Lok Sabha Question No. 3273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Defence Agreements
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Malook Nagar, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3273

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## DEFENCE AGREEMENTS

## 3273. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  signed  defence  agreements  with  various  countries  to  ensure security of borders of the country during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  defence  products  made  by  the  Government  under  'Make  in  India' programme;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  set  up  defence  industrial  corridor  in  various States, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (e) the budgetary allocations made and the present status of the defence industrial corridors being set up in the country along with their locations; and
- (f) the scheme formulated to set up more such corridors in the future, State/UT-wise?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a) & (b): No, Sir.

(c) Many significant project including 155 mm Artillery gun System 'Dhanush', Bridge Laying Tank, Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas', 'Akash' Surface to Air Missile System, Submarine 'INS Kalvari',  Inshore  Patrol  Vessel,  Offshore  Surveillance  Ship,  'INS  Chennai',  Anti-Submarine Warfare  Corvette  (ASWC),  Arjun  Armoured  Repair  and  Recovery  Vehicle,  Landing  Craft Utility,  Bridge  Laying  Tank,  Bi-Modular  Charge  System  (BMCS)  for  155  mm  Ammunition, Thermal Imaging Sight Mark-II for T-72 tank, 25 T Tugs, Water Jet Fast Attack Craft, Offshore Patrol Vessel, Fast Interceptor Boat, INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, Medium Bullet Proof Vehicle (MBPV), Lakshya Parachute for Pilotless Target Aircraft etc. have been produced in the country under 'Make in India' initiative of the Government in last few years.

(d)  to  (f):  In  pursuance  of  the  announcements  made  in  the  General  Budget  2018-19,  Central Government has set up 02 (two) Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs) in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Tamil  Nadu  (TN),  respectively.  Subsequently,  six  nodes,  namely  Aligarh,  Agra,  Chitrakoot, Jhansi,  Kanpur  and  Lucknow  were  identified  for  Uttar  Pradesh  Defence  Industrial  Corridor (UPDIC) and five nodes, namely Chennai, Coimbatore, Hosur, Salem and Tiruchirappalli were identified  for  Tamil  Nadu  Defence  Industrial  Corridor  (TNDIC).  Defence  Industrial  Corridors (DICs) are aimed at providing fillip to the defence manufacturing ecosystem in the both states and attract investment worth Rs. 10,000 Crore in each of the DICs by the year 2024-25. Eight State  Governments  including  Maharashtra  have  forwarded  requests  for  establishing  defence corridor  in  their  States.  However,  no  decision  to  set  up  defence  corridors  apart  from  those  in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has been taken.

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