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India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier will be commissioned next year

India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) will be commissioned next year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Friday

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses during the curtain raiser program of Aero India 2021, in Bengaluru. Photo: PTI

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Photo: PTI

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India's first Indigenous Aircraft

Carrier (IAC) will be commissioned next year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Friday.

In a statement to the media after reviewing the progress made in the construction of the IAC, Singh described it as India's pride and a shining example of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

"Commissioning of this IAC next year would be a befitting tribute to India's 75th year of India's independence", he said.

Singh visitedthe IAC being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited here.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Jun 25 2021 | 1:30 PM IST

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