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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar witnessed a major milestone in the much-needed augmentation of India’s naval capabilities with the ‘undocking’ of INS Kalvari, the Scorpene-class submarine, in Mumbai. Parrikar, accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R.K. Dhowan, said that by 2020 all the six Scorpene submarines being built at the Mazagon Dock in collaboration with French firm DCNS will be ready to serve the nation. “Time is crucial factor in completion of defence projects. I would urge the PSUs to double their production capacities in three years and complete the project on or before time,” he said. He added that the Ministry of Defence will penalise firms for their failure to deliver the projects even by a day and reward them with a b