite GSAT-7C
- Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA)
- EW Suit for MI-17 V5
The below items will be embargoed by from 2024
- Expendable Aerial Targets
- Small Jet Engines with 120kgf thrust
- Light Low-Level Terrain Radar (LLLWR)
- Close-in Weapon System (Land-based)
- 23 mm ZU Ammunitions
- 30mm VOG 17
- Electronic Fuses for Artillery Ammunitions
- Bi- Modular Charge System (BMCS)
The below items will be embargoed by from 2025
- Long-Range – Land Attack Cruise Missile (By December 2025)
Here is the tweet by the defence minister Rajnath Singh
The Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to #AtmanirbharBharat initiative. MoD will introduce import embargo on 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenisation of defence production.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) August 9, 2020