"Made In India Defence Equipment Now Exported To Over 75 Countries": PM Modi
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PM Narendra Modi on Defence Budget: About 70 per cent of this year's defence budget has been kept for domestic industry only, he said.
Cyber security is no longer limited to just the digital world as it has now become a matter of national security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. Speaking on how the Budget will help further self-reliance in defence sector. https://t.co/aKGy6q2tCU
He also noted that the process of importing defence items is so long that by the time they reach our security forces, many of them have become outdated and therefore, the solution is to go for indigenous manufacturing.
"Even during the period of slavery and immediately after Independence, the strength of our defence manufacturing was very high. Weapons made in India played a big role in World War II," he said in his address at the Defence Ministry's post-budget webinar.
"Although this strength of ours kept on weakening in later years, it shows that there was no shortage of capacity in India then and neither it is there now," he added.
