INDIAN NAVY'S SECOND INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROPOSAL GETS APPROVAL
The Daily Guardian|November 29, 2023
The government is set to positively consider the Indian Navy’s proposal for the construction of a second aircraft carrier at a cost of around Rs 40,000 crore, in a major move that comes against the backdrop of rising concerns over China’s increasing forays into the Indian Ocean region.
INDIAN NAVY'S SECOND INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROPOSAL GETS APPROVAL

Top government sources told PTI that the Defence Procurement Board (DPB), a key body of the defence ministry, has accorded in-principle approval to the ambitious proposal signalling the government’s readiness to go for the second indigenous aircraft carrier, to be known as IAC II.

The mega procurement proposal will shortly be placed before the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the defence ministry’s top body on procurement, they said. The DAC, headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, is likely to meet on Thursday and it is learnt that the proposal for the IAC-II will be examined by it.

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