New Delhi (India): The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present an outline for a self-reliant (atma-nirbhar Bharat) in order to address his nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on the Independence Day, August 15. the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.
The Defence Minister also added that various departments and the ministries are working to implement PM Modi’s initiative for Self-Reliant India and this is an attempt to give the fresh dimensions to Mahatma Gandhi’s “Swadeshi”.
Rajnath Singh was speaking in an online event which was organised to pay tributes to the revolutionary freedom fighter Udham Singh. In his talk about the “atmanirbhar” initiative, he said that this pandemic coronavirus has shown that a country will not be able to protect its sovereignty if the country is not self-reliant and our Government will not allow it to harm the country’s self-respect and the sovereignty at any cost.
“PM Narendra Modi” will present the nation a new outline of self-reliant India from the ramparts of Red Fort on this Independence Day”, Mr. Rajnath SIngh said.
On referring to the defence ministry’s decision to ban the import of 101 military platform and weapons, Mr. Singh said that tough and major decisions are taken to promote self-reliancy in the defence production and later programmes.
He said that big weapons will now be produced by India and the country will look to make it a hub for defence manufacturing making the exports also. In a major push to self-reliant in the domestic defence industry, Rajnath Singh announced the restriction imports of 101 military platforms and weapons which includes light combat helicopters, conventional submarines, transport air crafts, and cruise missiles by 2024.
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