Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled address to the captains of the Indian defence industry to assure them that Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India) is not an inward-looking idea but is for a stable global order. "Atmanirbhar Bharat will make the global economy resilient, stable, and will work towards world peace. He was addressing all defence stakeholders during a webinar organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), jointly with the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), Ministry of Defence on 'Atmanirbhar Bharat - Defence Industry Outreach Webinar'. "For long, FDI was not allowed in the defence sector. The prime minister said that the earlier government never took defence production seriously and treated it as a routine subject.

Source: dna August 27, 2020 13:52 UTC