NEW DELHI — China’s growing military profile is a source of increasing worry in India, as evidenced by a recent report from the Indian defense ministry. “Rapid infrastructure development in Tibet and Xinjiang has considerably upgraded China’s military force projection capability against India and improved its overall strategic and operational flexibility,” the report says. “India remains conscious and watchful of the implications of China’s military profile in the immediate and extended neighborhood.
India’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry could expand by 300% to $1.369 billion by 2020 from $440 million in 2010, boosted by a government plan to exempt aircraft spares and other equipment from customs duties, according to a civil aviation ministry report.
