With the growing trend of shipments in recent years, exports of defence products will exceed the Rs 35,000 crore target by 2024-25, an official said.
“I expect the exports will surpass the target of Rs 35,000 crore by 2024-25,” Defence Production Department Secretary Ajay Kumar told PTI.
Defence components are key drivers, he said. Kumar was in the city to promote private sector participation in defence production and also inaugurated a facilitation centre for the defence production at Bharat Chamber of Commerce.
“Defence exports had been growing exponentially. It is like a big rock, which is hard to move, but once it starts rolling, it only gains momentum,” he said.
Last fiscal, exports were about Rs 10,700 crore and in 2019-20, the Centre set a target of Rs 20,000 crore. In the first quarter of the current fiscal, exports worth Rs 5,600 crore had already been recorded,” he said.
Exports were just worth Rs 1,500 crore in 2016-17 and Rs 4,500 crore 2017-18, he said.