German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Discuss Defense Trade

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and German counterpart Boris Pistorius discussed strengthening defence industrial collaboration and supply chain resilience.
• Scholz’s visit comes amid the Indian Navy’s multi-billion dollar deal for six conventional submarines.
• The discussions focused on strengthening defence industrial collaboration and enhancing supply chain resilience.
• The Navy’s mega-submarine deal under Project-75I has crossed a major milestone with the completion of Field Evaluation Trials (FET).
• The evaluation of Navantia’s offer was conducted in the last week of June.