Leh, Aug 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that the government is committed to make India self-reliant in defence manufacturing.
Modi, who is on a day-long visit to the Ladakh region, addressed soldiers here.
The prime minister spoke of the provisions made in the union budget towards the modernization and welfare of the armed forces, including ‘One Rank One Pension’.
He also promised that the National War Memorial would be built and would inspire future generations of India.
Modi recalls Kargil war during Ladakh visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday recalled the Kargil war during his day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region.
Addressing soldiers here, Modi said that armed forces deployed in border areas are well-connected with the people who live there.
He highlighted the example of the Kargil infiltrations, about which the first information was given to our armed forces by a shepherd named Tashi Namgyal.
India defeated Pakistani infiltrators in the 1999 Kargil war.
Modi criticises Pakistan's proxy war: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday condemned the "continuing proxy war by Pakistan".
Addressing soldiers at Leh, Modi said that the "neighbouring country has lost the strength to fight a conventional war, but continues to engage in the proxy war of terrorism".
He said that the Indian military are suffering more casualties from terrorism than from war.
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