New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on October 26 accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to capital acquisition proposals worth approximately Rs 2.12 lakh crore for the armed forces. Around 82 per cent of the procurements covered by the approvals will be sourced from Indian industry.

For the Indian Army, the approvals include High Mobility Vehicles, Self-Propelled Tracked Gun Systems, Gun Shot Response Systems, Light Multi Role Helicopters, Very Short-Range Air Defence Systems, platform-based Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems, surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles and long-range drone systems.

The proposed acquisitions are intended to strengthen the Army's mobility, logis...