- The 3-day Defence & Homeland Security Expo and Conference – 2018 was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.
- The conference was organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
- The expo is being organised for the first time to make leading policy makers and luminaries from diverse defence segments take part with special focus on MSMEs in defence production and procurement.
- The Minister called upon the law enforcement agencies to adopt new technologies to enhance their capacities to contain terror and to counter the emerging challenges to homeland security.