Overview

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh set a 10-year goal to field the Sudarshan Chakra air-defence shield for critical installations, citing lessons from Operation Sindoor and specifying both defensive and offensive elements.
• The Navy committed to building all future warships in India, with nearly 75% of new vessels designed domestically and two Nilgiri-class frigates, INS Himgiri and INS Udaygiri, recently commissioned.
• More than 3,000 of roughly 5,500 items on the Positive Indigenisation Lists that were previously imported are now produced in India, according to officials.
• India’s defence exports have risen to nearly ₹24,000 crore from under ₹700 crore in 2014, underscoring a turn toward becoming an exporter.
• Procurement policy and spending are being directed to local industry, with 81% of last year’s ₹1.6 lakh crore capital outlay placed domestically and a 75% in-country benchmark set.