While negotiations over the Predator had proceeded since 2016, the purchase had still not received Acceptance of Necessity clearance by the Ministry of Defence. Another stumbling block could be the Indian Navy's insistence to incorporate 60% indigenous content into the weapon system under the atmanirbharta initiative.
Even though the DRDO claimed in 2021 to have successfully developed a 9x19 mm machine pistol for use by the military, paramilitaries and police forces, the Army has raised a tender to indigenously source 5,000 of them.