Govt is committed to achieving Aatmanirbharta in ammunition manufacturing & make the country a global production hub: Raksha Mantri

• Inauguration of a Medium Caliber Ammunition Manufacturing Facility at Solar Defence & Aerospace Limited (SDAL), Nagpur, and flag-off of the first tranche of Guided Pinaka rockets to Armenia — a marker of India's push for Aatmanirbharta in defence and emergence as a global production hub.
• Topic intersects defence indigenisation, Make-in-India in arms, private sector role in defence, and arms diplomacy — high-yield for GS-III (Defence/Internal Security) and GS-II (Bilateral relations).
• Connects to record figures: defence production ₹1.54 lakh crore (FY 2024-25) and defence exports ₹23,622 crore (FY 2024-25, +12.04% YoY).