On December 12, 2025 in New Delhi, Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar stressed the need to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing. He defined self-reliance as designing and developing equipment indigenously, possessing the ability to upgrade, and maintaining full control. Secretary Kumar highlighted the impact of the Srijan Scheme, Positive Indigenisation Lists, Make Procedures, and iDEX scheme. He emphasised the crucial role of audit agencies in ensuring transparency. This was released by PIB Delhi. The release ID is 2203379, and the visitor panel number is 1391. The release is available in Urdu and Hindi.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Defence: The government ministry responsible for the defence of India.
Aatmanirbhar Bharat: A Government of India initiative for self-reliance, mentioned in the context of the defence sector.
Srijan Scheme: A scheme to promote indigenization in the defence sector.
iDEX scheme: Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme for defence innovation.
New Delhi: The location of the lecture on 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Defence Sector and Various Government Initiatives'
Ministry of Defence
Aatmanirbharta means indigenous design &
development of equipment, possessing the
upgradation ability, and maintaining full control:
Secretary (DP)
प्रव तथ: 12 DEC 2025 9:58PM by PIB Delhi
Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar has stressed on the need to achieve self-reliance in
defence manufacturing to deal with conventional and unconventional challenges of today. Delivering a
lecture organised by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Defence
Sector and Various Government Initiatives’ in New Delhi on December 12, 2025, he defined self-reliance
as not being dependent on others, designing & developing equipment indigenously, possessing the ability
to upgrade, and maintaining full control over these products.
The Secretary (Defence Production) highlighted the impact of the Srijan Scheme, Positive Indigenisation
Lists, Make Procedures, and iDEX scheme in creating a robust defence ecosystem in the country. He
emphasised the crucial role of audit agencies in ensuring transparency within procedural frameworks.
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(रलीज़ आईडी: 2203379) आगंतुक पटल : 1391
इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही