Ministry of Defence Schemes

2019-01-29

Make II Scheme:

Make II Scheme corresponds to Make in India initiative in Defence production.
The provision of ‘Make’ category in Defence procurement Procedure is a pillar for realising the vision behind Make in India.
Make Scheme fosters indigenous capabilities through design & development of required defence equipment/product/upgrades by both public and private sector industry in a faster time frame.
Make I scheme is Government-funded and the projects under ̳Make-I‘ sub-category will involve Government funding of 90%.
Make II scheme is Industry-funded and the projects involve development of products/equipment for which no government funding will be provided for development purposes.

Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti:

Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti (Power of Defence Knowledge) was launched to provide a boost to the IPR culture in indigenous defence industry.
It aims at educating scientists and technologists in defence public sector undertakings and ordnance factories OFs to create more patents.
A target has been set to train approximately 10,000 persons of OFs and DPSUs on IPR in the financial year 2018-19 under the mission.
The Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) has been entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating and implementing the programme.

One Rank One Pension Scheme:

The scheme promises equal pension to military personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of the date of retirement.
OROP would be fixed based on the calendar year 2013 as the average of minimum and maximum pension in 2013 and those drawing pensions above the average will be protected.
Only those who retired before the plan kicked in would be entitled to OROP.
Personnel who voluntarily retire will not be covered under the OROP scheme
In future, the pension would be re-fixed every 5 years.
The estimated cost to exchequer is expected to be Rs 8,000 to 10,000 crore and will increase in future.
The government has proposed a review every five years.