Rs 70,000 cr investments proposed for def corridors in UP, TN; Rs 10,000 crore already invested: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced Rs 70,000 crore proposed investments for defence industrial corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Rs 10,000 crore has already been invested in these corridors.

Advanced systems like Akash Teer and BrahMos were used effectively during Operation Sindoor.

Positive indigenisation lists and a new Defence Acquisition Procedure are accelerating domestic production.

Seventy-five percent of the defence modernisation budget now supports Indian industries.