The Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide its Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has issued a Press Note no. 9 dated 20th October, 2014 wherein
1) the validity period of an industrial licence has been increased to 7 years;
2) annual capacity requirement in the Industrial Licence for defence items is being done away with; and
3) the licencee is allowed to sell defence items to govenment entities under the Ministry of Home Affairs without need of a prior approval from the Ministry of Defence. However for sale of such defence items to other entities shall require prior approval.
The Press Note can be found here
1) the validity period of an industrial licence has been increased to 7 years;
2) annual capacity requirement in the Industrial Licence for defence items is being done away with; and
3) the licencee is allowed to sell defence items to govenment entities under the Ministry of Home Affairs without need of a prior approval from the Ministry of Defence. However for sale of such defence items to other entities shall require prior approval.
The Press Note can be found here
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