Wars have become very complex and are not limited to borders but even energy, trade, tariff, supply chains, technology and information are now part of its new dimensions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday.
Addressing a gathering at the inaugural ceremony of a medium calibre ammunition facility at Solar Industries here, he said there was a time when defence production was limited to the public sector and nobody ever though of private sector participation.
The private sector had the capacity and potential but its participation was not at the scale it should have been, he added.
There were challenges and doubts regarding private sector defence production while the country took steps towards ‘atmanirbharta’, but the present Government opened up the sector by introducing changes in policies and simplifying the processes, as it had full faith in their potential, Singh said.