<span style="color: #222222;">Raksha Mantri  Rajnath Singh called upon the industries to manufacture state-of-the-art cost-effective products to make a mark in the international market. <br />''<br />''Addressing Raksha Mantri's Awards ceremony for Excellence in defence and aerospace sector for the year 2021-22   in Gandhinagar, Gujarat today  Rajnath Singh voiced the vision of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to showcase the capabilities of the Indian defence and aerospace sector to the world. <br />''<br />''Shri Rajnath Singh highlighted that the aerospace and defence sector, at present, is an industry of about 80,000 crore rupees, in which the contribution of the private sector has increased to about 17,000 crores.<br />''<br />''The award ceremony was organised as part of the 12th DefExpo in Gandhinagar. A total of 22 awards were given under various categories of which 13 were bagged by private industries and the remaining by the DPSUs and PSUs. </span>