Haryana to soon get its own Defense Manufacturing Unit

Chandigarh, June 23: The state of Haryana has been developing and how! The Defense industry of India, a strategically important sector in India has decided to set up a defensive unit in the state of Haryana.

Confirming the news, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, “The Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has agreed to set up a defense manufacturing unit in Haryana. Efforts would be made to open this unit on the remaining vacant land of HMT Pinjore.”

He also said the process for transfer of about 446 acres of land of now-shut tractor unit of HMT at Pinjore to the state government has already started. He also informed that an apple market is proposed to be set up over 100 acres of vacant land of HMT, Pinjore, about 30 km from here.

The defense minister is one of the most significant sectors in the country. As India gears up to spend USD 130 billion on military modernization in the next 5 years, achieving self- reliance in defense production is a key target for the Government of India.

On the use of Hindi in courts, CM Khattar said a consensus has been reached as per which translated version of judgments in Hindi would be made available for people to understand them easily. The translators would be provided by the state government, he added.