Jaipur, Aug. 23 -- In the recent years, the country's defence production sector has attained combined production of goods worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore, Sushil Satpute, Deputy Director General, Department of Defence Production, New Delhi said.
Addressing a meeting of the Rajasthan Industries officials and sectoral delegates, Satpute said "exports of goods worth Rs 23,600 crore to friendly countries has been facilitated in last one year".
He said, "22.5 per cent of the goods goes to the private sector".
The Dy DG said the government's thrust for greater participation of the private sector also encouraged more and more companies showing interest to participate. This was evident from the fact that the number of defence production licences has gon...