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Defence Acquisition Council
Recently, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved the procurement of weapons and equipment worth Rs. 22,800 crore. Consider the following statements about the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC):
- The DAC is Defence Ministry’s highest decision making body for capital acquisition proposals forwarded by the Indian armed forces.
- It is responsible to give policy guidelines to acquisitions, based on long-term procurement plans.
- It also clears all acquisitions, which includes both imported and those produced indigenously or under a foreign license.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A |
1 and 2
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B |
2 and 3
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C |
1 and 3
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D |
1, 2 and 3
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Your Ans is
Right ans is D
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Explanation :
- The Defence Acquisition Council is Defence Ministry’s highest decision making body for capital acquisition proposals forwarded by the Indian armed forces.
- It was set up in 2001 as part of the post-Kargil reforms in defence sector.
- It has the power to approve any deviations in an acquisition, and recommends all big capital defence purchases for approval of the Cabinet committee on security (CCS) headed by Prime Minister.
- It also clears all acquisitions, which includes both imported and those produced indigenously or under a foreign license.
Objective
- To ensure expeditious procurement of the approved requirements of the Armed Forces, in terms of capabilities sought, and time frame prescribed, by optimally utilizing the allocated budgetary resources.
Functions
- in-principle approval of 15 Year Long-Term Integrated Perspective Plan for Defence Forces
- accord of Acceptance of Necessity to acquisition proposals
- categorization of the acquisition proposals relating to ‘Buy’, ‘Buy & Make’ and ‘Make’
- issues relating to Single vendor clearance
- decision regarding ‘offset’ provisions in respect of acquisition proposals above Rs. 300 crores
- decisions regarding Transfer of Technology under ‘Buy & Make’ category of acquisition proposals
- Field Trial evaluation.
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