What is Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan?
India was importing British origin Navy ships since Nehru era . Subsequently Navy ship manufacturing shifted to Soviet Union (USSR) as India developed special friendship with them. There was a norm that whenever a new Navy ship came to India, it was kept out of bound from Navy officers and sailors for months because foreign players may deploy malware or spyware in Indian Navy ships. Only after comprehensive quality and safety audits, it was handed over to the Indian Navy. There was another problem with imported Indian Navy ships – cost. Often shipbuilding faces cost overruns due to local factors and Indian govt had to shell out more money. An agreement inked in January 2004 between India and Russia had earmarked only $974 million for aircraft carrier Vkramaditya but final price was $2.33 billion and few years delay in delivery (original delivery date was 2009 but actual delivery was in 2013). During trial run one of its engine failed out of eight, leading to rework and delay. Despite ...