• Rear Admiral V Balachandran (Retd) AVSM NM VSM
• Dr Shubhra Aanand

Warship building in the country has witnessed a phenomenal change with in house design and construction of stealth ships. Construction of Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant by Cochin Shipyard, a Public sector Undertaking has heralded a new dimension to our indigenous capabilities. Though, considerable headway has been made in the float and move categories in design and development of systems, it is lacking in the vital fight category, with continued dependency on foreign sources. MSMEs are aptly poised to bridge the gap by inhouse design, development and supply of systems to equip the modern warships. The Government has unleashed a slew of measures to support the MSMEs making provisions in the Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP 2020) for “Make in India” programmes to bolster their involvement in the warship programme. A congenial National policy is of veritable necessity to partake and sustain the MSMES in business with the shipyards. Warships are potent platforms calling for equipment and systems with in date technology. It therefore devolves on MSMEs to be abreast with the technology, providing life cycle support towards operation and maintenance of systems. The domino effect of National policy and Technological prowess will ultimately lead to self-reliant Navy. This paper examines National Policy and Technology perspectives towards ensuring sustainability of MSMES in warship building.

National Policy, Technology, Sustainability, Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Cronbach alpha, Average Variance Extracted, Factor loadings, Canonical correlation, Wilks Statistic, Hypothesis testing

"National Policy & Technology catapults Sustainability of MSMEs in Warship Building towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no.f701-f710, October-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310487.pdf

"National Policy & Technology catapults Sustainability of MSMEs in Warship Building towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no. ppf701-f710, October-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310487.pdf