<span style="color: #222222;">Government today said that many reforms and steps have been taken up to boost Defence exports in recent times. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the export of munitions list items has been modified and placed on the website of the department of defence production.<br />'' <br />'' A completely end-to-end online portal for receiving and processing export authorisation permission also has been developed. Informing this in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt said, the applications submitted on this portal are digitally signed and the authorisation are also issued digitally, at a faster pace.<br />'' <br />'' The minister said, a separate Cell has been formed in the Department of Defence Production to coordinate and follow up on export-related action including enquiries received from various countries, sharing the leads with private sector and public sector companies and facilitate exports.<br />'' <br />'' He said, in order to boost defence exports, regular webinars are being organized with Friendly Foreign Countries (FFCs) under the aegis of DDP, MoD through Indian Mission abroad and Industry Associations with active participation from Indian Defence Industries.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Mr Bhat said, a scheme to provide financial support to Defence Attaches for taking up actions for promoting exports of India made defence products both of public and private sector in the countries to which they are attached has been notified.<br />''<br />''He said, to enhance functional autonomy, efficiency and unleash new growth potential and innovation in ordnance factories, the Government has converted 41 Ordnance Factories into seven Defence Public Sector Units (DPSUs) as fully government-owned corporate entities. </span>