Defence Ministry Clears Rs 6,000 Crore Proposal To Procure 118 Arjun Mark 1A Main Battle Tanks For Indian Army by Swarajya Staff - Feb 23, 2021 11:33 AM Arjun Mark 1A tank (Twitter) The Rajnath Singh-led Ministry of Defence has cleared a proposal for the procurement of 118 Arjun Mark 1A tanks, a much upgraded version of the indigenously-developed Arjun main battle tank (MBT), for the Indian Army. This development comes nearly three months after Prime Minister Modi rode on an Arjun tank near Rajasthanâs Longewala, and just days after he handed over the first Arjun Mark 1A tank to the Indian Army in Chennai.