Meaner and Mightier

Jaison Deepak

Bengaluru: Union minister Arun Jaitley dedicated the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) upgraded Hawk-i jet trainer to the country and inaugurated the 5.8 tonne Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) production line.

The minister addressed high ranking officials and employees from HAL, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) at the event. He said India was in a sensitive geo-political situation and it was imperative not to compromise defence preparedness. “It is extremely necessary that we came out of this mindset that India will always be a buyer of defence equipment. Our narrow policies in the past have contributed to this. A change was long overdue,” he reiterated. He added further that a combination of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs)’s dedica

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