India To Buy 60 Transport Aircraft, 150 Trainers For Self-Reliance

India wants to build new airplanes for its Air Force so it does not have to buy them all from other countries.

The government wants 60 big transport planes that can carry troops, equipment, and supplies.

It also wants 150 trainer planes that teach pilots how to fly.

These planes will be built in India as part of a plan called Atmanirbhar Bharat, which means self-reliant India.

Big Indian companies like Tata, Mahindra, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited are interested in making them.

The project is very expensive, with the transport planes costing around one lakh crore rupees and the trainers about 15,000 crore rupees.

The new transport planes would help the military reach places like the Himalayas and island territories.

The trainer planes would help build a bigger pipeline of pilots for the Air Force.

This is still an early step in the buying process, so it will take time before the planes are actually built.

Overall, it is a big push toward making India's own military aircraft.