The defence budget for the year
2011-2012 is Rs.1,64,415.49 crore which is 13.07% of the total expenditure
budget of Rs.12,57,729 crore of the Union Government for the year 2011-2012. It
is difficult to compare the defence expenditure of various countries because of
non-availability of detailed data and also because what is included in the
defence budget varies from country to country.
(Rs. In Crore)
|
Year
|
BE
|
RE
|
Actual
|
%Utilized (of RE)
|
|
2007-2008
|
96000.00
|
92500.00
|
91680.28
|
99.11
|
|
2008-2009
|
105600.00
|
114600.00
|
114223.28
|
99.67
|
|
2009-2010
|
141703.00
|
136264.00
|
141781.08
|
104.05
|
The position of utilisation of
funds vis-a-vis allocation during the last three years is as under:
The marginal under utilization in
2007-2008 & 2008 primarily on account of certain purchase proposals/schemes
undi revenue and capital heads not materializing as expected and outgo
committed liabilities not progressing as anticipated due to slippage
contractual obligations on the part of the suppliers/vendors.
Details
of expenditure on modernization of defence production during the last three
year are as under:-
|
(Rs. in crores)
|
Year
|
Expenditure
|
|
2007-2008
|
944.95
|
|
2008-2009
|
1370.99
|
|
2009-2010
|
1243.47
|
|
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a reply to Shri Ganesh
Singh and Dr. Ratna De (Nag) in Lok Sabha today.
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