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To Avoid Big Eye People,Operational Readiness Is Military’s Primary Task

[Roorkee,UK]To Avoid People With Big Eyes,Operational Readiness Is Indian Military’s Primary Task:MOD
Indian Defence Minister Parrikar Says Operational Readiness is Always Top Priority:
Union Minister Manohar Parrikar said
The ‘Make in India’ vision is a priority for defence procurement but “operational readiness” is the military’s primary task as “we don’t want people to look at us with big eyes”, .
He said “We need adequate equipment and that cannot change. Make in India is in its place, our military preparedness is paramount,” he said speaking at a panel discussion on Make in India initiative in the defence sector on the opening day of the three-day technical festival Cognizance 2016 of IIT Roorkee
There have been calls for stepping up the country’s defence preparedness after the terror attack on the Pathankot Air base and in Gudsaspur.
Opposition Congress had in Parliament recently criticised the government for its handling of the Pathankot incident in which seven security personnel were killed.