Monday, March 17, 2025 | 06:20 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

UP investments show double-engine govt benefits: PM Narendra Modi

PM said the Lucknow node of the project would soon witness an investment of Rs 9,000 crore for the manufacture of BrahMos missile systems

Narendra Modi
Premium

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a memento during foundation stone laying of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University, in Aligarh | PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the central government was working on a road map to transform India’s image from that of a defence hardware importer to an exporting country.

Addressing a gathering after visiting an exhibition on the Aligarh node of the Defence Industrial Corridor, Modi asserted that UP was benefiting from the “double-engine” government, as the BJP was ruling both at the Centre and in the state. The prime minister said even 75 years after Independence, India had to import most of its defence and military requirements.

“Now, the country is moving towards domestically manufacturing defence hardware including rifles,

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in