Context: Recently, Ministry of Defence launched an online portal that provides information about defence equipment and items that can be taken up for indigenisation by private sector companies.
About SRIJAN

• SRIJAN is the Ministry of Defence’s portal which acts as a one-stop-shop online portal that provides access to the vendors to take up items that can be taken up for indigenization.
• The portal will display those items that are being imported currently so that the Indian industry can design, develop and manufacture them domestically as per its capability.
• On this portal, DPSUs/OFB/SHQs can display their items that they have been importing or are going to import which the Indian Industry can design, develop and manufacture as per their capability or through joint venture with OEMs.
• The Indian Industry will be able to show their interest.
• The concerned DPSUs (defence PSUs)/OFB (Ordnance Factory Board)/SHQs (Service Headquarters), based on their requirement of the items and their guidelines & procedures will interact with the Indian industry for indigenization.
• The portal displays information in a structured way, which includes the item name, image and specification, values of imports, NATO Classification (indicative), etc. It also has a search facility.
• There are over 3000 unique items with a value of over Rs 10,000 Crore that are available through the portal.
• The SRIJAN portal is expected to make opportunities for ‘Make in India’.