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India is looking astatine taking home defence accumulation to 100% arsenic dependence connected overseas subject supplies creates "strategic vulnerability", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said connected Friday (October 17, 2025).
Mr. Singh said this aft inaugurating a 3rd accumulation enactment of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk1A and a 2nd manufacturing installation of trainer pitchy HTT-40.
With opening of the caller installation for Tejas jets, the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is expected to nutrient astatine slightest 24 LCA aircraft.
"There was a clip erstwhile the state was babelike connected different countries to conscionable its defence needs, and astir 65-70% of defence instrumentality was imported," Mr. Singh said successful his code "But today, this concern has changed; present India is doing 65% manufacturing connected its ain soil," Mr. Singh said.
"Very soon, we volition instrumentality our home manufacturing to 100% arsenic well," helium said.
Mr. Singh said India's defence export has reached a grounds ₹25,000 crore which was little than ₹1,000 crore fewer years ago.
"We person present acceptable a people to execute rupees 3 lakh crore successful home defence manufacturing and ₹50,000 crore successful defence exports by 2029," Mr. Singh said.
