‘India to pitch for defence exports’

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said India will pitch for the sale of state-of-the-art indigenously built missile systems in the global market to earn foreign exchange as the country was emerging as a global defence manufacturing hub.

“We are taking necessary initiatives in this direction and I am sure that our state-of-the-art missiles and weapon systems will garner the much needed interest in the global markets and generate foreign exchange,” he said during his visit to DRDO’s Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex here.