New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Samir V Kamat on Wednesday said that the organisation is looking at introducing a "new chapter" in the General Financial Rules (GFR) to ease funding for research and development (R&D) in startups and industries.

Expressing the need for a United States Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)-like autonomy in the defence research and development sector, Samir Kamat highlighted the challenges in procuring the funding for research.

Addressing the Delhi Defence Dialogue 2025 at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), the DRDO chief said, "We are now looking at a separate chapter for R&D in our GFR. Secretary DSP has been tasked to come up with suc

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