On Wednesday, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar said that mortuary workers, street vendors, Anganwadi workers and Mudra Scheme loanees have been invited as special guests in the celebration of 75th Independence Day.
In addition, he revealed that for the first time, indigenously designed and developed ATAGS guns will be used for the ceremonial salute for the 75th Independence Day celebration.
"We are going to use indigenously designed and developed gun for the ceremonial 21 gun salute. We have been using a British one-pound ceremonial gun for the 21 gun salute ever since the independence. Now, we have developed the ATAGS gun designed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and developed by the industry partners and it has been customised for blank firing shell and its sound attributes. This will also be used along with the usual British gun," Kumar added.
One ATAGS gun will be used for ceremonial gun salutes alongside British guns, symbolising India's ability to manufacture guns.
The defence secretary also mentioned an initiative in which National Cadet Corps (NCC) members from districts across the country will be seated in front of the Red Fort in the shape of an Indian map to demonstrate the country's cultural diversity.
In his address, he also mentioned that Cadets from 14 countries-- Mauritius, Argentina, Seychelles, UAE, Mozambique, Fiji, USA, UK, Indonesia, Maldives, Nigeria, Brazil, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan-- are invited to witness the Independence day celebration.
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