Minister of State for Defense Shripad Naik has provided specific information in the Lok Sabha. Under which India is exporting bulletproof jackets to 18 countries. However, he refused to name those countries citing strategic reasons.
Apart from this, Naik said that 15 companies have been given license to make bulletproof jackets. The country has the capacity to produce 1 million bulletproof jackets every year to meet domestic and export needs. In response to another question, the Minister of State for Defense said that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has demonstrated in foreign exhibitions for exporting light fighter aircraft to other Allies.
For your information, let us tell you that the Minister of State for Defense Naik told the answer to a written question in the Lok Sabha that between 2016-17 and 2018-19, the army recruited about 1.65 lakh soldiers. The army recruited 54,815 personnel in 2016-17, 52,839 in 2017-18 and 57,266 personnel in 2018-19. Maximum 18,906 personnel were recruited from Uttar Pradesh, 15,455 from Punjab and Chandigarh, 11,866 from Maharashtra and 10,382 from Haryana. 8,752 personnel were recruited from Himachal Pradesh and 8,966 from Uttarakhand and a total of 5,275 personnel were recruited from Nepal.
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