Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)

Ministry of Defence, in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission launched the 5th edition of the Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC) on August 19, 2021. DISC was launched under Innovations for Defence Excellence – Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO).

• iDEX is a central sector scheme approved by the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence with a Rs. 498.80 crore budgetary supports which has been provided for 2021-22 to the year 2025-26. Its objective is to provide financial support to around 300 MSMEs, Start-ups, and individual innovators as well as around 20 partner incubators through the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO). This will ....