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The defence industry sector of India is a strategically important sector in India.[1] India has one of the world's largest military forces with a strength of over 1.44 million active personnel. It has the world's largest volunteer military of over 5.1 million personnel.[2] The total budget sanctioned for the Indian military for the financial year 2021 is ₹4.78 lakh crore (equivalent to ₹5.6 trillion or US$67 billion in 2023).[3][4] It has the third largest annual defence budget behind USA (US$732 b) and China (US$261 b). It is the second largest defence importer behind Saudi Arabia making up 9.2% of global arms import. India has a domestic defence industry of which 60% is government owned. The public sector includes NTRO, CSIR, PRL, DRDO and its 50 labs, 4 defence shipyards, 12 defence PSUs. India has a new defence procurement, acquisition and manufacturing policy to reduce imports and enhance domestic manufacturing.[5]
"Defence Production Policy of 2018" (DPrP-2018) has a goal of becoming among the top 5 global producers of the aerospace and defence manufacturing with annual export target of US$5 billion by 2025.[6][7] 12% of worldwide arms exports (by value) reach India.[8] India domestically produces only 70% to 75% of defence products it uses, and the rest are imported.[9] India's defence exports were ₹4,682 crore (US$0.66 billion) in 2017–2018 and ₹10,500 crore (US$1.47 billion) in 2018–2019, of 2018–2019 exports India's 8 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSU) and 41 Ordnance Factories (OF) contributed ₹800 crore (7.6% of total defence exports).[6] During 2014–2018 India was the world's second largest defence importer.[10]
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