•       India and the US are planning to revive the Defense Policy Group (DPG) between the two countries after a four-year gap.
•       The last DPG, co-chaired by India’s defense secretary and US Under-secretary of defense for policy, was held in 2015.
•       The decision to revive the DPG was taken in the Two-Plus Two meeting between the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries.
•       DPG will review the reports of existing sub-groups — Military Cooperation Group, Joint Technology Group, Senior Security Technology Group and the Defense Procurement and Production Group. DPG will also only lay the future roadmap for joint advanced exercises between two countries, and look at the prospect of technological cooperation in building military hardware under Make in India.