Anupama Airy

The union cabinet's approval to the National Policy on Biofuels earlier last month triggered both hope and hesitation. While the industry eagerly awaits the implementation of this policy, it is also cautious, considering our history with biofuels. What does this new policy mean for India and its economy, and have we learnt from the mistakes of our past? Biofuels, unlike fossil fuels, are a much cleaner, greener and cheaper fuel produced using biomass or biowaste.

Lt Gen AP Singh, PhD has taken over the reins of Army Air Defence as its Director General on 11 May 2018. The General Officer is an alumnus of National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy having been commissioned in June 1981.

Leading the drive for enhancing technological capabilities and indigenisation of the Armed Forces, the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) is organising a workshop on 23 April 2018 to discuss methodology for determining price index for technological and performance parameters for Defence and Aerospace procurements. This is uncharted territory and new in the Indian context.