Customised unique system main principle of countrys security PM
New Delhi Feb 26 PTI Batting for indigenisation in the defence sector Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the main principle of security is a customised system and that the surprise element is possible only when equipment is developed in the country The prime minister also spoke about the challenges in the cyber domain and said cyber security is no longer limited to just the digital world as it has now become a matter of national securityThe main principle of security he said is that a country should have its own customised and unique system If 10 countries will have same type of defence equipment your defence forces would have no uniqueness Uniqueness and surprise element are possible only when equipment develops in your own country he said in his address at the Defence Ministrys post-budget webinarIn the last few years India has been focussing on atmanirbharta or self-reliance in its defence sector he mentionedYou can see the commitment for it in this years budget too Modi added 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process of importing defence items is so long that by the time they reach our security forces many of them have become outdated and therefore the solution is to go for indigenous manufacturingEven during the period of slavery and immediately after Independence the strength of our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 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 addedAbout 70 percent of this years defence budget has been kept for domestic industry only he saidThe strength of Indias IT is our great strength The more we use this power in our defence sector the more confident we will be in our security he notedFor example cyber security is no longer limited to the digital world only It has become a matter of national security he addedThe prime minister said it is a source of happiness that in the last five-six years India has increased defence exports by six timesToday India is providing Made in India defence equipments and services to more than 75 countries he noted As a result of the Centres boost to Make in India in the last seven years more than 350 new industrial licences have been issued for defence manufacturing he mentioned From 2001 to 2014 only 200 such licences were issued he notedSo far the Defence Ministry has issued positive indigenisation list of over 200 defence platforms and equipment he saidAfter the announcement of this list contracts of around Rs 54000 crore have been signed for domestic procurement he noted On top of this the procurement process related to equipment worth more than Rs 45 lakh crore is in different stages Modi stated We have issued two positive indigenisation listsVery soon there will be the third list as well he added PTI DSP DV DV
New Delhi Feb 26 PTI Batting for indigenisation in the defence sector Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the main principle of security is a customised system and that the surprise element is possible only when equipment is developed in the country The prime minister also spoke about the challenges in the cyber domain and said cyber security is no longer limited to just the digital world as it has now become a matter of national securityThe main principle of security he said is that a country should have its own customised and unique system If 10 countries will have same type of defence equipment your defence forces would have no uniqueness Uniqueness and surprise element are possible only when equipment develops in your own country he said in his address at the Defence Ministrys post-budget webinarIn the last few years India has been focussing on atmanirbharta or self-reliance in its defence sector he mentionedYou can see the commitment for it in this years budget too Modi added 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 manufacturingEven 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 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 addedAbout 70 percent of this years defence budget has been kept for domestic industry only he saidThe strength of Indias IT is our great strength The more we use this power in our defence sector the more confident we will be in our security he notedFor example cyber security is no longer limited to the digital world only It has become a matter of national security he addedThe prime minister said it is a source of happiness that in the last five-six years India has increased defence exports by six timesToday India is providing Made in India defence equipments and services to more than 75 countries he noted As a result of the Centres boost to Make in India in the last seven years more than 350 new industrial licences have been issued for defence manufacturing he mentioned From 2001 to 2014 only 200 such licences were issued he notedSo far the Defence Ministry has issued positive indigenisation list of over 200 defence platforms and equipment he saidAfter the announcement of this list contracts of around Rs 54000 crore have been signed for domestic procurement he noted On top of this the procurement process related to equipment worth more than Rs 45 lakh crore is in different stages Modi stated We have issued two positive indigenisation listsVery soon there will be the third list as well he added PTI DSP DV DV
