Make in India in Defence: Promises vs Deliverables, 10 Years In

06 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

In September 2014, the government launched Make in India with defence as one of its flagship sectors. The logic was straightforward: India was the world's largest arms importer. Eleven years later, India remains the world's second-largest arms importer. This is an honest assessment of a decade of defence indigenisation.