{"id":50672,"date":"2024-03-04T09:08:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T09:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=50672"},"modified":"2024-03-04T09:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T09:08:53","slug":"rajnath-singh-india-must-reduce-dependency-on-defence-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/rajnath-singh-india-must-reduce-dependency-on-defence-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajnath Singh: India Must Reduce Dependency on Defence Imports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW DELHI, Mar 4: <\/strong>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasized the critical importance of reducing India&#8217;s reliance on imported military hardware, citing potential risks to strategic autonomy. Singh underscored the Modi government&#8217;s commitment to bolstering domestic manufacturing during an address at a conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singh highlighted past challenges faced by India due to dependence on defence imports, emphasizing the need to prioritize domestic production. He noted that India&#8217;s annual domestic defence production has surpassed Rs 1 lakh crore, a significant increase from around Rs 44,000 crore in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defence Minister stressed that India&#8217;s strategic autonomy hinges on self-sufficiency in arms and equipment production. He cautioned against continued reliance on imports, warning that it could compromise the country&#8217;s autonomy and national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singh asserted that without self-reliance, India would struggle to assert independent positions on global issues aligned with its national interests. He recalled the Modi government&#8217;s efforts since 2014 to reduce India&#8217;s reliance on imported defence hardware, emphasizing the need for a shift towards domestic production to mitigate vulnerabilities in critical situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singh concluded by reaffirming the government&#8217;s commitment to fostering indigenous defence capabilities, asserting that India cannot afford to remain dependent on arms imports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Mar 4: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasized the critical importance of reducing India&#8217;s reliance on imported military hardware, citing potential risks to strategic autonomy.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,22],"tags":[3340,1032,73,1033,2010],"class_list":["post-50672","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news","category-national","tag-defence","tag-earlypostdaily","tag-india","tag-latestnews","tag-rajnath-singh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50674,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50672\/revisions\/50674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}