Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said the DRDO offered a large talent pool for the Defence sector in the country but in view of the “disturbed neighbourhood” shared by India, it seems too “inadequate in terms of numbers”. Speaking at the DRDO award function, he said the Government wants India to be a hub of Defence manufacturing and a number of steps such as increasing FDI cap in Defence sector and delicensing the military manufacturing sector have been taken. Jaitley said the Government was actively considering the performance-related incentive scheme proposed by the DRDO for its better-performing scientists and allowing induction of more scientists in the organisation. DRDO chief Avinash Chander had flagged the issue of low intake of only 70 young scientists in the organisation every year in his speech.