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DAC clears ₹79,000 crore proposals

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: DAC clears ₹79,000 crore proposals (GS3 · Defence, 23 October 2025)

What happened

  • The Defence Acquisition Council cleared proposals worth about ₹79,000 crore on 23 October 2025 [PIB].
  • For the Army: NAMIS (tracked) Mk-II, ground-based mobile ELINT systems and high mobility vehicles; for the Navy: landing platform docks and 30 mm naval surface guns, among others [PIB].

Background

  • Acceptance of Necessity is the first step in procurement [PIB].

Why it matters

  • LPDs give amphibious and disaster-relief reach in the Indian Ocean.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Security; indigenisation of technology

  1. As per PIB (2025-10-23): the Defence Acquisition Council cleared proposals worth about ₹79,000 crore on 23 October 2025.
  2. LPDs give amphibious and disaster-relief reach in the Indian Ocean.
Quotable data point

For the Army: NAMIS (tracked) Mk-II, ground-based mobile ELINT systems and high mobility vehicles; for the Navy: landing platform docks and 30 mm naval surface guns, among others.

PIB: Defence: DAC approves ₹79,000 crore, 23 Oct 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: NAMIS, LPD.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Total value

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

NAMIS is a

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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LPD stands for

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: Defence: DAC approves ₹79,000 crore, 23 Oct 2025

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