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Why Are India's Defence Factories Exporting So Much More? 🚢

The government’s defence companies sold many more products to other nations in the 2025‑2026 financial year.

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Key Points

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Export increase: 151 %.

Total sales: 1.29 lakh crore rupees.

Profit after tax: 23,136 crore rupees.

Review meeting on September 1.

Focus on Indian‑made technology and self‑reliance.

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Their total sales reached about 1.29 lakh crore Indian rupees, a rise of 15 percent.

Profits after taxes grew to 23,136 crore rupees, up 15.6 percent.

Exports jumped 151 percent compared with the previous year.

The Defence Minister will review their performance on September 1 and discuss new Indian‑made technologies.

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8 words

financial year

the 12‑month period the government uses for accounting

indigenous

made inside the country

turnover

total money earned from sales

profit after tax

money left after paying taxes

export

selling things to other countries

self-reliance

being able to do things on your own

modernisation

updating to newer technology

technology

tools and machines used to make things

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