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PM Narendra Modi urges industry to play a larger role in defence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered an 18-minute speech on Thursday, talking up the government's "self reliant India" policy in defence

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“For many years, India has been the world’s biggest importer of defence equipment,” said Modi, blaming it on the failure of earlier governments

Ajai Shukla New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Aug 28 2020 | 1:43 AM IST

In an unscheduled appearance at a Ministry of Defence (MoD) webinar that even caught Defence Minister Rajnath Singh by surprise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered an 18-minute speech on Thursday, talking up the government’s “self reliant India” policy in defence and urging private industry to play a larger role.

“For many years, India has been the world’s biggest importer of defence equipment,” said Modi, blaming it on the failure of earlier governments. This, he said, was changing, repeatedly invoking the confidence of a “New India”.

“When India got Independence, it had enormous capability as a defence producer. At that time, there was

Topics : Narendra Modi Defence Production Policy defence manufacturing

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