Rajnath Singh launches DefExpo mobile app

NEW DELHI: Nearly 900 exhibitors, including foreign companies, have registered for DefExpo 2020 and the exhibition space booked by them is 52 per cent more than that in the previous edition of the event in 2018. DefExpo 2020 is scheduled to be held in Lucknow between February 5-8 next year. The theme of the exhibition is 'India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub'.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the preparations for the defence exhibition on Friday. “During the review meeting, senior officials informed him that a record number of over 880 exhibitors, including foreign companies, have registered so far, making it the largest ever defence exhibition surpassing the numbers of DefExpo 2018,” said a defence ministry statement.

Singh launched the mobile app of the DefExpo 2020. The app is available on Apple App Store and Android Play Store. It has features such as ‘inform’, ‘engage’ and ‘feedback’. The meeting was attended by defence secretary Ajay Kumar, secretary (defence production) Subhash Chandra and other senior officials.