Guide 03 Indigenisation and Make in India
What is the SRIJAN portal and how do vendors use it?
SRIJAN is the Department of Defence Production's portal where DPSUs and Service Headquarters list items they want made in India. More than 33,000 items had been offered on it by June 2026. A vendor does not register on SRIJAN itself; it responds to the Expression of Interest or RFP that the listing organisation publishes on its own website.
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- Indigenisation and Make in India
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- 23 September 2026
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What the portal lists and who can respond
SRIJAN, launched in August 2020, is where the Department of Defence Production's DPSUs and the Service Headquarters, including the Navy, publish defence items they want indigenised. Each listing carries a description of the item, its current import status and the technical requirement, when the issuing organisation makes one available. It is open to Indian industry generally, including MSMEs and startups, not restricted to a name already on a pre-approved panel.
The scale is public. By June 2026, more than 33,000 items had been offered across the portal since it opened, and the Ministry of Defence has reported over 15,700 items indigenised, with an import substitution value of about Rs 9,000 crore over the preceding five years. DPSUs had also placed orders worth about Rs 10,000 crore on domestic vendors for indigenised items, including in-house production, up to March 2026.
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How a vendor actually applies
SRIJAN itself is a public dashboard, not an application form. The Expression of Interest or Request for Proposal for a listed item is published by the DPSU or Service Headquarters that owns it, on that organisation's own website, and linked from the SRIJAN listing. A vendor downloads the EOI, checks the eligibility, quality assurance and delivery conditions written into it, and submits its response to that organisation directly, by the stated deadline, not to SRIJAN.
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What happens after a response succeeds
DPSUs and the Coast Guard indigenise listed items through their own Make procedures or in-house development, drawing on industry participation, particularly MSMEs. Development cost-sharing terms differ by DPSU and are set out in the individual EOI or contract. Once a developed item is qualified against the buyer's requirement, procurement moves from the imported source to the Indian vendor, and DPM 2025 allows assured orders running up to five years and beyond for items developed under indigenisation.
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Where SRIJAN sits alongside the Positive Indigenisation Lists
SRIJAN and the Positive Indigenisation Lists work together rather than as separate schemes. A list sets an indicative timeline after which an item will be bought only from Indian industry; SRIJAN is where the specific opportunity to develop that item, or others not yet on a list, is published for industry to respond to. A vendor tracking only one source misses half of what is actually on offer.
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What is the SRIJAN portal and how do vendors use it?
Is SRIJAN a single registration portal for all defence vendors?
No. SRIJAN publishes items that DPSUs and Service Headquarters want indigenised; it is not a vendor registration system. Registering as a supplier still happens separately with each buyer, for example through a DPSU's own vendor registration page or a naval dockyard's guidelines. SRIJAN tells industry what is wanted; registration is a different, buyer-specific step a vendor completes on its own initiative.
How many items have been offered on SRIJAN?
More than 33,000 items had been offered on SRIJAN by June 2026, according to the Ministry of Defence. The Ministry has also reported more than 15,700 items indigenised through the wider effort, with an estimated import substitution value of about Rs 9,000 crore over the preceding five years. The count grows as DPSUs and Service Headquarters list new items, so treat any figure as dated to its reporting month.
Where do I find the Expression of Interest for a SRIJAN item?
SRIJAN's public dashboard links to the EOI or RFP on the listing organisation's own website, a DPSU such as BEL or BDL, or a Service Headquarters. Open the specific listing, follow the link, and read the eligibility, technical and quality assurance requirements written into that document before preparing a response, since terms are set by the issuing organisation and vary between them.
Do MSMEs and startups get any priority on SRIJAN?
SRIJAN listings are explicitly open to MSMEs and startups alongside larger industry, and the Ministry of Defence's public messaging on indigenisation names MSME participation as a stated goal of the programme. Whether a specific listing favours a smaller firm depends on the eligibility criteria the issuing DPSU or Service Headquarters sets in its own EOI, which should be read item by item.
What is the difference between SRIJAN and a Positive Indigenisation List?
A Positive Indigenisation List names items that will be procured only from Indian industry after an indicated timeline. SRIJAN is the working portal where the specific development opportunity for an item, whether or not it appears on a list, is published with its EOI or RFP link. A vendor should track both: the list shows what is coming, SRIJAN shows what can be responded to now.
Does responding to a SRIJAN listing guarantee an order?
No. Responding to an EOI or RFP starts a development and evaluation process set by the issuing DPSU or Service Headquarters, which may include prototype development, qualification testing and trials before any order is placed. DPM 2025 does allow assured orders running up to five years and beyond once an indigenised item is accepted, but that follows successful development, not the initial response.
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- 01DPSUs place about Rs 10,000 crore of orders on Indian vendors for indigenised items, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Defence
- 02SRIJAN portal crosses 33,000 items offered for indigenisation, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Defence
This guide explains how the system works in general, as the documents above describe it, and was last checked on 23 September 2026. Rules and thresholds change: the governing document is the authority, not this page.
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