Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing plant in Gujarat’s Vadodara and said that India is boosting its capabilities with the mantra of Make in India and Make for the globe approach.
The Prime Minister also emphasized that India will also be the manufacturer of big passenger planes in the world in the future. “We are taking huge strides towards making India a big manufacturing hub in the world. India is making its fighter plane, tanks, and submarine, and the medicines and vaccines made in India are saving lakhs of lives in the world today. Electronic gadgets, phones and cars made in India are spread in numerous countries of the world. With Make in India, Make for the globe approach India is boosting its capabilities with this mantra,” PM Modi said while addressing after laying the foundation stone of the C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force which will be manufactured by Tata-Airbus.
“India will also be the manufacturer of transport planes. It is being started in India today. I see the time when the big passenger planes of the world will be made in India. ‘Made in India’ will be carved on them,” he said.
On this occasion, Modi also said that this is the government’s clear vision to make India ‘Aatmnirbhar’, especially in defence sector. “For this, we have taken many steps. The aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara is India’s giant leap towards becoming self-reliant in the aviation sector.” PM further said that India is becoming a big manufacturing hub for the world.
“In the coming years, the Defence and Aerospace sectors will be two important pillars for making India ‘Atmanirbhar’. By 2025, our defence manufacturing scale would cross USD25 billion. Defence corridors being established in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu would power this scale,” he said.
“The transport aircrafts that’ll be manufactured here will not only give power to our Army but also develop a new ecosystem of manufacturing aircraft,” he added.
PM Modi stressed that the country is moving forward with the aim of being the frontrunner in every field.
The Prime Minister said that the facility that was launched today in Gujarat has the power to “transform the defence and aerospace sectors of India”. “The facility that has been launched in Vadodara today has the power to transform the defence and aerospace sectors of India. It is for the first time that such a big investment is being done in the defence aerospace sector of the country,” he said.
Apart from making 40 aircraft, this facility at Vadodara would be manufacturing additional aircraft for Air Force requirements and exports, as per Defence Secretary Aramane Giridhar.
With the launch of the C295 aircraft manufacturing facility, India will enter an illustrious league of about only a dozen nations with the capacity to manufacture military transport aircraft.