Bengaluru would evolve as a Defence research and production hub, says CM Bommai

PTI, Mar 18, 2022, 11:08 AM IST

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said Bengaluru would evolve as a major hub of Defence research and production.

The city would also meet the defence needs of not only India but of its friendly nations also, he added. Participating in a function to inaugurate the Flight Control System (FCS) Complex of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bommai said Bengaluru is home to over 180 Research and Development (R&D) institutions of international level. The city has highly competent and skilled manpower.

Apart from a defence hub and industrial hub, a semiconductor hub too would come up in Bengaluru, he said and appealed to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for all the support from the Union government and Ministry of Defence to develop the Defence Hub which could meet not only the domestic needs in the sector, but that of its friendly nations too.