DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF QUALITY (dgqadefence.gov.in): Contacts

Brief. With a view to promote Ease of Doing Business and to achieve National vision of ‘Atmanirbharta’, it was decided to institute a mechanism for awarding Green Channel Status to firms having pre-defined financial and quality credentials for broad categories of items that may be required by Defence Forces. Accordingly, a Green Channel Policy was formulated by the Department of Defence Production with the approval of Hon'ble Raksha Mantri and promulgated vide MoD ID dt 24 Mar 2017. Further, in order to facilitate the Ease of Doing Business by the Indian Defence Industry in the Year of Reforms, the Green Channel Policy has been further liberalised to bring in more Firms into the ambit of Green Channel Status (GCS). Accordingly, numbers of provisions of the existing policy have been further liberalised and the revised policy of GCS was promulgated vide MoD ID dt 08 Sep 2025.

Brief. Ministry of Defence (MoD) had instituted Defence Export Promotion Scheme (DEPS) in Oct 2018 with the aim to enhance credibility of Indian Defence products in global market and instil credibility and confidence among foreign buyer. An SOP outlining the process to issue a Certificate for the technically qualified products was also issued in Mar 2019. In an effort to further streamline the process, the SOP has been revised and promulgated on 12 Sep 2025.

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