Most of Army's ammunition to be made in India by 2019

NewsBharati    16-Oct-2017
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New Delhi, October 16: The Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said that by 2019 maximum of Indian Army's ammunition will be manufactured in India. Bhamre, visited Ordnance Factory Khamaria, yesterday and reviewed the exhibition of products made in the factory.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Bhamre said “Our main focus is Make in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the country to become self-reliant in defence production through ‘Make in India’ campaign. So, we are stressing on making the country self-reliant in defence production,” he said.

The minister further said that indigenous weapon systems were also being developed, while adding that they are putting stress on transfer of technology from foreign countries through joint production to make the country self-dependent.Besides transferring technology from foreign countries, he said that indigenous weapons are being made in India.

Earlier, with keen interest he saw the 125mm FSAPDS anti-tank ammunition mango project. Later Minister inaugurated the state-of-the-art new production line for manufacturing of new variants of 84 mm ammunition.

The Minister appreciated the efforts made by the Ordnance Factory Khamaria for 106mm RCL and safe disposal of other rejected ammunitions. Also he appreciated and expressed his pleasure regarding the facilities prepared for the production of new ammunitions.

Also, Minister of State for Defence visited Vehicle Factory Jabalpur. In Vehicle Factory he visited assembly line of Mine Protected Vehicle and appreciated the work and motivated production line workers to put in their best. At the end he visited Gun Carriage factory wherein he tried his hands on Pride of Gun Carriage Factory-‘Dhanush’ 155 mm Gun.

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