New Delhi, May 20 -- Defence Production Secretary Sanjeev Kumar on Wednesday said India needs to focus on dual-use technologies that can serve both civilian and defence needs, allowing quick shift of production in case of war.

In an interview with ANI, Sanjeev Kumar also said that self-reliance means not just manufacturing, but having the "capability to design and modify weapons the way we want".

Answering a query about the prolonged conflicts in the world, Kumar emphasised the need to have infrastructure to ramp up production when needed.

"Our exports have increased a lot in the last 10 years...export would take care of a certain part of the requirement. But as a structural change, we will also start to think about where the dual-use ...