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Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the Defence Expo 2020 will be held for the
first time in Lucknow from February 5 to 9. He said it will be the biggest ever
defence exhibition in the country in terms of participation of exhibitors, the
area of the exhibition and the revenue to be earned. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will inaugurate the exhibition.
Addressing a
media gathering after reviewing the preparations for the Expo along with Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow, Mr Singh said that the event will be a
historic one for Uttar Pradesh.
He said the
state will become a destination for defence manufacturing and aerospace
manufacturing. He said that in the near future India will become the hub of
defence equipment production as well as export and Uttar Pradesh will play an
important role in it.
The Defence
Ministers and Army chiefs of 25 countries are expected to participate in the
programme. Mr Rajnath Singh said that an invitation has been extended to 135
countries and 70 nations have confirmed their participation. Joint Secretary in
the Ministry of Defence, Chandrakant Bharti said that 247 MSME exhibitors will
take part in this event.
Top defence
manufacturers from the United States, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom,
France, Sweden and the Czech Republic are likely to participate in the Defence
Expo. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed hope that the Defence Expo will
pave the way for investment worth 25 thousand crore rupees in defence corridor.