New Delhi: India is supplying bullet proof jackets (BPJ) to 18 countries, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament on March 11.

Responding to a query about the scale of production of the Bullet Proof Jackets in the country and the countries to which these jackets were being exported, Singh said, “Bullet Proof Jackets are also being exported to 18 countries. In view of the strategic requirement, the names of the countries are not disclosed.”

He said that industrial licenses have been issued to 15 companies for manufacturing Bullet Proof Jackets having production capacity in the country of over 10 Lakh per annum to meet the domestic and export requirement.

The jackets are authorised as per laid down scale and are procured from time to time and made available to soldiers as per specifications and authorisation, he said.