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The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accorded Acceptance of Necessity on 7 September 2026 to acquisition proposals for the armed forces at an estimated cost of about Rs 1,10,000 crore. Acceptance of Necessity is in principle administrative approval, the first formal stage of a capital acquisition rather than a contract. For the Army the approvals cover Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear reconnaissance vehicles, high mobility vehicles, self propelled mechanical mine layers, Advanced Light Helicopters, trawl tanks and the Sarvatra bridge system, while the Navy received clearance for Arudhra radars and for the design, development and later procurement of marine gas turbines, and the Air Force for a ground based multi purpose jammer and a Defence Forces Secure Access Card system. About 98 percent of the procurements cleared are to be made from Indian industry.