Bengaluru: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today conceded that the current defence acquisition process is complex and said it should be more friendly. "I agree that current procedure is very complex....I really appreciate those who are still in that toughness to go through the process of defence acquisition," Parrikar said.

Speaking at the interactive session on 'Leveraging Defence Offsets for Make in India' organised by Confederation of Indian Industry here, he said "...I think these are issues of concern, the defence procurement procedure (DPP) can be more friendly...it has to be."