Defexpo pitches India as an emerging hub for manufacturing defence products

Ministry of Defence has been emphasising on attracting more Indian players into defence manufacturing in order to promote self-reliability in the sector and this is expected to reflect at the Expo

The stage is all set for India's showpiece defence exhibition, Defexpo, to take place from April 11 to 14 at Thiruvidanthai on the East Coast Road (ECR) near Chennai to attract global vendors of military equipment in large numbers. The Ministry of Defence has been emphasising on attracting more Indian players into the defence manufacturing in order to promote self-reliability in the sector and this is expected to reflect at the expo.

"We want to show case India as emerging hub for manufacturing as the country attained significant milestones in defence manufacturing. We also need to create opportunity for exports from