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Defence production hits ₹1,50,590 crore

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Defence production hits ₹1,50,590 crore (GS3 · Defence industry, 9 August 2025)

What happened

  • Defence production reached ₹1,50,590 crore in FY 2024-25, up 18% from ₹1.27 lakh crore and 90% since 2019-20 [PIB].
  • Private sector share rose to 23% from 21% [PIB].

Background

  • DPSUs and other PSUs made about 77% [PIB].

Why it matters

  • The private share is still small but rising.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Security; indigenisation of technology

  1. As per PIB (2025-08-09): defence production reached ₹1,50,590 crore in FY 2024-25, up 18% from ₹1.27 lakh crore and 90% since 2019-20.
  2. The private share is still small but rising.
Quotable data point

Private sector share rose to 23% from 21%.

PIB: Defence production 2024-25, 9 Aug 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: production numbers.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Private share in defence production 2024-25

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: Defence production 2024-25, 9 Aug 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending