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</- India is the world’s largest military hardware importer and among top five military spenders. To meet growing modernisation needs of Indian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence will need to acquire equipment worth over $25,000 Crore by 2027. However, recent estimate shows that the current delivery capacity of the Defence industry sector in India is $7,500-8,000 Crore annually.
- This means the ratio of indigenous to imported equipment is stagnating at 30:70. To achieve the aspirational target of manufacturing 70 per cent of Defence equipment indigenously, it is needed to incentivise private enterprise for development of large scale R&D and manufacturing capabilities.
AMETHI
- Amethi is a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a major town of the Amethi district, in the Faizabad division. It has been the constituency of the Nehru-Gandhi family since 1980. Member of Parliament from Amethi – Rahul Gandhi
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- The AK-203/103 rifle, which will soon be manufactured in Korwa area of Amethi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of its manufacturing unit, is the latest derivative of the legendary AK-47 rifle. The project, in collaboration with Russia. . Around 7.5 lakh units of the latest version of AK-47 will be manufactured in the new unit.
INDIA RUSSIA
- JV The JV incorporates the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), which has a 50.5 per cent stake; Kalashnikov, with a 42 per cent stake, and Russia’s state-owned export agency, Rosobornoexport, owning the remaining 7.5 per cent
INSAS RIFLE
- Even during the 1999 Kargil war, soldiers had complained of INSAS guns jamming or magazine cracking during the combat operation in the freezing temperature and had a
tough time taking on enemies. AK-203, which India under a deal with Russia will manufacture at the Amethi factory, is an advanced version of AK-47. It’s magazine can hold 30 bullets. The gun has an effective range of 400 metre and is considered 100% accurate. It will be lighter and shorter than an INSAS rifle.
INSAS
- guns jamming or magazine cracking during the combat operation in the freezing temperature and had a tough time taking on enemies. AK-203, which India under a deal with Russia will manufacture at the Amethi factory, is an advanced version of AK-47. It’s magazine can hold 30 bullets. The gun has an effective range of 400 metre and is considered 100% accurate. It will be lighter and shorter than an INSAS rifle.
OTHER THING TO KNOW
- Recently the Defence Ministry signed a contract with American firm Sig Sauer for the supply of 73,000 assault rifles, which will be used by troops deployed along the nearly 3,600-km border with China
KALASHNIKOV RIFLES
- Kalashnikov Rifles also known as AK-47 rifles is 7.62×39mm assault rifle, developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The rifles were officially accepted to the Soviet Armed Forces in the year 1949. Even after seven decades, the model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their substantial reliability under harsh conditions, low production costs compared to contemporary Western weapons, availability in virtually every geographic region and ease of use.
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