Lucknow, Jan. 9 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the domestic defence production has gone up from Rs 46,000 crore to a record high of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore at present due to a defence corridor built in Uttar Pradesh.
"India is no longer weak. We are manufacturing our own weapons, and Uttar Pradesh is leading the way. This thinking, this hard work and this path is what make a country strong, and this is the path our government is following today," he said during a function here.
Rajnath Singh, along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister HD Kumaraswamy, inaugurated the Ashok Leyland EV Bus Manufacturing plant in Lucknow.
The Defence Minister, who is th...