Indian Ambassador to Spain Dinesh K Patnaik underscores India’s long-term goal in ‘Make-in-India’

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Cartagena (Spain), November 27 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Spain, Dinesh K Patnaik spoke on the strengthening ties between India and Spain on November 27. Patnaik also underscored India's ambition for self-reliance in defence production, focusing on the long-term goal of becoming a global manufacturing hub. On the defence corporation between India and Spain, Indian Ambassador to Spain, Dinesh K Patnaik said, "Defence cooperation, at least in the last many years, has increased a lot. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited India to inaugurate the Airbus factory for the C-295 aircraft, which is a very big deal. It's about $2.5 billion in its first phase and we are looking at much more in the longer phase. But more important than that, it's a 'Make in India' program for the aerospace sector, where from more than 13,000 plus parts of a plane, we will make more than 90% of the parts in India and also the assembly and the simulation, everything else will be done in India...It's time the defence ministries, the Navy, the Air Force, everybody got together to start working together. First of all, we look at partners to bring technology into India to produce in India. Our long-term goal is that. We are one of the largest countries in the world. Today, one of the largest economies in the world. For us to be relying on production outside India is not an acceptable fact. We need to bring production into India. We need to bring engineering into India. We need to make sure that we are self-reliant in whatever we do...For us, it's very important that we bring production back into India and this is what Prime Minister Modi has been doing for the last 10-plus years..." On how Indian exports from Spain have gone up in the last few years, Indian Ambassador to Spain, Dinesh K Patnaik said "Things like explosives, small arms, technical devices, bulletproof jackets, production systems into Airbus, spare parts for different things, accessories for different items, there is a lot of things that is happening, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. If you look at the Australian Navy, almost a large part of the Australian Navy is Spanish ships. Spanish are spreading their wings across the world, becoming a reliable supplier of products. We don't want them to be a reliable supplier. We want to be a reliable manufacturer of products in India. That's where I find the difference between Spain and any other country."

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