Concerned over the delay in the completion of several defence projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to speed up and complete its programmes on time.
Several DRDO projects in the country such as Nag missile, Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile project, Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Airborne Early Warning and Control System projects have been delayed by many years and seen several cost overruns.
The Prime Minister has said that the technology in defence sector is changing fast and DRDO should take initiatives to complete projects before time which would help in easing the lives of the armed forces personnel. By adding further, Narendra Modi has said that the DRDO should develop a mechanism where it should take ideas for developing products from the armed forces personnel as they are the ultimate users of these systems.
Emphasizing the need to give more opportunities to youth, the Prime Minister urged the DRDO to make provisions that in 5 out of its 52 labs, people with only less than 35 years of age are employed and the power of ultimate decision-making is also vested in them.
Meanwhile, in order to expand the domestic industrial base in defence sector, the cabinet hiked FDI ceiling to 49 percent ensuring control in Indian hands, for boosting country’s defence sector which imports up to 70 percent of its military hardware.
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