New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Monday highlighted steps and initiatives taken by his government to enhance R&D in defence manufacturing, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

To start off, he noted DRDO has implemented the Development cum Production Partner (DcPP) model to identify potential manufacturing agencies through a competitive process involving both public and private sector and transfer the manufacturing technology to meet production requirements.

The MoS apprised the Upper House that DRDO has developed a pool of 2,000 industries to manufacture sub-systems, systems and equipment.

The technology of DRDO developed systems are transferred to Indian Industries at zero ToT fee for Development cu...