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Defense Budget Triples, Indigenous Production Quadruples: Rajnath Singh
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News18•25-09-2026, 10:31
Defense Budget Triples, Indigenous Production Quadruples: Rajnath Singh
- •India's defense budget has tripled from ₹2.5 lakh crore to ₹7.5 lakh crore, Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh announced.
- •Indigenous defense production has increased fourfold, highlighting India's growing self-reliance in defense manufacturing.
- •Speaking at DEFCON 2026, Rajnath Singh detailed India's evolving national security approach, emphasizing increased spending and domestic participation.
- •Defense R&D spending exceeds ₹29,000 crore, with 25% allocated to industry and academia, and further increases planned.
- •5,522 items are on the positive indigenization list, with the goal to manufacture all of them within India.
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Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh announced at the DEFCON 2026 event that India's defense budget has tripled from ₹2.5 lakh crore to ₹7.5 lakh crore, while indigenous defense production has increased fourfold.
Spending on defense research and development has exceeded ₹29,000 crore, with 25% of this allocation going directly to industry and academia while further increases are planned.
Rajnath Singh stated that 5,522 items have been included in the positive indigenization list, with the overarching goal to manufacture all of them domestically within India.
