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Union

Defence

Defence Budget increased

to R 7 La C o e

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ea 19 to g e o e at o a
g

` 7 1 7 %

La C o e B get a o at o increase in Budget for
o De e e, t a R 2 29 modernisation of armed
La C o e 201 forces

100 Ne Sa S oo to e

opened

he Union Budget has given a historic FY 2019-20 C-17 Globemaster being escorted by Su-30 MKI Fighters
1) Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) : Dominating the Skies
push towards Defence modernisation, l The total allocations for Defence services
2) Successful Trials of Sub-sonic Cruise Missile 'Nirbhay'
Tby increasing the Defence capital and other departments under Ministry of
3) Growth of Private Defence Industry
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4) Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations
outlay by 18.75 per cent. This is the highest Defence, excluding Defence Pension, for
(Clockwise)
5) Missile Firing- INS Kochi
ever increase in capital the FY 2021-22 is Rs 3,62,345.62
6) Dropping Soldiers by helicopter.
outlay of Defence in the Ca ta a o at o o DRDO Crore. This is an increase of Rs
last 15 years. Defence increased to encourage 24,792.62 Crore over FY 2020-21
allocation in the Budget lAllocation under Non-Salary
has been increased to Rs e ea De e e Revenue to meet operational
4,78,195.62 Crore for the Ste ta e to t e gt e requirement has been increased
Financial Year 2021-22. o e a t t e to Rs 54,624.67 Crore. This is 6
lThe allocation under per cent growth over FY 2020-21
capital expenditure, lThe Capital allocation for DRDO
which relates to modernisation and has been increased to Rs 11,375.50 Crore
infrastructure development, is increased l The allocation for Border Roads Organisation
to Rs 1,35,060.72 Crore for FY 2021-22. It (BRO) has been increased to Rs 6004.08
represents an increase of 18.75 per cent crore which is 7.48 per cent increase over
over FY 2020-21 and 30.62 per cent over FY 2021-22

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