New Delhi, May 20 -- Defence Production Secretary Sanjeev Kumar has said that the private sector in the country is better equipped and more efficiently organised to build a strong drone manufacturing ecosystem.

In an interview with ANI, Sanjeev Kumar said India will have to focus on dual-use technology, where civilian factories can quickly shift to defence production during wartime.

He said the government's policy focus is to increase private sector participation in defence production, a direction reflected in initiatives from the Department of Defence (DoD), Department of Defence Production (DDP) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

"One is that the ministries and the government's objective is to increase private ...