Forces get 7.4% hike in allocation in middle of conflict with China

In the middle of a conflict with China, defence forces received an overall hike of around 7.4 per cent over last year as Rs 3.62 lakh crore were provided to them excluding pensions over Rs 3.37 lakh crores last year.

The defence forces received more than 18 per cent hike over last year in capital outlay meant for acquisition of new weapon systems as Rs 1.35 lakh crore have been provided over the Rs 1.13 lakh crores last year. However, the budget documents also revealed that the Defence Ministr y spent an extra amount of Rs 20,776 crore for buying new weapon systems and spares for the armed forces in the present fiscal.