India on Sunday (September 14, 2025) unveiled a new framework to streamline, simplify and rationalise the revenue procurement process for the armed forces, with an overall focus on making available required resources without any delays.
The Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025 lays down the guiding principles and provisions for all revenue procurements in the Defence Ministry valued around ₹1 lakh crore for the current fiscal, an official readout said.
“It will foster jointness among the three Services and help in maintaining the highest level of military preparedness through expeditious decision making,” it said.
The DPM will “ensure timely availability of requisite resources to the armed forces and at appropriate cost”, the Ministry said in the readout. The new framework was released after it was approved by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
“Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the DPM 2025 to further streamline, simplify, enable and rationalise the revenue procurement process in the Ministry of Defence and cater to the emerging requirements of the armed forces in the era of modern warfare,” the Ministry said.
