DEFENSE BUDGET CONFIRMATION
Pls find below the estimates
Budget Estimates of Expenditure for 2016-2017 show a net increase of ` 1,92,669 crore over the Revised Estimates.
Non-Plan Expenditure and Plan Expenditure have shown increases of ` 1,19,856 crore and ` 72,813 crore respectively. The Major items where variations have occurred are indicated below:
NON PLAN
1. Increase is due to higher requirements under prepayment premium for reduction of debt, market loans, discount on
cash management bills, treasury bills, state provident funds, securities against small savings collections and other special
deposits.
2. Mainly on account of Defence pensions due to implementation of ‘one rank one pension’.
3. Increase is on account of larger requirements for national security, including requirements for capital acquisitions.
4. Increase is due to higher requirement under grants to State Governments under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of
India.
5. Due to higher requirement for internal security.
6. Increase is due to higher grants to autonomous bodies such Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, NCERT, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, etc.
7. Largely due to higher requirements under pay and allowances and pensions on account of implementation of
the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission.
8. Higher requirement towards meeting carry forward liability in respect of charges for conduct of General Lok Elections and for reimbursement of Central Government’s share on normal election expenses to State/UT Governments.
9. Increase is mainly due to higher provisions for agricultural research.
10. Decrease is due to lower requirements under fertilizer subsidy and petroleum subsidy.
11. Higher requirement is largely attributable to implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission.
PLAN
1. Increase is largely on account of higher outlays provided to Ministries/Departments of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Atomic Energy, Commerce, Industrial Policy and Promotion, Telecommunications, Electronics and Information Technology, Consumer Affairs, Culture, Development of North Eastern Region, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Economic Affairs, Financial Services, Food Processing Industries, Health & Family Welfare, Health Research, Home Affairs, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Higher Education, Labour and Employment, Law & Justice, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Minority Affairs, New & Renewable Energy, Panchayati Raj, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Power, Road, Transport & Highway, Rural Development, Land Resources, Science & Technology, Biotechnology, Shipping, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Space, Tourism, Urban Development, Water Resources, Women & Child Development, Youth Affairs & Sports and Railways.
2. Increase is largely on account of State Plan Schemes of Ministries/Departments of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Home Affairs, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Minority Affairs, Road Transport & Highways, Rural Development, Social Justice and Empowerment, Tribal Affairs and Urban Development
Source
UNION BUDGET
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