Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025 | 24 Oct 2025

Source: PIB

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025, effective from 1st November 2025, to simplify procedures, ensure uniformity, and boost Armed Forces’ operational preparedness.

• Defence Procurement Manual: It is a guideline issued by India’s Ministry of Defence that lays out the procedures, rules, and policies for acquiring goods, services, and equipment for the Armed Forces. 
  • It ensures transparency, accountability, and efficiency in defence purchases while promoting indigenisation, ease of doing business, and operational readiness.
• Salient features of DPM 2025:
  • Effective & Scope: Will govern revenue procurement worth approximately Rs 1 lakh crore by the three Services and other establishments under the Ministry of Defence.
  • Relaxed Liquidated Damages (LD): LD levied on delayed delivery of stores and services, have been relaxed with a maximum of 10% for delays and 0.1% per week for indigenisation projects instead of 0.5% in other cases.
  • Assured Orders: Items developed under indigenisation can get orders up to 5 years or more.
  • No NOC Requirement: Procurement from sources other than Ordnance Factory Board no longer needs No Objection Certificate.