The Indian Ministry of Defence has approved the procurement of 12 Sukhoi Su-30 MKIs for the Indian Air Force, which will be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited with 60% indigenous content. The project is worth Rs 11,000 crore and includes the aircraft and related ground systems. This decision was made during a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council, which also approved eight other capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 45,000 crore. These acquisitions are part of the government's efforts to promote self-reliance and will be made from Indian vendors under the Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured) category.

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