'Make in India' Initiative: Check the complete list of 101 banned defence items for import by India
After Prime Minister Modi's Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan or Self-reliant vision, Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh stated that India will stop the import of 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenous production. Check the complete list of 101 banned items here.
Ministry of Defence
After Prime Minister Modi's Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan or Self-reliant vision, Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh stated that India will stop the import of 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenous production.
The list of banned defence items for import by India includes hi-tech weapons such as artillery guns, assault rifles, corvettes, sonar systems, transport aircraft, light combat helicopters, radars and many other items.
The list also includes wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs), with an embargo date of December 2021, of which the Army is expected to contract almost 200 at an approximate cost of over ₹ 5,000 crores.
This will place the contract of almost Rs. 4 lakh crore to Indian industries within the span of 6-7 years. It is important to note that the embargo on the imports will be implemented in several phases between 2020 and 2024.
List of 101 banned items
| S.No. | Name of Platform/ Weapon/ System/ Equipment | Indicative Year (Import Embargo) |
| 1 | 120mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) Mark II Ammunition | December 2020 |
| 2 | 7.62 x 51 Sniper Rifle | December 2020 |
| 3 | Tracked Self-propelled (SP) Gun (155mm x 52 Cal) | December 2020 |
| 4 | Towed Artillery Gun (155mm x 52 Cal) | December 2020 |
| 5 | Short Range Surface to Air Missiles (Land Variant) | December 2020 |
| 6 | Shipborne Cruise Missiles | December 2020 |
| 7 | Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) (Pinaka Variant) | December 2020 |
| 8 | Simulators Presenting Smart Ranges and Multi-Functional Targets | December 2020 |
| 9 | Battalion Support Weapons Simulators | December 2020 |
| 10 | Container-based Simulators for Live Fire Training | December 2020 |
| 11 | Tailor-made Simulators for Counter Insurgency (CI) / Counter-Terrorism (CT) based Training | December 2020 |
| 12 | Force-on-force Live Tactical Simulators / Infantry Weapon | December 2020 |
| 13 | Tank Simulators (Driving, as well as, crew gunnery) | December 2020 |
| 14 | 155mm / 39 Cal Ultra-Light Howitzer | December 2020 |
| 15 | Successor of Flycatcher & Upgraded Super Fledermaus (USFM) / Air Defence Fire Control Radar (ADFCR) | December 2020 |
| 16 | Component Level Repair Facility for Tank T-90 | December 2020 |
| 17 | Shipborne Close-in Weapon System | December 2020 |
| 18 | BulletProof Jackets | December 2020 |
| 19 | Ballistic Helmets | December 2020 |
| 20 | Missile Destroyers | December 2020 |
| 21 | Multi-purpose Vessel | December 2020 |
| 22 | Offshore Patrol Vessel | December 2020 |
| 23 | Next-Generation Missile Vessels | December 2020 |
| 24 | Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts | December 2020 |
| 25 | Water Jet Fast Attack Craft | December 2020 |
| 26 | Ammunition Barges | December 2020 |
| 27 | 50 Ton Bollard- Pull Tugs | December 2020 |
| 28 | Survey Vessels | December 2020 |
| 29 | Floating Dock | December 2020 |
| 30 | Driving Support Vessels | December 2020 |
| 31 | Pollution Control Vessels | December 2020 |
| 32 | Anti-Submarine Rocket Launchers | December 2020 |
| 33 | Shipborne Medium-Range Gun | December 2020 |
| 34 | Torpedo Tube Launcher for Light Weight Torpedoes | December 2020 |
| 35 | Magneto-Rheological Anti Vibration Mounts | December 2020 |
| 36 | All Variants of Depth Charges | December 2020 |
| 37 | Shipborne Sonar System for Large Ships | December 2020 |
| 38 | Hull Mounted Submarine Sonar | December 2020 |
| 39 | Short Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft | December 2020 |
| 40 | Anti-Submarine Rocket | December 2020 |
| 41 | Chaff Rockets | December 2020 |
| 42 | Chaff Rocket Launcher | December 2020 |
| 43 | Integrated Ship's Bridge System | December 2020 |
| 44 | Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) MK I A - Enhanced Indigenised Content | December 2020 |
| 45 | Light Combat Helicopters | December 2020 |
| 46 | General Purpose Pre Fragmentation Bombs between 250-500 kg | December 2020 |
| 47 | Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) for Transport Aircraft | December 2020 |
| 48 | Ground-Based Mobile ELINT System | December 2020 |
| 49 | Transport Aircraft (Light) | December 2020 |
| 50 | GSAT-6 Satellite Terminals | December 2020 |
| 51 | Aerial Delivery Systems for Transport Aircraft | December 2020 |
| 52 | Digital Tropo Scatter/ LOS Communication System | December 2020 |
| 53 | Low-Level Transportable Radar | December 2020 |
| 54 | High Power Radar (HPR) | December 2020 |
| 55 | CBRN Detection & Monitoring System | December 2020 |
| 56 | CBRN Decontamination and Protection System | December 2020 |
| 57 | Parachute Tactical Assault (PTA)-G2 | December 2020 |
| 58 | Dragunov Upgrade System | December 2020 |
| 59 | PKMG Upgrade System | December 2020 |
| 60 | Simulators for A Vehicles / B Vehicles | December 2020 |
| 61 | Simulators for Towed and Self-propelled Guns of Air Defence | December 2020 |
| 62 | Simulators for Correction of Fire by Observers | December 2020 |
| 63 | Military Trucks of 4 x 4 and above variants: 12 x 12, 10 x 10, 8 x 8, 6 x 6 | December 2020 |
| 64 | Fixed Wing Mini UAVs | December 2020 |
| 65 | 500 Ton Self-propelled water Barges | December 2020 |
| 66 | Software Defined Radio (TAC) for IN | December 2020 |
| 67 | Next-Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Battery (Long Range) | December 2020 |
| 68 | Advanced Landing Ground Communication Terminals (ALGCTs) for AGLs | December 2020 |
| 69 | Field Artillery Tractor (FAT) 6 x 6 for medium guns | December 2020 |
| 70 | Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) | December 2021 |
| 71 | Light Machine Gun | December 2021 |
| 72 | 125mm Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot (FSAPDS) New Generation Ammunition | December 2021 |
| 73 | Assault Rifle 7.62 x 39mm | December 2021 |
| 74 | 30mm Ammunition for Infantry Fighting Systems | December 2021 |
| 75 | Mine Fragmentation | December 2021 |
| 76 | Mine Anti-tank | December 2021 |
| 77 | Mine Anti-Personal Blast | December 2021 |
| 78 | Multipurpose Grenade | December 2021 |
| 79 | Inertial Navigation System for Ship Application | December 2021 |
| 80 | Conventional Submarines | December 2021 |
| 81 | 40mm UBGL (Under Barrel Grenade Launcher) | December 2022 |
| 82 | Lightweight Rocket Launcher | December 2022 |
| 83 | 155mm Artillery Ammunition | December 2022 |
| 84 | EW Systems | December 2022 |
| 85 | Material Handling Crane 2.5 to 7.5 tonnes (Vehicle Mounted) | December 2023 |
| 86 | GRAD BM Rocket | December 2023 |
| 87 | 30mm HEI/HET | December 2023 |
| 88 | ASTRA-MK I Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVR AAM) | December 2023 |
| 89 | EW Suit for MI-17 V5 | December 2023 |
| 90 | Communication Satellite GSAT-7C | December 2023 |
| 91 | Satellite GSAT 7R | December 2023 |
| 92 | Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) | December 2023 |
| 93 | Expandable Aerial Targets | December 2024 |
| 94 | Small Jet Engines with 120kgf thrust | December 2024 |
| 95 | Light Low-Level Terrain Radar (LLWR) | December 2024 |
| 96 | Close-in Weapon System (Land-based) | December 2024 |
| 97 | 23mm ZU Ammunitions | December 2024 |
| 98 | 30mm VOG 17 | December 2024 |
| 99 | Electronic Fuses for Artillery Ammunitions | December 2024 |
| 100 | Bi- Modular Charge System (BMCS) | December 2024 |
| 101 | Long-Range- Land Attack Cruise Missile | December 2025 |
As per Rajnath Singh, Union Defence Minister, the decision will offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture the items in the negative list by using their own design and development capabilities or adopting the technologies designed and developed by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces.
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