PM Modi to inaugurate Defence Expo in Lko

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PM Modi to inaugurate Defence Expo in Lko

Saturday, 25 January 2020 | PNS | Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh is set to host the biggest ever Defence Expo 2020, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lucknow on February 5.
The five-day Defence Expo, to be held for the first time in UP, will deliberate on different aspects of defence issues through 19 seminars in the first three days.
A delegation of African defence ministers will also participate in the Expo and engage in a round table conference with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the second day of the Expo.
During the Expo, special focus will be on Indo-Russia, Indo-US, Indo-France, Indo-Israel and Indo-Korea defence manufacturing exchanges through special seminars.
As per the programme released by the state government on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Defence Expo 2020 at Vrindavan Yojana on Rae Bareli Road at 10 am on February 5.
Later, the PM will visit select pavilions and witness live demonstrations by land systems/flying display by Aero platform/operational system by naval system at India and UP pavilions.
The PM is expected to stay at the Defence Expo for about three hours and will be accompanied by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The same night, Rajnath Singh and Yogi Adityanath will hold a reception and dinner for the delegates.
On the next two days, the Expo will witness a series of seminars and other activities.
On February 6, the Rajnath Singh will host a lunch for visiting defence ministers from African countries at Taj hotel and thereafter a round table conference will be held between India and African nations at the same venue. 
The same day, the fifth India-Russia military industrial conference will be held at the Expo venue along with a seminar on UP Defence Industry and Make in India by USIBC.
On February 7, India will sign several MoUs on defence manufacturing with different countries and organisations.
During the function, a ceremony will be held for handing of TOTs, announcing of LUH certification and handing over of Sharang gun by Ordinance Factory Board to Indian Army. During the five days of the Expo, several defence companies and Indian Army would showcase performance of their latest equipment before delegates and on the last two days, to the general public.
On February 8 and 9, the general public will be allowed to visit the Expo.
In the previous Defence Expo in 2018, as many as 702 companies had participated.
‘’The focus of this year’s Expo is digital transformation of defence. New technology, including aerospace, will be introduced in this year’s Expo,’’ Rajnath Singh said, adding that the highlight of the Expo would be the showcasing of wares at the UP Pavilion.
Joint Secretary (Defence) Chandrakant Bharti also had said that the Defence Expo would be the biggest in terms of area, exhibitors and revenue and 65 MoUs were expected to be signed.
The official said that companies from US, Russia, France, UK and South Korea would be among 70 countries that had confirmed their participation in the Expo.
All three wings of Indian Armed Forces would exhibit their prowess at the Expo.

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