India’s New Defence Procurement Procedure
INDIA’S NEW DEFENCE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE
LAXMAN KUMAR BEHERA
In January, India’s Ministry of Defence issued the Defence Procurement Procedure 2011 (DPP-2011). The 262-page document, which came...
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