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of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd at
Kanpur, Korwa, Lucknow and Naini
(Prayagraj), one unit of Bharat
Electronics Limited at Ghaziabad and
nine ordnance factory units at Korwa,
Kanpur, Firozabad and Shahjahanpur,
hold a strong base for defence indus-
trial infrastructure. [ DEFEXPO SHOW PREVIEW ]

Also, it is likely to have one of the
two Defence Industrial Corridors
(DICs) of India boosting Defence
Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs) and Defence Public Sector
Undertakings (DPSUs).
DefExpo2020 offers the Indian
defence industry with the opportunity
to display its capabilities and export
potentials.

India revised its ‘Defence
Procurement Procedure’ in 2016 to
encourage the domestic Defence
industry. A new category ‘Buy Indian
– IDDM (Indigenously Designed,
Developed and Manufactured)’ was
introduced to promote indigenous
design and development of defence
equipment.

“A NEW TRANSFER OF
TECHNOLOGY (TOT) POLICY IS
BEING CREATED TO SIMPLIFY
THE WAY OF TRANSFERRING
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED
BY DRDO TO THE INDUSTRY.
SO FAR, MORE THAN 900
TOT LICENSING AGREEMENTS
HAVE BEEN SIGNED WITH
INDUSTRIES WHICH IS A
Defence Production Policy 2018’. “On Singh said investments worth US$10 MAJOR STEP TOWARDS
one hand this target is ambitious, but billion in aerospace and Defence MAKING THE DEFENCE
at the same time it is encouraging goods & services are expected by MANUFACTURING SECTOR
that India’s Defence exports have 2025 which could provide employ- SELF-SUFFICIENT,” Singh added.
grown almost six-fold in the last two ment to 2-3 million people.
years,” the minister added. Uttar Pradesh with its four units

K-4 SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED

BALLISTIC MISSILE TESTED

India has successfully test-fired the can bring almost all parts of Pakistan nuclear submarine. The missile was
K-4 submarine-launched ballistic mis- and several areas of China within its test-fired successfully for the second
sile. The missile, developed by the reach. The missile is set to be inte- consecutive time in the last five days
DRDO, with its range of 3,500 km grated with India’s Arihant class off the coast of Visakhapatnam.

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