Rajya Sabha Updated on Defence Manufacturing With Private Sector

Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) comprising six nodes, namely Agra, Aligarh, Chitrakoot, Jhansi, Lucknow and Kanpur, was launched in August 2018 to attract and facilitate investments from industries to develop a defence manufacturing ecosystem. A private sector company, namely PTC Industries Limited, has set up a new plant, namely Aerolloy Technologies Limited, at Lucknow node of the UPDIC for manufacturing of exotic, critical/supercritical materials and components to be used in the aerospace sector. Raksha Mantri inaugurated the said facility on 13th November 2021.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Parimal Nathwani in Rajya Sabha.

He also informed National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO), a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the Ministry of Mines, and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), a Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) under the Ministry of Defence, have established a Joint Venture (JV) company, namely Utkarsha Aluminum Dhatu Nigam Limited in August 2019 for manufacturing of Aluminum alloys at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh