On the march for 'Atma nirbharta'
Divyam Sharma On August 9, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced an embargo on 101 items that the Defence Ministry will stop importing. These include simple and some highly complex technologies like bulletproof vests, ballistic helmets, towed artillery guns, GSAT 6-Terminal, radars, 123 LCA MK1-A advanced indigenized content though some of its technology has foreign components not available in India. The move is intended to bring the ‘Atma Nirbharbharta’ or Self-reliance in the...