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Interim Budget 2024: Defence Budget Pegged At Rs 6.21 Lakh Crore For 2024-25
- Thursday February 1, 2024
- Business News | Press Trust of India
Interim Budget 2024: In a modest hike, the government on Thursday increased the defence budget to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 from last year's allocation of Rs 5.94 lakh crore and announced an ambitious scheme for "deep-tech" technologies
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Budget 2024: Defence Ministry Gets Highest Allocation, Agriculture Lowest
- Thursday February 1, 2024
- Business News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented her sixth Union Budget in a row, equalling the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Interim Budget indicated the government's focus on women, youth and farmers in an election year.
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Cash-Strapped Pak Allocates Rs 1.8 Trillion For Defence In Budget 2024
- Friday June 9, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
Cash-strapped Pakistan on Friday hiked defence spending by 15.5 per cent and allocated over Rs 1.8 trillion, as the government unveiled a Rs 14.4 trillion budget for 2023-24 as it battled to fend off a looming default due to shrinking foreign reserve
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Rs 5.94 Lakh Crore Allocated To Defence Ministry In Union Budget
- Wednesday February 1, 2023
- Business | Press Trust of India
The defence budget was increased to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24 from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore.
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Transparent Decision-Making Necessary For Combat Readiness: Rajnath Singh
- Monday November 14, 2022
- India News | Asian News International
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today while underlining the need to expand the defence budget to over Rs 6 lakh crore said that it is necessary to spend the fund allocated in the present budget "timely" to achieve country's combat readiness.
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MPs' Panel Warns Against Military Funding Cut, Cites Border Tension
- Thursday March 17, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Adequate budgetary allocations must be made available to the armed forces in view of the present scenario of heightened tensions with certain neighbouring countries, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence said on Wednesday.
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Rs 5.25 Lakh Crore Allocated For Defence Budget, 9.7% Rise Than Last Year
- Tuesday February 1, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The defence budget was on Tuesday increased to Rs 5.25 lakh crore for 2022-23 from last year's allocation of Rs 4.78 lakh crore with a major push on ensuring self-reliance in manufacturing of military platforms.
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India Should Aim To Be Among World's Top 3 Naval Powers In 10-12 Years: Rajnath Singh
- Thursday June 24, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the naval base being developed here under "Project Seabird" should be Asia's biggest, and he would try to get budget allocation enhanced for it, if required.
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Budget Gives 19% More Buying Power To Defence Forces, Highest In 15 Years
- Monday February 1, 2021
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Debanish Achom
The Union Budget made a 19 per cent higher allocation for the country's armed forces to buy new weaponry compared to last year and the highest in the last 15 years. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today pegged the defence budget at Rs 4.78 lakh crore, which includes a capital expenditure budget of Rs 1.35 lakh cror...
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Finance Commission To Set Up Panel For Proposal To Levy Defence Cess
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- Business | ANI
The biggest hike in allocation for defence forces came in the defence pension as the budget went up to Rs 1.33 lakh crore from last year's Rs 1.17 lakh crore allocated last year.
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Budget 2020: Defence Sector Needs Money For Modernisation, Say Experts
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- Business | Written by Sakshi Bajaj
Commodore C Uday Bhaskar (Retired), Director, Society for Policy Studies said, "My expectation is that Budget 2020 will be a meaningful redress of the imbalance in the defence allocation, wherein the capital component of the total fiscal allocation for defence will be brought back to the optimum of 40 per cent-.
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Budget 2019: Modest Rise In Military Spending Likely, Modernisation On Hold, Says Official
- Thursday July 4, 2019
- Business | Thomson Reuters
In an interim budget announced in February before national elections, the government allocated Rs 4.31 lakh crore ($62.27 billion) for defence, a 6.6 per cent rise over the previous year, raising concern at the time it wouldn't be enough for modernisation.
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Opinion: Economic Situation To Weigh Heavily On Resource Allocation Decisions
- Tuesday June 18, 2019
- Business | Laxman Kumar Behera
With an allocation of Rs 4,04,365 crore in 2018-19, the Ministry of Defence's total allocation accounts for about 17 per cent of the central government expenditure, though in terms of its share in GDP, it is a little more than two per cent.
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"May Not Seem Like Much, But...": KJ Alphons On Budgetary Handout For Farmers
- Friday February 1, 2019
- Business | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons today said that while the annual budgetary allocation of Rs 6,000 for small farmers -- translating to Rs 3.3 a day per person for a family of five -- may not exactly sound like a monetary bonanza in terms of income support, it happens to be the foundation on which greater things can be built in the future.
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Parliamentary Panel Slams Centre For Inadequate Funds In Defence Budget
- Wednesday July 25, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
A parliamentary panel today came down hard on the Modi government for inadequate allocation of funds for the armed forces in the defence budget, saying the country cannot afford complacency in dealing with security challenges, particularly when there was a possibility of a two-front war.
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Interim Budget 2024: Defence Budget Pegged At Rs 6.21 Lakh Crore For 2024-25
- Thursday February 1, 2024
- Business News | Press Trust of India
Interim Budget 2024: In a modest hike, the government on Thursday increased the defence budget to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 from last year's allocation of Rs 5.94 lakh crore and announced an ambitious scheme for "deep-tech" technologies
- www.ndtv.com
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Budget 2024: Defence Ministry Gets Highest Allocation, Agriculture Lowest
- Thursday February 1, 2024
- Business News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented her sixth Union Budget in a row, equalling the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The Interim Budget indicated the government's focus on women, youth and farmers in an election year.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cash-Strapped Pak Allocates Rs 1.8 Trillion For Defence In Budget 2024
- Friday June 9, 2023
- World News | Press Trust of India
Cash-strapped Pakistan on Friday hiked defence spending by 15.5 per cent and allocated over Rs 1.8 trillion, as the government unveiled a Rs 14.4 trillion budget for 2023-24 as it battled to fend off a looming default due to shrinking foreign reserve
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Rs 5.94 Lakh Crore Allocated To Defence Ministry In Union Budget
- Wednesday February 1, 2023
- Business | Press Trust of India
The defence budget was increased to Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24 from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Transparent Decision-Making Necessary For Combat Readiness: Rajnath Singh
- Monday November 14, 2022
- India News | Asian News International
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today while underlining the need to expand the defence budget to over Rs 6 lakh crore said that it is necessary to spend the fund allocated in the present budget "timely" to achieve country's combat readiness.
- www.ndtv.com
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MPs' Panel Warns Against Military Funding Cut, Cites Border Tension
- Thursday March 17, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Adequate budgetary allocations must be made available to the armed forces in view of the present scenario of heightened tensions with certain neighbouring countries, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rs 5.25 Lakh Crore Allocated For Defence Budget, 9.7% Rise Than Last Year
- Tuesday February 1, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The defence budget was on Tuesday increased to Rs 5.25 lakh crore for 2022-23 from last year's allocation of Rs 4.78 lakh crore with a major push on ensuring self-reliance in manufacturing of military platforms.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Should Aim To Be Among World's Top 3 Naval Powers In 10-12 Years: Rajnath Singh
- Thursday June 24, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the naval base being developed here under "Project Seabird" should be Asia's biggest, and he would try to get budget allocation enhanced for it, if required.
- www.ndtv.com
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Budget Gives 19% More Buying Power To Defence Forces, Highest In 15 Years
- Monday February 1, 2021
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Debanish Achom
The Union Budget made a 19 per cent higher allocation for the country's armed forces to buy new weaponry compared to last year and the highest in the last 15 years. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today pegged the defence budget at Rs 4.78 lakh crore, which includes a capital expenditure budget of Rs 1.35 lakh cror...
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Finance Commission To Set Up Panel For Proposal To Levy Defence Cess
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- Business | ANI
The biggest hike in allocation for defence forces came in the defence pension as the budget went up to Rs 1.33 lakh crore from last year's Rs 1.17 lakh crore allocated last year.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Budget 2020: Defence Sector Needs Money For Modernisation, Say Experts
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- Business | Written by Sakshi Bajaj
Commodore C Uday Bhaskar (Retired), Director, Society for Policy Studies said, "My expectation is that Budget 2020 will be a meaningful redress of the imbalance in the defence allocation, wherein the capital component of the total fiscal allocation for defence will be brought back to the optimum of 40 per cent-.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Budget 2019: Modest Rise In Military Spending Likely, Modernisation On Hold, Says Official
- Thursday July 4, 2019
- Business | Thomson Reuters
In an interim budget announced in February before national elections, the government allocated Rs 4.31 lakh crore ($62.27 billion) for defence, a 6.6 per cent rise over the previous year, raising concern at the time it wouldn't be enough for modernisation.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Opinion: Economic Situation To Weigh Heavily On Resource Allocation Decisions
- Tuesday June 18, 2019
- Business | Laxman Kumar Behera
With an allocation of Rs 4,04,365 crore in 2018-19, the Ministry of Defence's total allocation accounts for about 17 per cent of the central government expenditure, though in terms of its share in GDP, it is a little more than two per cent.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
"May Not Seem Like Much, But...": KJ Alphons On Budgetary Handout For Farmers
- Friday February 1, 2019
- Business | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons today said that while the annual budgetary allocation of Rs 6,000 for small farmers -- translating to Rs 3.3 a day per person for a family of five -- may not exactly sound like a monetary bonanza in terms of income support, it happens to be the foundation on which greater things can be built in the future.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Parliamentary Panel Slams Centre For Inadequate Funds In Defence Budget
- Wednesday July 25, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
A parliamentary panel today came down hard on the Modi government for inadequate allocation of funds for the armed forces in the defence budget, saying the country cannot afford complacency in dealing with security challenges, particularly when there was a possibility of a two-front war.
- www.ndtv.com