India’s moving towards self-reliance

India’s moving towards self-reliance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream is to make India and its citizens self-reliant. Eight years ago in 2014, on this day, Prime Minister Modi took over the power of the Center. Along with this, he started trying to realize the dream of self-reliant India, but the Corona epidemic in 2020 and the subsequent Russo-Ukraine war prompted him to move forward with full commitment and speed in this direction. By giving a new impetus to the development journey of the country, the Modi government is continuously taking big decisions to build a self-reliant new India. Emphasizing on making and implementing such policies, by which the people and the country can fulfill their interests in any situation. Every village and city should stand on its own and the country should be able to defend itself.
Prime Minister Modi exuded confidence that today we have the resources, we have the capability, we have the best talent in the world, we will make the best products, improve our quality even more, make the supply chain more modern, this is what we can do and We will definitely do it. He has said that both our path and destination for the future are clear – self-reliant India is the way and the resolve too. The concept of Prime Minister Modi’s self-reliant India is based on Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam. According to him, when India talks about self-reliance, it does not advocate for a self-centred system. In India’s self-reliance, there is also concern for the happiness, cooperation and peace of the world.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized on the use of local products to achieve self-reliance in the economic sector, as well as to give them international recognition. For this, he gave the mantra of ‘Vocal for Local’ and ‘Local for Global’. Along with buying indigenous products, he also appealed to promote them proudly. He stressed on working fast in the direction of everything that the country is forced to import, how it should be made in India and how India should become its exporter in the future. To realize Prime Minister Modi’s vision of self-reliant India. The targets set in the Budget for 2022-23 are:

*Promoting the digital economy and fintech, technology-led development, energy-related change, and climate action, and *relying on a profitable economic cycle triggered by private investment as well as helping to mobilize private investment on the back of public capital investment Meeting. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about self-reliant India, his aim is not only self-reliance of the market, but he gives the vision of all-round self-reliance from common potter to farmer, from villages to aspirational districts, from aviation to defense sector. Huh. Following the vision of Prime Minister Modi, India has started manufacturing fifth generation fighter aircraft. To significantly increase its air capability, India is working on a project to develop a fifth generation medium weight fighter jet with advanced features. The initial estimated expenditure on the project is Rs 1500 crore.

Realizing the importance of self-reliance in the defense sector, the Modi government has taken important decisions. Recently, Prime Minister Modi said in a webinar that the country itself has the blue print to develop a vibrant eco-system from defense research, design and development to production. That is why about 70 per cent of the defense budget has been earmarked for the indigenous defense industry only. The Defense Ministry has so far released a list of more than 200 defense equipment, which will no longer be procured from abroad. 54 thousand crore rupees have been signed for defense procurement with indigenous companies. At the same time, the Modi government canceled many helicopter and missile deals.
Following Prime Minister Modi’s vision of self-reliance in the defense sector, the Defense Ministry has initiated the process of seeking approval from the Prime Minister-led Union Cabinet’s Committee on Security (CCS) for the design and prototype development of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). has given. Till now only countries like America and Russia have the facility to make such fifth generation fighter jets. Speaking about the project, Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt said that India is working on a project to develop a fifth generation medium weight fighter jet with advanced features to significantly increase its air capability. The initial estimated expenditure on the project is Rs 1500 crore.
New history has been made in the eight years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule. What once seemed impossible, is now possible under Made in India. A new history was also created on December 23, 2021. India successfully test-fired the second consecutive semi ballistic missile ‘Pralaya’ within 24 hours from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. Apart from this, completely indigenously made High-Speed ​​Expandable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘Abhyas’ was also successfully tested. This is the first time in the history of India that two ballistic missiles have been successfully test-fired within 24 hours. The indigenously developed ‘Pralaya’ missile is surface-to-surface and can destroy targets between 150 to 500 km.
Today, startup companies of India are playing an important role in the self-reliance of the defense sector. Defense technology imported from abroad