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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh connected Friday (January 9, 2026) said Uttar Pradesh has emerged arsenic a large hub of defence manufacturing, with investments of much than ₹34,000 crore already made crossed six nodes of the State's defence corridor, marking a decisive displacement towards India's self-reliance successful weapons and ammunition production.
Addressing a gathering aft inaugurating Ashok Leyland's state-of-the-art electrical conveyance (EV) manufacturing works successful Lucknow, Mr. Singh said India is nary longer babelike connected different countries for weapons, missiles oregon defence equipment, arsenic these are present being manufactured domestically, including successful Uttar Pradesh.
He said the defence corridor, dispersed crossed Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Agra, Aligarh and Chitrakoot, is producing arms, ammunition and instrumentality related to combatant aircraft, with ample companies mounting up manufacturing units successful the State.
"I person been told that investments worthy astir ₹34,000 crore person been made successful these defence corridor nodes," Mr. Singh said.
Referring to the Uttar Pradesh Aerospace and Defence Unit and Employment Promotion Policy, Mr. Singh, who is MP from Lucknow, said the State is being developed arsenic a large centre for large-scale defence production.
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He said the argumentation aims to pull monolithic concern implicit the adjacent 5 years and make employment opportunities for lakhs of youth, ensuring that radical find jobs locally without being forced to migrate extracurricular the State.
Mr. Singh said a BrahMos Aerospace mill has already been acceptable up successful Lucknow, manufacturing BrahMos missiles, the effectiveness of which was demonstrated during Operation Sindoor.
He credited Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for proactively facilitating onshore allotment, timely clearances and effectual implementation of projects, saying the State's "double-engine" authorities has accelerated improvement done wide and industry-friendly policies.
