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New Delhi, March 31

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today gave the nod to manufacture of 20 more upgraded version of the Jaguar fighter planes by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. The Jaguars, which are being utilised by the Air Force as a deep penetration fighter as well as for maritime role, would be built at a cost of Rs 2,340 crore, the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, told presspersons after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security held for the second day in succession. The meeting also gave sanction to the full-scale development of 20 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft at the HAL at a cost of Rs 2,439 crore. The CCS also gave approval for manufacture of five inland patrol vessels for the Coast Guard at a cost of Rs 235 crore at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd.

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