A total of Rs 1.62 lakh crore has been set aside for capital expenditure that includes purchasing new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware. It was Rs 1.52 lakh crore last fiscal.
February 1, 2023He said that the occasion is perfect to showcase India to the world as he highlighted the 3 D's of India: Development, Democracy and Diversity.
January 9, 2023At a time when state BJP leaders were accusing the chief minister of hiding due to embarrassment over his daughter’s “involvement” in the Delhi Liquor scam, Rao on Wednesday fired a fresh salvo inviting the prime minister for a debate over Make in India.
December 7, 2022Wipro 3D, a part of Wipro's strategic initiative into the future of manufacturing, on Friday launched its first indigenously-developed, industrial-grade 3D printer.
November 25, 2022The meeting is expected to be addressed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan.
November 1, 2022The 12th edition of the Defence Expo, inaugurated by the Prime Minister, was held in Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, last week. It was originally scheduled to be conducted in March but was postponed almost at the last moment due to unexplained ‘logistic problems.
October 25, 2022With an aim to give impetus to the defence sector, India's "biggest ever" defence exhibition - DefExpo 2022 will begin in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Tuesday.
October 18, 2022Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the new and upgraded version of the indigenously-built high-speed Vande Bharat Express between Gandhinagar Capital and Mumbai Central on Friday. This will be the third of its kind.
September 29, 2022Inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to India is expected to surge to a record $100 billion in the current financial year helped by the Make-in-India initiative and steps taken by the government to improve the country's ranking in ease of doing business.
September 24, 2022Annual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) nearly doubled to $83 billion as 'Make in India', the flagship scheme of the government to facilitate investment and foster innovation, completed eight years. As per the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, FDI inflows stood at $45.15 billion in 2014-2015. The year 2021-22 recorded the highest ever FDI at $83.6 billion.
September 24, 2022Indian Air Force is now planning to go ahead with its Project Cheetah under the Make in India route where Indian defence manufacturers would arm the Israeli Heron drones.
September 18, 2022Buoyed by the ease-of-doing business and friendly local manufacturing policies, Apple's 'Make in India' iPhones will potentially account for close to 85 per cent of its total iPhone production for the country this year
September 6, 2022The country has an exceptional semiconductor design talent pool, comprising up to 20% of the world’s chip design engineers. Its own consumption of semiconductors is expected to cross $80 billion by 2026 and $110 billion 2030.
May 1, 2022Defence Minister emphasised that there is a lot of scope for the American and Indian defence Industries for co-production and co-development, adding that the Indian industry can supply components to American Industries.
September 16, 2021Government formulated Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in 2015 to reduce dependency on fossil fuel and to address issues of vehicular emissions.
July 28, 2021"Procurement of defence equipment is undertaken from various domestic as well as foreign vendors, based on threat perception, operational challenges and technological changes and to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to face the security challenges"
July 19, 2021The submarines are likely to be equipped with land attack missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles.
June 5, 2021