Vadodara, June 30 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon regional industries to become partners in the Viksit Bharat journey by transforming regional strengths into national capabilities, local innovations into global competitiveness, and industrial growth into strategic strength.

"Viksit Bharat is not merely a goal of economic development, but a resolve to build an economically prosperous, technologically capable, and socially empowered country," he said while calling upon industries.

According to an official release from the Ministry of Defence, Singh was addressing industrialists, entrepreneurs, young innovators and academicians during the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference in Vadodara.

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