Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hails Navy for 'visible, credible responsive presence' in Indian Ocean Region
July 15, 2025
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hails Navy for ‘visible, credible responsive presence’ in Indian Ocean Region

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commended the sea warriors for their professionalism and dedication with which they continue to perform the duty of safeguarding the maritime interests of the nation and for maintaining a high operational tempo.

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Apr 29, 2022, 07:54 am IST
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaking at the Naval Commander's Conference (Photo Souce: ANI)

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaking at the Naval Commander's Conference (Photo Souce: ANI)

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New Delhi [India]: Highlighting the Indian Navy’s contribution to India’s maritime security, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Thursday (April 28), hailed the naval forces for the visible, credible and responsive presence in the Indian Ocean Region.

Rajnath Singh addressed the Senior leadership of the Indian Navy on the concluding day of the Naval Commander’s Conference on Thursday. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, Defence Secretary and other senior Defence Ministry officials were also present.

Stating that he has interacted extensively with officers and sailors of the Indian Navy in the last three years, Singh commended the sea warriors for their professionalism and dedication with which they continue to perform the duty of safeguarding the maritime interests of the nation and for maintaining a high operational tempo. He also congratulated the Navy for the successful conduct of MILAN with the participation of 39 friendly foreign countries.

The Defence Minister appreciated the Navy for having a “visible, credible and responsive presence in the Indian Ocean Region” and establishing itself as the “Preferred Security Partner” and complemented the Navy for the successful rescue operations of Seychellois national at sea, the anti-Narcotics operations in February this year and deployment of the Navy’s Flood relief teams in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Speaking on the prevailing security environment in the world, Singh referred to the ongoing Russia and Ukraine conflict and stated that this has once again highlighted that being self-reliant without dependencies is a vital necessity. He complimented the Indian Navy for being at the forefront of the ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat’ initiative of the Government and said that the Navy must continue to lead the way and remain a necessary guarantor of India’s maritime trade, security and national prosperity.

“It is heartening to note that in consonance with the ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat’ initiative of the Government, the Navy has re-invested over 64 per cent of its Capital budget into our own economy, and I am told that the percentage share of modernisation budget is bound to grow upto 70 per cent towards indigenous procurement, in this current financial year,” he said.

Expressing happiness that out of 41 ships and submarines which are on order, 39 are being built in Indian shipyards, he said that it is important to leverage the momentum that has been gained thus far and urged the senior leadership to maintain their focus on futuristic capability development, to ensure that the nation’s maritime power grows in tandem with the nation’s economic interests.

Speaking about the progress of the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier and the successful completion of the three sea trials, Defence Minister stated that the delivery of, Vikrant, would be another milestone event and that all-out efforts need to be made so that the ship is delivered and commissioned in the 75th year of our Independence.

Singh also commended the Navy on the commissioning of major Naval units since the last Commanders’ Conference, namely INS Visakhapatnam, the first ship of the P15B project, the fourth P75 submarine INS Vela and the Navy’s second P8I squadron INAS 316 at INS Hansa, Goa.

He appreciated the Indian Navy’s numerous initiatives to progress military diplomacy, which included gifting of two Fast Interceptor Craft to Mozambique, technical support towards refit of ships from Friendly Foreign Countries, Joint Surveillance of the Exclusive Economic Zone of friendly nations and conduct of bilateral and multilateral exercises in the last six months.

According to the Ministry of Defence, the conference presented an opportunity for the Naval Commanders to introspect on important maritime matters at the Military Strategic level. They also shared views on key issues that confront our National Security with Senior Government Functionaries. The Chief of Army Staff and the Chief of Air Force Staff also interacted with the Naval Commanders and discussed avenues of augmenting Tri-Services synergy and readiness in the prevailing Security environment.

The Naval Commanders, during the conference, also interacted with ‘Think Tanks’ on Strategic issues along the sidelines of the conference. (ANI)

 

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