Rajnath Singh lays foundation stone for five defence expansion projects worth Rs 3500 crore

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the virtual foundation ceremony in Kolkata. PIC/PTI

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday virtually laid the foundation stone for five brownfield expansion projects of the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, and Yantra India Ltd, worth nearly Rs 3500 crore, from Kolkata.

"The state will take steps to usher in a new renaissance of development. The news of closures and lockouts of factories in West Bengal has now been replaced by the launch of new projects," he said.

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