The poor performance of locally manufactured tanks, artillery, air defence, and other weapons and ammunition has resulted in a significant number of incidents, which has alarmed the Indian Army.
The research claims that India is lagging behind other countries in both the quantity and quality of its domestically produced ready-made weaponry. The Indian Army ordered 100 K-Nin Vajra self-propelled howitzers from South Korea in May 2017.
Ninety of the units were produced under the Made in India label; however, the locally produced units proved to be defective, the made in India INSAS rifles also became an embarrassment for India worldwide.
In the year 2023, two Indian Air Force planes crashed in Uttar Pradesh due to a technical fault. The Indian Army informed the Ministry of Defense that there is an alarming increase in ammunition-related accidents leading to casualties, injuries and loss of equipment.
This is not the first incident of its kind for the Indian Army, but accidents have become their destiny ever since the Indian Army was given the use of indigenously developed ammunition weapons.
After similar accidents during test firing, questions were raised on the quality of Indian-made equipment and ammunition in the past by the Indian Army and the international level. These incidents show the poor quality of India's defence production capabilities, especially in terms of exporting military equipment.
Inadequate weapons and ammunition manufactured by India are causing hesitation in the minds of the Indian Army, from which the potential performance of the Indian Army on the battlefield can be estimated. The Indian Army told the Ministry of Defense that there is an alarming rise in ammunition-related accidents leading to "deaths, injuries and damage to equipment".
It is evident that the youth of India, particularly the minorities, dislike Modi's Hindutva policies. As a result, the younger generation is hesitant to contribute to India's growth, and "Made in India" experiments are being carried out without any strategy.
