India signs contracts for eight Navy corvettes
Politics · First reported 2 Nov, 07:43 · Updated 09:01
India’s Defence Ministry signed contracts worth Rs 53,866.5 crore with GRSE and GSL to build eight next-generation corvettes for the Navy. GRSE will construct five ships and GSL three; a separate report also describes the vessels as indigenously built.
- The Defence Ministry signed contracts worth Rs 53,866.5 crore with GRSE and GSL for eight next-generation corvettes for the Indian Navy.
- GRSE is to build five corvettes and GSL the remaining three.
- The Indian Express headline describes the planned corvettes as indigenously built.
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- Contract value
- Rs 53,866.5 crore
- Number of corvettes
- Eight
- Shipyard allocation
- GRSE: five; GSL: three
- Employment estimate
- Approximately 72 lakh person-days in shipyards and 460 lakh person-days in ancillary industries and MSMEs over 10 years
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