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PM lauds persistent efforts to make India’s defence sector self-reliant

Prime Minister’s Office


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17 MAR 2023 12:46PM by PIB Delhi


The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the persistent efforts being undertaken to make India’s defence sector self-reliant. He remarked that the boost to self-reliance in defence also reaffirms our faith in Indian talent.

Sharing a tweet by Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh about the persistent efforts being undertaken to make India’s defence sector self-reliant by clearing proposals worth Rs 70,500 crores and procurement worth over Rs 2.71 lakh crore cleared in FY23 where 99% to be sourced from Indian industries, the Prime Minister tweeted;

“A boost to self-reliance in defence, also reaffirming our faith in Indian talent.”

 


 

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