The defence
minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the mantra to make
the country 
‘Aatma Nirbhar’. Following this, the Ministry of Defence will
encourage various companies to invest in the production of defence equipment at
this year's Defence Expo.Conveying that
we are planning for ‘Make in India’ to ‘Make for the world’ through such
Defence Expos, Mr. Singh added that India is also likely to become a global
defence manufacturing hub in the near future.
In previous
Defence Expo in Lucknow, around 1000 companies of 70 countries had participated.
In the upcoming Defence Expo, the goal is to raise the number of participant
countries to 100, said Mr. Singh.Mr. Singh
further said that Defence Ministers Conclave is also held along with the
Defence Expo. A conference of defence ministers of various countries is also
planned to be held in Gandhinagar. Last time, defence ministers from 40
countries participated in it. As now Statue of Unity is a world-wide popular
tourist destination, it is recommended to prepare facilities there so that the guests
visiting for Defence Expo can visit this tourist destination as well.
Details were
presented in the meeting that the Defence Expo 2022 is a mega international
defence exhibition echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to ‘Aatma
Nirbhar Bharat’ to mitigate the economic impact of Corona epidemic.
The exhibition
will feature many events, conclaves, seminars, business activities. Various
programs will be organized to promote Defence Exhibition, Public Sector Unit of
Defence, Private Industries related to Defence Sector - Start-ups and Small
Enterprises, Demonstration of various Defence Equipment,
ગુજરાત પાક્ષિક મેગેઝીન 2021
Round Table
Conferences, Seminars, Webinars. An extensive
presentation was also made in this meeting regarding the planning of Defence
Expo-2022..In this
high-level meeting, Defence Secretary Mr. Raj Kumar, ACS Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta,
Advisor to the Chief Minister Air Marshal Mr. R. K. Dhir, Senior Officers of
the Ministry of Defence Mr. Chandraker Bharti and Mr. Achal Malhotra, Industry Commissioner
of Gujarat Mr. Rahul Gupta, and MD of iNDEXTb Smt. Neelam Rani were present.
