On the occasion of Vijayadashmi 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated seven defense companies to the country. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was also present during a program organized in this context. After the inauguration of seven companies, the PM said in an address that this year India has entered the 75th year of its independence.
In this nectar of independence, the country is taking new resolutions to build a new future and completing the works which were stuck for decades. He said that the decision to revamp 41 Ordnance Factories, the launch of 7 new companies is a part of this resolution journey of the country. This decision was hanging for the last 15-20 years. I am confident that all these seven companies will become a major base of India’s military strength in the coming times.
The Prime Minister said that the world has seen the strength of India’s Ordnance Factories at the time of World War I. We used to have better resources, world class skills. After independence we needed to upgrade these factories, adopt new age technology. But it was not given much attention. He said that under the self-reliant India campaign, the country’s goal is to make India the world’s biggest military power on its own, and the development of modern military industry in India. In the last seven years, the country has worked to take forward this resolve with the mantra of ‘Make in India’.
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Modi said that today there has never been more transparency, trust and technology driven approach in the defense sector of the country. For the first time after independence, such big changes are taking place in our defense sector, instead of stagnant policies, a single window system has been arranged.
The PM said that some time ago the Ministry of Defense had released a list of more than 100 such tactical equipment which will no longer be imported from outside.
For these new companies also, the country has already placed orders worth Rs 65 thousand crores. This shows the country’s faith in our defense industry. He said that I will also tell the startups of the country, through these 7 companies, the new beginning that the country has started today, you should also be a part of it. You should think about your research, how your products can benefit from each other’s capabilities in conjunction with these companies.
