Rs 6,000 cr cleared for Arjun Mark 1A tank

February 23, 2021 13:32

Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Main Battle Tank Arjun Mark1A to the nation, the defence ministry on Tuesday is all set to clear the acquisition of these tanks worth over Rs 6,000 crore by the army.

The defence ministry had recently cleared the induction of 118 Arjun Mark1A tanks into the Indian Army.

"The Defence Ministry will consider the proposal in the Defence Acquisition Council meeting to be held in presence of the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane," defence sources said.

The tank has been fully designed and developed by the DRDO in close coordination with the Indian Army. 118 tanks would be joining the fleet of the first batch of 124 Arjun tanks which have already been inducted into the army and are deployed in the western desert along the Pakistan front.

The 118 Arjun tanks would also form two regiments in the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army like the first 124 tanks.

-- ANI

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