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Govt clears plans to ramp up production of indigenous fighter jets Tejas

Parrikar said the government had just approved an investment of Rs 136 cror

Tejas aircraft, tarmac, Fighter aircrafts, AERO India 2017, Yelahanka Air Base, Bengaluru
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A Tejas aircraft on the tarmac near the parked Fighter aircrafts on the day before of AERO India 2017 at Yelahanka Air Base in Bengaluru. Photo: PTI

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India will open a second production line for its light combat aircraft, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday, pressing ahead with a home-grown plane the military has had doubts over for years.

The Tejas fighter entered service last year, 33 years after it was approved as the country sought to build a modern fighter from scratch for an air force that was entirely dependent on foreign - mostly Soviet-origin - aircraft.

But the single-engine plane remains dogged by production delays at state-run Hindustan Aeronautics and only three have so far entered the air force.

Parrikar said the government had

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