Question- Recently, a meeting regarding the Defense Corridor was held in Jhansi. In this regard, which is not true in this regard?
(a) U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Defense Secretary attended this meeting.
(b) This corridor comprises 7 districts.
(c) In the Jhansi Defense Corridor, the Aircraft Manufacturing Industry and the Drone Manufacturing Industry will be developed.
(d) I.I.T. Kanpur will provide technical support in the Defense Corridor.
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- A meeting of the proposed defense corridor (defense corridor) worth Rs 20,000 crore was completed in Jhansi on April 16, 2018.
- In this meeting, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti attended.
- This corridor comprises 7 districts
- Currently, more than 3 hectares of land has been identified.
- Aircraft manufacturing industry and drone manufacturing industry will be developed in the Jhansi Defense Corridor.
- IIT Kanpur will provide technical support in the Defense Corridor.
- Skill Infrastructure will also be linked to the Defense Corridor.
- The center point of the Defense Corridor will be Bundelkhand.
- Along with this, Defense Park will be built in 6 districts Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra and Aligarh.
- Skill Infrastructure will also be linked to the Defense Corridor.
- Pradhan Mantri, Narendra Modi had announced the formation of a defense corridor in Bundelkhand with the cost amount of 20,000 crores in Uttar Pradesh Investment Conference held in February 2018.
Reference:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/lucknow/yogi-attacks-state-governments-of-congress.html
https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20180417/281852939160066
https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-up-center-will-be-the-center-of-defense-corridor-1908666.html
http://www.india.com/hindi-news/uttar-pradesh/cm-yogi-adityanath-reached-in-jhansi-for-defence-corridor-in-jhansi-district/