Explained: What is the US Defense Production Act, invoked to lift ventilator production? | Explained News,The Indian Express

Explained: What is the US Defense Production Act, invoked to lift ventilator production? | Explained News,The Indian Express

Explained: What is the US Defense Production Act, invoked to lift ventilator production?

By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: March 28, 2020 at 10:04 pm

The Defense Production Act, 1950 gives the President the power to mobilise domestic industry so that the supply of essential materials and services is maintained for purposes of national defence.