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DAC clears ₹1.05 lakh crore of indigenous buys

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: DAC clears ₹1.05 lakh crore of indigenous buys (GS3 · Defence, 3 July 2025)

What happened

  • The DAC accorded AoN for 10 proposals worth about ₹1.05 lakh crore under Buy (Indian-IDDM) on 3 July 2025 [PIB].
  • Items include armoured recovery vehicles, EW systems, surface-to-air missiles, moored mines, mine countermeasure vessels and submersible autonomous vessels [PIB].

Background

  • All are to be sourced indigenously [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Mine warfare has been a gap for the Navy.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Security; indigenisation of technology

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-03): the DAC accorded AoN for 10 proposals worth about ₹1.05 lakh crore under Buy (Indian-IDDM) on 3 July 2025.
  2. Mine warfare has been a gap for the Navy.
Quotable data point

The DAC accorded AoN for 10 proposals worth about ₹1.05 lakh crore under Buy (Indian-IDDM) on 3 July 2025.

PIB: DAC ₹1.05 lakh crore, 3 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: IDDM.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

IDDM stands for Indigenously

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: DAC ₹1.05 lakh crore, 3 Jul 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending