ENA Sectors 2024-01-01 13:50:00 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Tezpur, Jan 1 (KNN)</strong> The government is developing a strong base of domestic defence industrial ecosystem to make the country a strategic economy, said Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence, on Sunday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"> We issued five positive indigenisation lists, under which 509 defence equipment have been identified whose manufacturing will now be done indigenously, he added.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Additionally, the minister stated, four positive indigenisation lists for Defence Public Sector Undertakings were issued, covering 4,666 items to be now manufactured within the country.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Speaking at the 21st Convocation of Tezpur University, Assam, Singh highlighted the Ministry of Defence's unprecedented efforts to attain self-reliance in the defence sector</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Emphasising on the strategies executed by the Defence Ministry, Singh underscored a significant decrease in the import of arms, accompanied by a simultaneous surge in exports, as per an official release.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Underlining the achievements in domestic defence manufacturing, he quoted a production milestone, with figures crossing Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"> The total value of India's defence exports, which was Rs 1,521 crore in 2016-17, has increased almost 10 times to reach a record level of Rs 15,920 crore in 2022-23, he stated.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 36090 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/pushing-for-self-reliance-defence-ministry-identifies-509-equipment-4666-items-for-indigenisation 2024-01-01 13:50:00 knnindia.co.in