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Defence Minister Anita Anand will travel with the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, to Latvia and join Prime Minister Trudeau for a portion of his trip. March 4, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Defence Minister Anita Anand will travel with the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, to Latvia and join Prime Minister Trudeau for a portion of his trip. They will meet with several European counterparts and visit with Canadian Armed Forces personnel deployed on Operation REASSURANCE in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) efforts in ... Read more

The Government has taken several policy initiatives and brought reforms to promote self-reliance in defence manufacturing. These policy initiatives are aimed at encouraging indigenous design & development, innovation and manufacture of defence equipment in the country, thereby reducing dependency on imports in long run. Important policy initiatives and reforms are as under: DPP-2016 has been revised as Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020, which is driven by the tenets of Defence Reforms announced as part of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’. In order to promote indigenous design and development of defence equipment ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, ... Read more

The Government has established two Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs) in the country, one in Uttar Pradesh namely Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) and other in Tamil Nadu namely Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor (TNDIC) with an aim to attract investment of about Rs 10,000 crore in each corridor. Six nodes, namely Aligarh, Agra, Chitrakoot, Jhansi, Kanpur and Lucknow have been identified for UP Defence Industrial Corridor. Five nodes, namely Chennai, Coimbatore, Hosur, Salem and Tiruchirappalli have been identified for TN Defence Industrial Corridor. The nodes have been selected based on high potential for creation of end-to-end ... Read more

Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand met North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering commitment to the Alliance and the rules-based international order. February 1, 2022 – Brussels, Belgium – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand met North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering commitment to the Alliance and the rules-based international order. Minister Anand discussed her two-day trip to Ukraine and emphasized Canada’s support for the country’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence. She and Secretary General Stoltenberg expressed their deep concern about the continuing Russian ... Read more

To address the needs of Indian exporters, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) besides conducting investigations against dumped and subsidised imports from other countries, also protects the interests of Indian exporters in investigations conducted by other countries against Indian exports through its Trade Defence Wing (TDW). The TDW was established in the year 2016, and has been the nodal point for extending support and defending the interests of Indian exporters in investigations undertaken by other countries against India. The TDW coordinates with various departments of the Central as well as the State Governments and ... Read more