Make In India Defence Projects

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy this month. We ask if after 75 years of independence, are we close to becoming self-reliant in defence

Rajnath Singh exhorted American firms to carry out joint research and co-development of military hardware in India, saying the engagement should move beyond the traditional buyer-seller relationship.

This is first case processed under strategic partnership model

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This list supplements an earlier import embargo on 101 defence items announced last August

That is significantly higher indigenisation than the 50 per cent required for "Make in India" projects

A mine plough is a device that helps tanks clear minefields.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman had announced a series of measures to boost investments in India's defence and aerospace sector last week as part of the tranche 4 of the Rs 20 trillion economic stimulus

Singh also said he has no doubt about India emerging as among the three major economies of the world by 2030 and the defence industries will have an important role to play

Govt orders fresh process for procurement even as Chinese submarines regularly patrol the Indian Ocean and could deploy mines

A suitable percentage of the acquisitions budget must be separately earmarked for projects in this category