Military projects worth over Rs 8.75 lakh crore have been approved in the last one year as the government is committed to modernise the armed forces to bolster India’s combat capabilities, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday.
In a message to the armed forces on the eve of Independence Day, Singh also said that India has emerged as a major power in global defence manufacturing, with exports of military hardware surging to Rs 38,424 crore in 2025-26 driven by a significant push toward indigenous production.
“The government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is according the highest priority to the modernisation of the defence forces driven by a self-reliant and future-ready defence sector,” Singh said.
Highlighting the “transformative shift” in the defence sector in the last 12 years, Singh asserted that India has become a nation which is effectively catering to its own security needs, while emerging as a global defence manufacturing hub and a net defence
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