The Government has been doing a lot to ensure resolution of all issues faced by people, across the nook and corner of the country, besides taking steps to tackle the challenges faced by people. It is really appreciable on part of the ruling dispensation that it is working relentlessly to ensure complete elimination of problems like unemployment, drug menace, etc which are detrimental to the society in general and youth in particular.
In order to promote entrepreneurship among youth besides helping them to stand on their feet with stability, the Government is leaving no stone unturned in proving ease of doing business, which is very necessary these days. Not only in a single aspect, but this concept is being implemented in every sector. Recently, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for bringing in industry-friendly reform related to Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP). The AHSP is the authority which is responsible for generating, maintaining, updating or declaring obsolete entire history and technical information of defence products.
So far, Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) was the AHSP for majority of defence items designed, developed and manufactured by various DPSUs and Private Industries. Under the existing procedure, certain bottlenecks were experienced by the industry to bring timely improvements in their products and technologies in line with changing times. Therefore, the Ministry has decided now to liberalise the AHSP procedures and make it industry-friendly.
The Indian defence companies, which have developed products, systems, subsystems, components on their own indigenous capabilities (except critical stores), will now be allowed to own and account for their final designs and specification as AHSP. In case of any change in the sealed particulars, a simplified mechanism representing all the concerned stakeholders, including the industry, will take a decision. The DGQA will notify the detailed procedure in this regard within two months. The DGQA has also been asked to examine all AHSPs with them and rationalise the entire list within two months. They have been, further, advised to transfer the AHSP to the industry at the earliest. It will be another significant step of the Government to further encourage Ease of Doing Business.
