India Will No Longer Import 101 Important Military Equipment
The detailed list of equipment published by the defence ministry has spelled out that the import embargo will kick in between December 2020 and December 2025 for different categories of military hardware.
Editorial Staff
India Will No Longer Import 101 Important Military Equipment
In a significant step toward achieving self-reliance in the defence sector, India announced on Sunday that it will ban the import of 101 types of weapons and ammunition for the following five years, including artillery guns, light military transport aircraft, conventional submarines, and long-range land attack cruise missiles. The defence ministry's comprehensive inventory of equipment makes clear that different categories of military hardware would be subject to an import ban between December 2020 and December 2025. Additionally, the government has established a special fund to be used for the acquisition of domestically made military weapons. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced the initiative on Twitter. "Our aim is to apprise the Indian defence industry of the future requirements of the armed services so that they are better prepared to realize the goal of indigenization," he added. ALSO READ : PM Modi inaugurates Optical Fibre Cable connecting Port Blair: What makes …
