Raksha Mantri holds bilateral meetings with his Fijian & South Sudanese counterparts in Bengaluru ahead of Aero India 2025

Ahead of Aero India 2025, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held bilateral meetings with Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs, Republic of Fiji Mr Pio Tikoduadua and Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, South Sudan Lt Gen Chol Thon J Balok in Bengaluru, Karnataka on February 09, 2025. Raksha Mantri welcomed Fijian Defence Minister on […]

Raksha Mantri to inaugurate Aero India 2025 at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on February 10, 2025

The 15th edition of Aero India, Asia’s biggest aerospace and defence exhibition, will be inaugurated by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, Karnataka on February 10, 2025. With the broad theme of ‘The Runway to a Billion Opportunities’, the five-day extravaganza will showcase India’s aerial prowess and indigenous cutting-edge innovations […]

“Aero India Drives Forward Our Vision for a Strong India, Capable India”

Text of RM’s speech at the Curtain Raiser event for #AeroIndia2025 in Bengaluru. I am delighted to be present among all of you in this 15th edition of Aero India. I extend a warm welcome to all my friends from International, National, Regional, and Local media present here. I would like to express my special […]

Youth are India’s future heroes, will play a major role in making India ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047: Shri Rajnath Singh

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan felicitated the Super-100 winners of Veer Gatha 4.0 in New Delhi on January 25, 2025. Among the 100 winners, 66 are girls from different parts of the country. During the felicitation ceremony, each winner was presented with a cash prize of Rs 10,000, a medal & a certificate. These Super-100 are among […]

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh flags-off ‘SANJAY – The Battlefield Surveillance System’ from New Delhi

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh flagged-off ‘SANJAY – The Battlefield Surveillance System (BSS)’ from South Block, New Delhi on January 24, 2025. SANJAY is an automated system which integrates the inputs from all ground and aerial battlefield sensors, processing them to confirm their veracity, preventing duplication and fusing them to produce a Common Surveillance Picture of […]

India is a fast-developing country, but its development needs to be inclusive, equitable, ecologically sustainable & morally desirable: Raksha Mantri

“India is a fast-developing country, but its development needs to be inclusive, equitable, ecologically sustainable and morally desirable without compromising the planet’s health,” said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at an event organised to mark the 90th birth anniversary celebrations of noted writer and environmentalist Sugathakumari in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala on January 22, 2025. He […]

Shri Rajnath Singh urges cadets to continue enhancing their skills in sync with changing times

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has exhorted NCC cadets to strive hard to realise Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047, describing them as the assets of India. Addressing the cadets during his visit to the NCC Republic Day Camp at Delhi Cantt on January 20, 2025, Raksha Mantri stated that the cadets, […]

India’s offensive & defensive responses need to be further strengthened in view of turmoil in rules-based international order: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has underlined the need to strengthen India’s offensive and defensive responses in view of the turmoil being witnessed in the rules-based international order. Addressing an event, organised to commemorate 2024 as the Year of Naval Civilians, in New Delhi on January 17, 2025, Raksha Mantri highlighted the increasing complexities for the Armed Forces due […]

Raksha Mantri holds telecall with UK Secretary of State for Defence

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with the UK Secretary of State for Defence Mr John Healey on January 16, 2025. The two Ministers briefly discussed the ongoing defence cooperation issues and emphasised on the need to maintain the momentum in the bilateral relations. Raksha Mantri and UK Secretary of State for […]

Exhorts the Armed Forces to always remain ready to face any challenge: Raksha Mantri

“Government is leaving no stone unturned to transform the Armed Forces into a modern warfare machine in view of the dynamic geopolitical world order and the constantly-changing character of warfare,” said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh during his address at ‘Gaurav Gatha’, an event organised in Pune on January 15, 2025 as part of the […]