CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets defence minister says "had very positive discussion on establishing Defence Corridor in Assam"
Jul 23, 2024
New Delhi [India], July 23 : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed on Tuesday that he had a fruitful meeting with the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on establishing a Defence Corridor in Assam.
Sharing a photograph with Rajnath Singh on X Sarma, he wrote, "Grateful to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for meeting me today. We had a very positive discussion on establishing a Defence Corridor in Assam. To utilise Assam's competitive advantage to become a defence manufacturing hub, we also deliberated on the possibility of organising a Defence Conclave in the State."
Notably, the proposed Defence Corridor aims to boost local manufacturing and create job opportunities in the region.
Centre, in its budget 2018-19, has announced setting up of two Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs) to develop a holistic defence manufacturing ecosystem in the country. One corridor has been established in Uttar Pradesh with six nodes namely, Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Chitrakoot & Lucknow and another in Tamil Nadu with five nodes namely, Chennai, Hosur, Coimbatore, Salem & Tiruchirappalli.
As per the information received from Government of Uttar Pradesh, 108 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed with industry/organization having potential investment of Rs 12,191 crore. Investment of Rs 2,445 crore has already taken place in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC). Further, as per information received from Government of Tamil Nadu, arrangements have been made through MoUs etc. with 53 industries for potential investment of Rs 11,794 crore. Investment worth Rs 3,894 crore has already taken place in Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor (TNDIC). There is no proposal to establish any new Defence Industrial Corridor in the country.
