<span style="color: #222222;">Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for strong vigilance by the Navy to counter any challenge in the maritime domain. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">She was addressing the concluding session of the second edition of bi-annual Naval Commanders' Conference in New Delhi today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ms Sitharaman appreciated the Navy's efforts in the area of indigenisation, self-reliance and support to the Make in India initiative of the government. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">She also expressed her satisfaction at the Navy's initiatives to achieve 'Digital Navy' vision in line with the government's initiative of Digital India Programme'. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">During the conference, the Minister reviewed the combat readiness of the Navy, pace of modernization and progress of various acquisition and infrastructure related cases. </span><br />