New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the effective use of made-in-India equipment by the armed forces during Operation Sindoor bolstered India’s reputation both regionally and internationally.

The Defence Minister urged the domestic industry, especially the private sector, to further accelerate the pursuit of self-reliance by focusing on innovation and R&D; technology-based manufacturing, production of individual subsystems and components and dominating the supply and maintenance chains.

He was addressing the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) Annual Session, organised on the theme ‘Defence Self-Reliance: Strengthening National Security through Indigenous Industry’, here.

Rajnath Singh asserted that the world witnessed the power of Akash mi

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