Defence ministry signs pact with Tidco for material testing lab
Senior officials from MoD and Tidco exchanged the MoU, in the presence of secretary (defence production), MoD, Sanjeev Kumar. at New Delhi on Monday.
The DTIS provides up to 75% govt funding as 'Grant-in-Aid', with the remaining 25% funded by the special purpose vehicle (SPV), comprising Indian private entities, state, and central govts. For the mechanical and material domain testing facility, Micro Labs, a private entity, is the lead SPV member.
Other members include Tidco, Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Vaidheswaran Industries.
"So far, we have been going to Chennai and Bengaluru to conduct material testing. The proposed lab besides helping around 40 defence production companies in sectors including batteries and electronics across Trichy, will serve the Bhel ancillaries too," N Kanagasabapathy, coordinator, Bhel small-scale industries (Bhelsia) said.
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Once completed, the lab will provide advanced testing equipment and services to both govt and private industry to achieve self-reliance in defence production.
A statement said that seven testing facilities were approved - four in Tamil Nadu and three in Uttar Pradesh.
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