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Rajnath Singh invites German defence industry to co-create under Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Rajnath Singh underscored the need for coordinated responses and trusted strategic partnerships.
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IANS - Wed, 22, Apr 2026
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Rajnath Singh was addressing the German Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence and Security / IANS
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has stressed that India, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is witnessing an unprecedented transformation in the defence sector, and increased partnerships with the German industry can yield significant mutual gains.
Making a strong pitch for enhanced collaborations between the defence industrial ecosystems of India and Germany, the defence minister said that “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” is not merely a procurement program; it is an invitation to co-create, co-develop, and co-innovate.
Addressing the German Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence and Security, Rajnath Singh asserted that the world today is faced with new security threats, and technological transformation has made the situation highly complex and intricately connected.
“A new approach, with the willingness to adapt to the changing environment, is the need of the hour,” he said.
“We recognize the established strengths of Germany’s leading industrial enterprises, while also admiring the vigor and dynamism of the renowned German Mittelstand (small and medium-sized companies) in advanced and emerging technologies,” he noted.
In India too, “our start-ups and enterprising private companies are rapidly enhancing and complementing the capabilities of our larger and established defence enterprises. This is an area where India and Germany naturally complement each other, and our partnership can deepen further,” said Rajnath Singh.
To deal with modern-day global challenges, Rajnath Singh underscored the need for coordinated responses and trusted strategic partnerships.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have placed strong emphasis on advancing this strategic partnership. We also see a clear convergence of views at the European Union level, reflected in the growing momentum to engage with India, including through the India–EU Defence and Strategic Partnership,” he stressed.
India and Germany are not only strategic partners, but also consequential voices in shaping the global discourse of the present times.
“We are established democracies bound by shared values, and dynamic economies driven by resilience, innovation, and a determined industrial spirit. When the chronicles of this era are penned, the India-Germany partnership will stand as a paragon of diplomacy, crafted not in response to crisis, but through the steady resolve of two mature democracies choosing to walk this path together,” he stated.
Upon his arrival, Rajnath Singh was welcomed at Berlin Airport with military honors. He was flown in a special German Air Force aircraft, escorted by fighter jets, during his flight from Munich to Berlin.
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