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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a webinar titled Aatmanirbharta in Defence - Call to Action today. The objective of the webinar is to involve all the stakeholders in taking forward the various initiatives of the Government in the defence sector. Defence Ministry is organising the post-budget webinar on the announcements made in the Union budget 2022-23.
AIR correspondent reports that The webinar will have panel discussions with eminent speakers and experts from the Ministry of Defence, defence industry, startups and academia. The valedictory session will be chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The webinar will have breakout sessions on the four themes, Progressive increase in the capital procurement budget for domestic industry Opportunities and Challenges, Developing All round Defence Research and Development ecosystem in the country, Special Purpose Vehicles by Industries with DRDO and other organisations and meet wide-ranging testing and certification requirements - Setting up an independent nodal umbrella body. The sessions are planned in a manner to allow for ample interaction with stakeholders, with a view to evolve a participative approach for time-bound implementation of announcements.
In a tweet, Mr. Modi said, today’s webinar on the roadmap shown by the Union Budget focuses on the defence sector and how we can achieve Aatmanirbharta in this field. He specially called upon those passionate about tech and start-ups to join.
Sources : News on AIR