{"id":88829,"date":"2019-02-13T14:18:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T08:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=487"},"modified":"2019-02-13T14:18:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T08:48:25","slug":"india-inks-contract-for-72000-assault-rifles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-inks-contract-for-72000-assault-rifles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"India inks contract for 72,000 assault rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India has signed a contract with a US firm under\nfast track procurement (FTP) for 72,400 Assault rifles. The assault rifles will\nreplace the Indian National Small Arms System (INSAS) rifles.<\/li><li>Fast Track Procedure (FTP) was promulgated by\nthe Ministry of Defence in 2001. The objective of the procedure is to ensure expeditious procurement for urgent\noperational requirements for the armed forces.<\/li><li>The government\nhas also issued Expression of Interest (EoI) for a deal to buy naval utility helicopters\nwhich would replace Chetak fleet of helicopters. This is the first project\nunder India\u2019s strategic partnership policy. Under this, an Indian private\ncompany would collaborate with the Original Equipment Manufacturer to build the\ndefence product in India.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has signed a contract with a US firm under fast track procurement (FTP) for 72,400 Assault rifles. The assault rifles will replace the Indian National Small Arms System (INSAS) rifles. Fast Track Procedure (FTP) was promulgated by the Ministry of Defence in 2001. The objective of the procedure is to ensure expeditious procurement for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-inks-contract-for-72000-assault-rifles-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India inks contract for 72,000 assault rifles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[738],"class_list":["post-88829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-defence","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704763810},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}