After a long wait of 16 years, the Ministry of Defence has unveiled the Defence Procurement Manual 2025 (DPM 2025), rewriting the rules for revenue procurement – spares, ammunition, maintenance, and services – worth nearly Rs 1 lakh crore annually. Beyond a procedural update, the manual signals a policy shift: from a system designed to control and constrain, to one intended to enable agility, fairness, and innovation.

Why It Matters

Revenue procurement often gets less attention than big-ticket capital acquisitions. Yet it directly sustains operational readiness. A grounded aircraft or an idle warship because of missing spares has as much impact as a delayed fighter deal. For years, cumbersome rules, excessive reliance on financial advisors, and harsh penalty regimes created bottlenecks,

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