The government has signed 96 contracts with Indian vendors and 58 with foreign vendors for capital procurement of defence equipment for Armed Forces in the last three years.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, the major Defence equipment imported include missiles, aircraft, artillery guns, radars and weapons.
She said, Capital procurement of defence equipment is undertaken based on threat perception, operational challenges and technological changes and to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges.
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