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Aatmanirbharta means indigenous design & development of equipment, possessing the upgradation ability, and maintaining full control: Secretary (DP)

प्रविष्टि तिथि: 12 DEC 2025 9:58PM by PIB Delhi

Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar has stressed on the need to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing to deal with conventional and unconventional challenges of today. Delivering a lecture organised by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Defence Sector and Various Government Initiatives’ in New Delhi on December 12, 2025, he defined self-reliance as not being dependent on others, designing & developing equipment indigenously, possessing the ability to upgrade, and maintaining full control over these products.

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The Secretary (Defence Production) highlighted the impact of the Srijan Scheme, Positive Indigenisation Lists, Make Procedures, and iDEX scheme in creating a robust defence ecosystem in the country. He emphasised the crucial role of audit agencies in ensuring transparency within procedural frameworks.

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