Nagpur, June 19 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday performed the 'Bhoomi Pujan' for a state-of-the-art 10,000-ton Aluminium Extrusion Press at the Yantra India Limited (YIL) facility in Nagpur, hailing it as a symbol of India's "transformational mindset" towards self-reliance.

Addressing the gathering, the Defence Minister emphasised that the project reflects India's shift from being an importer to a domestic manufacturer of critical infrastructure.

"This is the symbol of our transformational mindset. The needs for which the country had to once look outside are now being gradually built in our own country by our own citizens. I think this is necessary because we can all see the situation in the world today," Singh said.

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