Secretary (Defence Production) in Ministry of Defence, Sanjeev Kumar has stressed on the need to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing to deal with conventional and unconventional challenges of today. Mr Kumar said this while 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 yesterday.

 

The Secretary also 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.