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Svipja's Offset Practice

Our Offset Practice helps high-tech Defence and Aerospace Industry in offset projects. www.svipja.com/ refers.

We also empanel Offset Consultants with Industry knowledge in A & D. You could fill Your 'Resume' on http://www.svipja.com/careers.php , or 'Join as a Consultant' on www.indiandefenceindustry.com/

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Steps in Our Offset Process

Step 1: Acquaint Yourself first on Offset business. Please visit www.IndianDefenceIndustry.com , its connected Blogs and www.svipja.com in addition to other subject matter elsewhere. Offset Partnership and projects go thru rigorous 'Due Diligence' / 'Gate Reviews' by Vendors / Obligors.

Step 2: Register online on www.IndianDefenceIndustry.com using Internet Explorer to be part of the database of the Defence Industry. We are developing a consortium of MSMEs globally with India focus for them to participate in Aerospace and Defence direct and indirect Offset Projects.

Step 3: Obtain Industrial License, if required.We take Advisory on Products / Services to target, Capacity Creation, JV and Capital tructure incl FDI & Technology Agreements, etc.

Step 4: Become Industrial Sector Partner (ISP) of Svipja / India. We will guide the ISP firms go through qualified vendor registration process for Supply Chains of aerospace & defence firms.

Some of these steps could be attempted concurrently.

Commercials

1. Yearly Membership Fee for Registering on the Site and using e-Marketplace Engine for Buying/Selling, and accessing Info System, is as indicated in Tariffs on the Site. Fee is variable.

2. Separate Fee for Offset Consulting / Industrial Co-operation would apply. Contact svipja@gmail.com for further details.

3. Addl Fee will apply in case of market research, study and other services.

Conditions

1. Svipja provides guidance to the Indian ISP on project suitability and document/plan preparation for the Gate Review Process, and it's Presentation as required.

2. Svipja does not take responsibility for offset fund allotment to ISPs. This is decided by A &D Major Company based on the capability of the ISP to meet the needs of the A & D Major.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Defence Offsets India Fund

Offsets could come in both 'cash & kind' with a fair mix. Defence Offsets in India would involve large funds, initially to generate and then to pay-off against contracts for Exports, FDI, JVs, TTs, etc. There is an inevitable need to regulate, account and monitor this Fund.

One effective way is to create 'Defence Offsets India Fund', and an Agency to manage Defence Offsets in totality. All the offset funds, incoming and outgoing, should be managed by this entity. Once the Funds are held by this Agency, these could be appropriately disbursed as per the Offset Policy.

These funds could be generated back-to-back relating to the pay-outs by the MOD to the Vendor(s) for contracts in vogue, and should conform to the timeline of the Project (s). Needless to mention that offset projects themselves, in most cases, should adhere to the Main Contract time frame, if not completed earlier.

Defence Offsets in India are likely to flow from Russia, Israel, European Union (EU) mainly France, UK, Germany, Italy & Sweden, and USA mostly. We need to ‘harmonize' this. NO 'leakages' please!!

Brigadier(Retired) Sukhwindar Singh
http://www.defenceoffsetsindia.com/
http://www.indiandefenceindustry.com/

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