PM Modi sets target of Rs 40,000 cr in defence exports at DefExpo 22

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s premier defence exposition, DefExpo 2022, in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. “This is the first defence expo where only Indian companies are participating and it features only Made-in-India equipment,” he declared.

“From the land of Iron Man, Sardar Patel, we are setting an example of the capabilities of India before the world,” said the PM.

The Expo has more than 1,300 exhibitors from the Indian defence industry, some joint ventures (JVs) with foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs) and more than 100 start-ups.

Modi said this provided a glimpse of India’s