Indian total defence budget raised to 63.7 billion dollars for the year 2018-19

[Indian wonk]

The defence budget was increased by a mere 7.81% to Rs2.95 trillion against last year’s Rs2.74 trillion, belying expectations of a significant hike when the armed forces are facing growing challenge on the borders with both Pakistan and China.

In his budget address, finance minister Arun Jaitley said the government will develop two defence industrial production corridors and bring out an industry-friendly military production policy to promote defence manufacturing in India.



Out of total allocation of Rs295,511 crore for defence budget, only Rs99,947 crore has been set aside for capital outlay to purchase of new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware. The allocation has been estimated at around 1.58% of the GDP and 12.10% of the total budget of Rs2,442,213 crore for 2018-19.

Military experts said the allocation for defence budget was inadequate to modernise India’s armed forces when they are having to deal with an increasingly assertive China on the northern frontier and Pakistan’s continued hostilities along the western border.

“The allocation is not at all adequate for modernisation of our armed forces. The expectation was much more,” said Dr Laxman Behera of Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis. Another expert Brig (retd) S. K. Chatterjee said the allocation was not in consonance with India’s security challenges along the western and northern borders and that the actual hike is marginal considering the inflationary pressure and increase in cost of military hardware compared to last year.


The revenue expenditure which includes expenses on payment of salaries and maintenance of establishments has been pegged at Rs1,95,947 crore. Last year, the hike in defence budget was 6.2% compared to allocation in 2016-17. The increase was 9.76% for 2016-17 compared to 2015-16. A separate amount of Rs1,08,853 crore has been set aside over the above the total allocation for the paying pension to defence personnel. The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.60% over the allocation of Rs85,740 crore last year.

In his budget speech, Jaitley appreciated the role played by the armed forces in meeting challenges on the country’s borders as well as in managing the internal security environment, both in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. He said the government will develop two defence industrial production corridors. He, however, did not explain the contours of the project.

Jaitley said a lot of emphasis had been laid on modernising and enhancing the operational capability of the defence forces in the last three-and-a-half years. “The government will take measures to develop two defence industrial production corridors in the country,” he said.



Jaitley said the government would also bring out an industry-friendly “defence production policy 2018” to promote domestic production by the public sector, private sector and MSMEs. He said a number of initiatives had been taken to develop and nurture India’s intrinsic defence production capability to make the nation self-reliant on its defence needs. The minister said private investment in defence production had been opened up, including liberalising foreign direct investment.

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[alphapak]

Pakistan seriously needs to sort out its economy and it is not going
to happen under Nawaz or Zardari. Pak needs to have a defence budget of
atleast 20 billion.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

The defence budget was increased by a mere 7.81% to Rs2.95 trillion against last year’s Rs2.74 trillion, belying expectations of a significant hike when the armed forces are facing growing challenge on the borders with both Pakistan and China.

In his budget address, finance minister Arun Jaitley said the government will develop two defence industrial production corridors and bring out an industry-friendly military production policy to promote defence manufacturing in India.



Out of total allocation of Rs295,511 crore for defence budget, only Rs99,947 crore has been set aside for capital outlay to purchase of new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware. The allocation has been estimated at around 1.58% of the GDP and 12.10% of the total budget of Rs2,442,213 crore for 2018-19.

Military experts said the allocation for defence budget was inadequate to modernise India’s armed forces when they are having to deal with an increasingly assertive China on the northern frontier and Pakistan’s continued hostilities along the western border.

“The allocation is not at all adequate for modernisation of our armed forces. The expectation was much more,” said Dr Laxman Behera of Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis. Another expert Brig (retd) S. K. Chatterjee said the allocation was not in consonance with India’s security challenges along the western and northern borders and that the actual hike is marginal considering the inflationary pressure and increase in cost of military hardware compared to last year.


The revenue expenditure which includes expenses on payment of salaries and maintenance of establishments has been pegged at Rs1,95,947 crore. Last year, the hike in defence budget was 6.2% compared to allocation in 2016-17. The increase was 9.76% for 2016-17 compared to 2015-16. A separate amount of Rs1,08,853 crore has been set aside over the above the total allocation for the paying pension to defence personnel. The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.60% over the allocation of Rs85,740 crore last year.

In his budget speech, Jaitley appreciated the role played by the armed forces in meeting challenges on the country’s borders as well as in managing the internal security environment, both in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. He said the government will develop two defence industrial production corridors. He, however, did not explain the contours of the project.

Jaitley said a lot of emphasis had been laid on modernising and enhancing the operational capability of the defence forces in the last three-and-a-half years. “The government will take measures to develop two defence industrial production corridors in the country,” he said.



Jaitley said the government would also bring out an industry-friendly “defence production policy 2018” to promote domestic production by the public sector, private sector and MSMEs. He said a number of initiatives had been taken to develop and nurture India’s intrinsic defence production capability to make the nation self-reliant on its defence needs. The minister said private investment in defence production had been opened up, including liberalising foreign direct investment.

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1 USD=64 Indian Rupee.So 2.95 trillion rupee is equal to 46.1 billion USD.Then how it became 63.7 billion dollar?

 

[Indian wonk]

1 USD=64 Indian Rupee.So 2.95 trillion rupee is equal to 46.1 billion USD.Then how it became 63.7 billion dollar?

India and Pakistan keep their Pension budget out of Defence budget . So 2.95 trillion + 1.08 trillion pension budget and maintaining the reserves personnel (India has 1.1 million reserve personnel ) so total is 63.7 billion. I know it isn't enough .

Of the 3 parts of India's total defence budget Revenue stream + Pension stream +Capital stream . The Capital stream is the lowest which is disturbing for India.

Pakistan seriously needs to sort out its economy and it is not going
to happen under Nawaz or Zardari. Pak needs to have a defence budget of
atleast 20 billion.

Pakistan already has a defence budget of 10-11 billion dollars , increasing it to 20 billion dollars will require 8-10 years.

 

[shootingstar]

Out of total allocation of Rs295,511 crore for defence budget, only Rs99,947 crore has been set aside for capital outlay to purchase of new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware. The allocation has been estimated at around 1.58% of the GDP and 12.10% of the total budget of Rs2,442,213 crore for 2018-19.

Worst budget from a supposedly nationalist government. Modi needs to put money where his mouth is.

 

[Hindustani78]

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Posted at: Feb 1, 2018, 1:56 PM; last updated: Feb 1, 2018, 3:40 PM (IST)BUDGET 2018
Rs 2.95 lakh crore allocated for defence budget for 2018-19

Photo for representation only. File photo

New Delhi, February 1 An outlay of Rs 2.95 lakh crore was on Thursday set aside for the defence budget for the next fiscal which is an increase of 7.81 per cent over last year’s Rs 2.74 lakh crore.

Out of the total allocation, the capital outlay for the three defence services for purchase of new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware has been pegged at Rs 99,947 crore.

The outlay for defence budget amounted to 12.1 per cent of the total budget of Rs 24,42,213 crore for 2018-19.

In his budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley appreciated the role played by the armed forces in meeting challenges on the country’s borders as well as in managing the internal security environment, both in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast.

He said the government would develop two defence industrial production corridors and bring out an industry-friendly military production policy to promote the domestic defence industry.

Compared to revised estimate of Rs 2.79 lakh crore for the defence budget in 2017-18, the increase in allocation has been 5.91 per cent but compared to the budget outlay of Rs 2.74 lakh crore, the hike is 7.81 per cent.

Out of Rs 2,95,511 crore allocated for the financial year 2018-19, Rs 99,947 crore has been pegged for capital outlay which includes expenditure on modernisation of the three forces, according to the defence ministry.

The revenue expenditure, which covers payment of salary, maintenance of establishments and other related expenditure, has been pegged at Rs 1,95,947 crore.

A separate amount of Rs 1,08,853 crore has been set aside over the above the total allocation for the paying pension to defence personnel.

The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.6 per cent over the allocation of Rs 85,740 crore last year.


In his address, Jaitley said a lot of emphasis had been laid on modernising and enhancing the operational capability of the defence forces in the last three-and-half years.

“The government will take measures to develop two defence industrial production corridors in the country,” he said.

Jaitley said the government would also bring out an industry-friendly “defence production policy 2018” to promote domestic production by the public sector, private sector and MSMEs.

He said a number of initiatives had been taken to develop and nurture India’s intrinsic defence production capability to make the nation self-reliant on its defence needs.

The minister said private investment in defence production had been opened up, including liberalising foreign direct investment. PTI

 

[jetray]

Of the 3 parts of India's total defence budget Revenue stream + Pension stream +Capital stream . The Capital stream is the lowest which is disturbing for India.

Yeah capital outlay for modernization is very less, most of it goes to salary & pensions.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:36 IST
Amount Earmarked for Defence

Total amount earmarked for Defence under Defence Services Estimates (DSE) in Budget Estimate 2017-18 is Rs.2,59,261.90 Crores.

An amount of Rs.61,002.97 Crores has been spent till 31st December, 2017 for Modernisation (Capital Acquisition) under DSE, 2017-18.

The details of break-up of Budget Estimate allocation & Expenditure till 31.12.2017 for Army, Air Force and Navy (including Joint Staff) for Modernisation (Capital Acquisition) under DSE are as under:

(Rs. in crores)





BE Allocation
Actual Expenditure till 31.12.2017

Army
20178.21
16,038.06

Air Force
30899.90
30,994.47

Navy
18327.64
13,970.44

Total:
69405.75
61002.97

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri Harivanshin Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:30 IST
Budgetary allocation and Spending on Defence Modernisation

An amount of Rs.2,59,261.90 Crores was allocated for Defence Forces under Defence Services Estimates (DSE), 2017-18. An amount of Rs.2,16,685.59 Crores has been spent upto 31.12.2017.

At Revised Estimate stage, an additional amount of Rs.39690.18 Crores was sought, however, no additional funds were allocated under Revised Estimate 2017-18.

These funds under modernisation are utilized for induction of new equipment and technological upgradation of Capabilities identified through a comprehensive planning process, to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet various security challenges. An amount of Rs.69,405.75 Crores was allocated for Modernisation (Capital Acquisition) under DSE in Budget Estimate 2017-18. Till 31.12.2017 the expenditure under modernisation is Rs.61,002.97 Crores.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri Bhubaneswar Kalitain Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:29 IST
Make in India in Defence Sector

‘Make in India’ in defence sector, which is primarily driven by capital acquisition of defence equipment and other policy measures, has been introduced in all major areas of defence such as combat vehicles, combat aircrafts, warships, weapons, ammunitions, missiles, radars, electronic warfare systems etc.

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), the Research wing of Ministry of Defence has been set up with a mandate of developing cutting edge technologies and systems for Indian Armed Forces as per their specific Qualitative Requirements. The list of major projects developed by DRDO during the last three years is as under :-

• Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas
• Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System
• 155mm/52 Calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)
• Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) Swati
• High speed Heavy Weight Ship Launched Torpedo (Varunastra)
• Anti-Torpedo Decoy System (Maareech)
• Arudhra-Medium Power Radar
• Akash Weapon System
• Abhay Sonar
• Hull Mounted Sonar (HUMSA)
• HUMSA UG
• Advanced Indigenous Distress Sonar System (AIDSS)
• Near field acoustic characterization system (NACS)
• NBC Technologies
• NBC Recce Vehicle Mk-I
• 120 mm FSAPDS(Fin stabilisedArmour Piercing Discarding Sabot) Mk-II Ammunition for MBT Arjun
• 120 mm FSAPDS Practice Ammunition for MBT Arjun
• 250 Kg Pre-fragmented Bomb
• 46m Inflatable Radome
• Air Bursting Grenades for Individual Weapons
• Anti Torpedo Decoys
• Bar Mine Layer
• CBRNe Remotely Operated Platforms
• Commander’s Non-Panoramic TI (Thermal Imaging) Sight for Armoured Fighting Vehicles (T-90, T-72 & BMP-II)
• Computerized Pilot Selection System
• Dual Colour Missile Approach Warning System for Fighter Aircraft
• Electro-Optical Fire Control System for Naval Ships
• Electro-Optical Sensors for Airborne Platforms
• Enhanced Range Rocket (Pinaka Mk-II)
• EW Suite for Fighter Aircraft
• Exotic and Indigenous Varieties of Vegetables under Protected Environment
• G-band CC-TWT for Weapon Locating Radar
• Heavy Drop System - l6T
• Integrated Automotive Vetronics Systems for AFVs
• Ku-Band MPM based Transmitter for Airbone Radar
• Laser Target Designator with Thermal Imager for Air Force
• Medium Size Integrated Aerostat Surveillance System
• Mine field Marking Equipment Mk-ll
• Mountain Foot Bridge
• Multi Calibre Individual Weapon System
• Multi-Influence Ground Mine
• Penetration-cum-Blast
• Sub-Munition Warheads for Pinaka
• Synthetic Aperture Radar for UAV
• Terrain Assessment System for Trans-border Deserts in Western Sector
• Thermo-Baric Ammunition for 120 mm Arjun Tank
• Upgraded Troposcatter Communication System for Indian Air Force
• Vehicle Mounted High Power Laser Directed Energy System Against RPVs/UAVs/DRONES
• Water Mist System Validation for Fire Protection in Naval Ships.

In the last three financial years (2014-15 to 2016-17), 58 contracts were signed with foreign vendors for procurement of defence capital equipment for Defence Forces.

At present, there is no proposal to close Ordnance Factories or Defence Public Sector Units functioning under the administrative control of Department of Defence Production.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri C.P. Narayanan in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:38 IST
IT Roadmap of The Defence Sector

The Information Technology (IT) Roadmap of Defence is in sync with contemporary technologies being used by advanced nations and aligned to the Digital India roadmap. Continuous steps are being taken by the Defence Services to remain updated on Information Technology and incorporate the latest technology in the ongoing projects. The Defence Services have promulgated ICT Roadmap incorporating 21 Information Technology projects during the period 2016-2020 in October 2016. The Roadmap includes ongoing and future tri-services ICT projects leading to effective use of ICT in areas such as Network Centric Operations, Information Security, Planning, Stores Management, General Administration and Hospital Management. Out of 21 projects envisaged to be completed by 2020, four have already been completed. As part of the roadmap, the Defence Communication Network (DCN) has been operationalized in July 2016. Further, under Network for Spectrum project, optical fiber is being laid to provide a dedicated backbone communication and IT network connecting stations of Army, Navy and Air Force.


Bi-annual meetings of the Defence Information Technology Consultative Committee (DITCC) are held under the Chairmanship of Raksha Rajya Mantri with the objective of monitoring the progress of IT implementation and e-governance in the three Services and Inter-Services organisations in a coordinated manner and resolving inter-organization issues that may arise during implementation. Regular interactions are also carried out with academia and industry to obtain contemporary solutions.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri D. Kupendra Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:37 IST
Manufacture of Ammunition by Private Sectors

The Government has approved a proposal for manufacturing of selected ammunition for Indian Army by Indian Industry. Request For Proposal (RFP) for the same have already been issued.

The Defence Production Policy promulgated by the Government, aims at achieving substantive self-reliance in the design, development and production of equipment, weapon systems & platforms required for defence. It also aims at creating conditions conducive for private industry to play an active role in the sector, enhancing the potential of Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in indigenisation and broadening the defence Research & Development base in the country. In pursuance of this policy and ‘Make in India’ initiative, the Government has undertaken several measures which, inter-alia, include:-

• Introduction of a new category of capital acquisition viz. ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ in Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP-2016). Under this category, indigenously designed equipment with minimum of 40% Indigenous Content (IC), or equipment with 60% IC will be considered for acquisition. This category will be the most preferred acquisition category and above the ‘Buy (Indian)’ category. Under ‘Buy (Indian)’ category minimum IC of 40% is required and under ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ category a minimum IC of 50% will be required in ‘Make’ portion of the scheme. The ‘Make’ Procedure has been refined to ensure increased participation of Indian industry.
• Industrial licensing with respect to Defence sector has been revised and most of the components, parts, sub-systems, testing equipment and production equipment have been removed from the Defence Products List for the purpose of Industrial Licenses so as to remove entry barriers for industry, particularly with respect to small & medium segments.
• Under the new FDI policy, foreign investment up to 49% through automatic route and beyond 49% through Government route has been allowed in the Defence sector.
• Creation of level playing field between public sector and Indian private sector with regard to Exchange Rate Variation protection and levy of Excise and Customs duty.
• Incorporation of a Policy on Strategic Partnerships in the Defence Sector in DPP-2016 intending to institutionalise a transparent, objective and functional mechanism to encourage broader participation of the private sector, in addition to Defence PSUs and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).

The indigenous production in terms of Value of Production (VoP) in respect of OFB and Defence PSUs during the last three financial years are as under:-

Year

Value of Production

(Rs. in Crore)



2014-15
46390.01

2015-16
52968.13

2016-17
55893.65



This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri Harivanshin Rajya Sabha today.

Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:30 IST
Engagement of Private Players in Design and Development for HAL

In order to create a sustainable defence Aerospace ecosystem, HAL has engaged private partners for Design & Development (D&D) of products and technologies.

To encourage private participations, HAL has created Research & Development (R&D) corpus of 10% of its Operational Profit After Tax (PAT).

A portal for ‘Make-in-India’ has been launched on Company’s website www.hal-india.com which gives details of various foreign Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), Systems, Spare parts, electrical, electronic items for HAL’s projects such as Advance Light Helicopter (ALH), Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Dornier (DO 228), Hawk, Jaguar etc for indigenization by Indian private industries. Following have been hosted on HAL’s website to encourage participation of private industries:-

• More than 300 numbers of systems and sub systems of mechanical, electrical, avionics, instrumentation for various HAL’s project such as ALH, LCA, DO 228, Hawk and Jaguar etc.
• More than 100 Tools, Testers and Ground Equipment (TTGE) items of SU-30 MKI, which can be taken up by private companies for maintenance, repair and indigenization.
• Details of testing facilities available at HAL for utilization by private industries.

Some of the major design initiatives taken by HAL for the following systems with the private partners are as under:



PLATFORM
SYSTEM

Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)
Smart Cockpit Display System Hardware

Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)
Control and Display Unit

Data Interface Unit
Multi-Function Display Hardware

Jaguar DARIN III
Data Transfer System

SU30-MKI
Solid State Flight Data Recorder.



The private players have expressed interest to come forward to join hands with HAL. The details of major partnership with private players are as follows:-

S. No.
PRIVATE PLAYER
PRODUCTS / TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED

1.
M/S ACCORD SOFTWARE

CONTROL AND DISPLAY UNIT (CDU) FOR IADS OF LCH.
CONTROL SATURATION & WARNING SYSTEM OF ALH.

2.
M/S ACD TECHNOLOGIES

ANTENNA & DIPLEXER FOR UHF SATCOM.

3.
M/S AEROSPACE ENGINEERS

LUBE PUMP FOR ALH, LCH & LUH.
FUEL SYSTEM BELLOWS FOR ALH, LCH & LUH.
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HOSES & HOSE FITTINGS FOR ALH, LCH & LUH.

4.
M/S ALPHA DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES

BSP (BOARD SUPPORT PACKAGE) AND FIRMWARE.

5.
M/S ANANTH TECHNOLOGIES

V/U HF POWER AMPLIFIER

6.
M/S ANANYA TECHNOLOGIES

AIR DATA ATTITUDE AND HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM (ADAHRS) FOR JAGUAR DARIN III AIRCRAFT.

7.
M/S AMPHENOL INTERCONNECT

DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLDERING (76 TYPES) AND CRIMPING TYPES (181 TYPES) OF CONNECTORS USED IN SU-30MKI AND MIG SERIES AIRCRAFT.

8.
M/S COMAVIA SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES

STATIC TEST JIG FOR AFCC.

9.
M/S DATA PATTERN

SMART COCKPIT DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR LUH.

10.
M/S DATASOL INOVATIVE LABS

CONTROL AND DISPLAY UNIT OF IFF FOR IJT, INDIAN NAVAL SHIPS.
INTEGRATED STANDBY INSTRUMENT SYSTEM OF SU-30MKI AIRCRAFT AND ALH.

11.
M/S ELECTRO CIRCUIT SYSTEMS

PCB DESIGN FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS
RECEIVER SUB MODULE OF IFF MK XII TRANSPONDER FOR BOING P81.

12.
M/S EXCELL RF TECKNOLOGIES

MANUFACTURE OF TRANSMITTER ANTENNA AND RECEIVER ANTENNA FOR AKASH MISSILES.

13.

M/S INDO ELECTROSTAT

SOLENOID VALVE.

14.
M/S KARNATAKA HYBRID MICRO DEVICES

MANUFACTURE OF ECCM MODULES.

15.
M/S L&T LIMITED, STRATEGIC ELECTRONIC CENTRE

PASSENGER OXYGEN SYSTEM (OXYGEN CYLINDER, REGULATOR, HOSE, MASK)

16.
M/S MERLINHAWK AEROSPACE

TESTER FOR ENGINE, FLY BY WIRE AND AIR INTAKE CONTROL PANEL OF SU-30 MKI AIRCRAFT.

17.
M/S MAHENDRA AEROSPACE (FORMERLY PLEXION TECHNOLOGIES)

DESIGN OF LCH FRONT & CENTRE FUSELAGE.

18.
M/S RAGA ASSOCIATES

MIXER MODULE DEVELOPMENT FOR V/UHF.

19.
M/S S WAVE SYSTEMS

M/S SAMTEL HAL DISPLAY
DATA INTERFACE UNIT (DIU) FOR IADS OF LCH.
DATA TRANSFER SYSTEMS (DTS) FOR JAGUAR DARIN III AIRCRAFT.
SMART MULTI FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY (SMFD) FOR SU-30 MKI.

20.

SYSTEMS (SHDS)
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY (MFD) FOR IADS OF LCH.

21.
M/S SHAKTI ENTERPRISES

CREW HELMET FOR ALH.

22.
M/S SLN TECHNOLOGIES

SOLID STATE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER (SSFDR) FOR SU-30MKI.

23.
M/S SONIC MULTITECH
SIGNAL CONDITIONING UNIT USED IN MIG-29 AIRCRAFT ENGINE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM.

24.
M/S SYSTEMS AIDS

MULTI INPUT AUDIO WARNING UNIT (MIAWU) FOR JAGUAR DARIN III AIRCRAFT.

25.
M/S SOUTHERN ELECTRONICS

STAND BY WARNING PANEL (SWP) FOR ALH & LCH.
ENGINE FIRE DETECTION UNIT FOR ALH, LCH & LUH.

26.
M/S TURBO TECH
OIL COOLING SYSTEM FOR ALH.

27.
M/S WAVELET GROUP

TPC (TURBO PRODUCT CODE) ALGORITH, DEVELOPMENT FOR SDR (SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO).



This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Sambhaji Chhatrapatiin Rajya Sabha today.


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Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:33 IST
Shortage of Ammunition for Armed Forces

The authorisation and holding of ammunition is as per operational requirement of the Indian Armed Forces. Adequate reserves have been authorised in terms of War Wastage Reserves (WWR) to cater for contingencies during war. There is adequate stock of ammunition with the Indian Armed Forces and it is well equipped for meeting any operational requirements. Further, making up of stock of ammunition to desired level is a continuous process, the requirements for which are identified every year and procurements are undertaken accordingly.

Some of the measures taken to ensure adequate availability of ammunition include placing of a Five Year Roll On Indent on Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), finalization of Ammunition Road Map in respect of certain identified ammunition and procurements thereof. In addition, financial powers to ensure the availability and maintenance of minimum levels of critical ammunition has been delegated to the Armed Forces to meet any emergent requirement and to enable maintain preparedness at all times.

The Government has taken a series of measures to enhance capacity of ordnance factory boards to meet the long term requirement of the armed forces. These include modernization of ordnance factories by replacement/ reconditioning of outlived Plant and Machinery to sustain the original capacity, acquisition of modern technology/manufacturing processes for capacity augmentation of existing product mix or creation of capacity for new product, Civil Infrastructure and services viz. Production & Services of buildings, Power supply, Water supply, Compressed Air supply etc.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri Vivek Gupta in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:32 IST
Achievements in Defence Sector

Details of New Achievements / Initiatives of the Government during the last three years in the Defence Sector are as below:-

• Reform Measures: Based on the recommendations of the Shekatkar Committee, the Government has decided to restructure posts of different corps of Army. This will free up approximately 57,000 positions of Officers/JCO’s/OR’s and civilians which will be redeployed to improve the “teeth to tail” ratio of the Indian Army in future. Further, seven Military Farms have been closed and the cattle of these Farms have been transferred to other Military Farms. Closure of six more Military Farms is in progress.
• Decentralisation in decision making: To empower the Armed Forces as also to reduce the time taken in decision making, a number of powers exercised hitherto by the Ministry of Defence have been delegated to the Armed Forces. These include powers relating to procurement of critical Ammunition/Spares; post-contract management of capital acquisition contracts as well as revenue expenditure; full powers in respect of revenue and capital account with respect to perimeter security etc.
• Strategic Partnership: Government’s policy on Strategic Partnership in the Defence Sector has been finalised. It is intended to institutionalise a transparent, objective and functional mechanism to encourage broader participation of the private sector in manufacture of major defence platforms and equipment.
• Capital Acquisition for the Armed Forces: During the last three years and current year, 119 contracts involving Rs. 1,16,522.89 crore have been signed with Indian vendors and 68 contracts involving Rs. 1,24,291.33 crore have been signed with foreign vendors for capital procurements of defence equipment.
• Policy initiatives in respect of Defence Production: ‘Make in India’ in defence sector is primarily driven by providing preference to procurement from Indian vendors under the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), promoting indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment, and other policy measures such as liberalization of the licensing regime & FDI policy by raising the cap on FDI in the defence sector, simplification of export procedure, streamlining of defence offset guidelines etc.

• Major Achievements by Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs):

• Goa Shipyard Limited delivered Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels, Damage Control Simulator, Fuel Barge, Fast Patrol Vessel for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard.
• The Bharat Dynamics Limited developed Akash Weapon System for Army, Long Range Surface to Air Missile for the Indian Navy and test fired the Anti-Tank Guided Missile.
• The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited launched the Visakhapatnam Class Destroyers and commissioned the INS Kalvari, the Scorpene class Submarine.
• During the period the Light Combat Helicopter attained initial operational clearance, first technical flight of Light Utility Helicopter was undertaken and Brahmos Integration with SU-30MKI Aircraft was undertaken by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
• Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) commissioned the secure CDMA Cellular Network at Srinagar.
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited delivered the Anti Submarines Warfare Corvette, Offshore Patrol Vessel, Water Jet Fast Attack Aircraft and Landing Craft Utility during the period.

• Research & Development in Defence Sector: A number of major products has been developed for defence and civilian use by the DRDO. These include the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas; Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System; 155 mm / 52 Calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS); Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) Swati; High Speed Heavy Weight Ship Launched Torpedo (Varunastra); Arudhra-Medium Power Radar; Akash Weapon System; Abhay Sonar; Hull Mounted Sonar (HUMSA); Advanced Indigenous Distress Sonar System (AIDSS); various types of Ammunition for MBT Arjun; Anti Torpedo Decoys; Electro-Optical Fire Control System for Naval Ships; Electro-Optical Sensors for Airborne Platforms; Mountain Foot Bridge; Sub-munition warheads for Pinaka; Terrain Assessment System for Trans-border Deserts etc.
• One Rank One Pension (OROP): The Government has implemented the One Rank One Pension (OROP) for Defence Forces Personnel.
• Facilitating servicemen to register and vote from their place of posting: Government has already introduced e-Postal Ballot System in October 2016 to facilitate participation of service voters. The Election Commission of India (ECI) directed to undertake the process of de-novo registration of Service Voters. As per ECI data, 13.37 lakh service voter requests from Armed Forces (Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard) have been registered with ECI.
• Army Battle Casualties Welfare Fund: A Fund namely, ‘Army Battle Casualties Welfare Fund’ has been set up w.e.f. 1.1.2016. Under this fund, assistance of Rs. 2.00 Lakh is provided to the army battle casualties which are fatal, 60% and above disability and battle casualties invalided out due to disability and Rs. 1.00 Lakh to disability less than 60%. This will be in addition to other admissible dues.

Some of the new initiatives taken during the last three years, as mentioned in reply to part (a), are long gestating by their nature and will bear fruit in the medium / long term.



This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri P. Bhattacharya in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
05-February, 2018 16:31 IST
New Weapons Procurement Policy

The new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) - 2016 has been implemented by the Government with effect from 01.04.2016. DPP-2016, inter alia, focuses on institutionalizing, streamlining, and simplifying procedure to give a boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government of India, through Indigenous design, development and manufacturing of defence equipment, platforms & systems. The ‘Make’ procedure has been simplified to ensure increased participation of the Indian industry.

In order to promote indigenous design and development of defence equipment, DPP-2016 has introduced a new category for capital procurement viz. ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ (Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured). While categorising a case, this category is accorded highest priority by the Buyer. Since promulgation of DPP-2016 (i.e. 01.04.2016), a total of 79 capital contracts for `1,28,077.41 Crore have been signed (upto 30.11.2017), out of which, 46 contracts amounting to `44,219.55 Crore are with Indian vendors and 33 contracts for `83,857.86 Crore are with Foreign vendors. Further, the policy on Strategic Partnerships in the Defence Sector was also finalised by the Government in 2017 and promulgated on 31.05.2017 as Chapter-VII of DPP-2016 titled as “Revitalising Defence Industrial Ecosystem through Strategic Partnerships”. The Chapter has also been uploaded on Ministry of Defence website: https://www.mod.nic.in. The Policy on Strategic Partnerships is intended to institutionalise a transparent, objective and functional mechanism to encourage broader participation of the private sector, in addition to DPSUs / OFB, in the manufacture of defence platforms and equipment such as aircraft, submarines, helicopters and armoured vehicles.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr.SubhashBhamre in a written reply to Shri P. Bhattacharya in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/mod-s-rs-39-000-cr-plan-for-modernisation-nixed/539496.html

New Delhi, February 5

In what may point to slow pace of military modernisation, the government has turned down a request from the Ministry of Defence seeking an additional Rs 39,690 crore for modernisation. The additional money was sought during the ongoing financial year 2017-2018 ending March 31, 2018.

It was part of the revised estimates that ministries are asked to submit in the middle of the fiscal (around Sept-Oct). Minister of State for Defence Dr Subhash Bhamre, in a written reply in RS today, said “an additional amount of Rs 39690.18 crore was sought. However, no additional funds were allocated under Revised Estimate 2017-18”.

He was asked by MP Bhubaneswar Kalita “whether the ministry has sought additional funds for defence modernisation in the current fiscal”. On the use of funds, the minister said these were utilised for induction of new equipment and technological upgrade of capabilities identified through a comprehensive planning process, to keep the armed forces in a state of readiness to meet various security challenges. An amount of Rs 69,405 crore was allocated for modernisation (capital acquisition) in 2017-18. Till December 31, Rs 61,002 crore was spent. — TNS

 

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...simpler-procurement-norms/article22667602.ece

Defence Procurement Manual-2009 under review

The revised defence procurement manual 2009 (DPM) that is in the offing may simplify and smoothen procedures that involve buying military items from local industry, in particular for the Indian Air Force, a high ranking official said on Monday.

Many changes to the framework manual have been strongly recommended based on procurement experience and feedback from industries that supply items to the IAF’s aircraft programmes. The Ministry of Defence revised the procurement policy in 2016.

“I’m sure the revised DPM will be suitable enough for all of us so that transaction procedures become efficient,” said Air Marshal Sanjay Sharma, AOC Maintenance and head of indigenisation, at a seminar for vendors from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

This year, IAF would indigenise - or get made in the country - 700 items for military aviation. Over the next five years, it would source 1,700 items from the MSMEs. Overall, 47,000 items have been localised so far, he told the seminar organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry.

From small items such as bolts and fasteners, local production for military aircraft, he said, has enlarged to tyres and tubes. IAF plans to get testers and sub-assemblies of bigger systems also made within the country to save cost of imports and time to source them. Ground electronics segments such as communication network systems would be good opportunities.

While the IAF has no budget limit on indigenising its items, the vendors should comply with the criteria and the schedules, he cautioned.

T. Suvarna Raju, CMD of military aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., which sources from 1,000 MSMEs, is now offering its technology of large aircraft structures to domestic manufacturers. It has outsourced the production of the body structure or fuselages of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to four industries and will continue this model with its other aircraft, he said.

Currently about 50% to 60% of procurement military requirements are imported. Under successive procurement policies and the ‘Make in India’ strategy, the new opportunities are in aircraft MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) facilities, high-end electronics and mechanical items, sub-systems, aircraft spares, tools, testing and ground equipment, according to the organisers.

Over the year, the chamber has held similar thematic interactions in three cities with local industry, its official said.

 

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Contributes to nation building

A large part of our defence budget appears to be a burden on the exchequer but actually goes into nation building, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said addressing the seminar.

“There is always a concern amongst the citizenry and the people in uniform on the defence budget. In the Army Headquarters, we ordered a study on this and our preliminary reports suggest that anything between 35-37 per cent of the annual budget contributes to nation building,” he said.

Observing that local produce in a particular area is purchased by troops in the area giving back in kind, Gen. Rawat said, “We also contribute to taxes, especially income tax, in a very honest manner.”

Gen. Rawat also said that economic development, military modernisation and the existence of the armed forces should go hand-in-hand.

“They cannot be divested from each other. Economic rise will take place if the nation is secure,” he added.

 

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The Army chief also talked about those who question the budgetary allocation to the armed forces.

Referring to the defence budget, Gen Rawat, quoting an internal study by the Army, said 35-37 per cent of the annual budget given to the force contributes towards nation building.


“If you are developing roads and infrastructure in remote areas of the country, they benefit the local population. The armed forces in the remotest locations are providing facilities of education and health care to people where government has not yet been able to reach out,” he said.

Giving examples of expenditure, the Army chief also spoke of the money spent on sending Indian troops for various UN missions.

He said though the Army spends money on the troops, the reimbursement from the UN does not come to the Army and the amount goes to the Consolidated Fund of India.

According to officials, a whopping Rs four lakh crore worth of military procurement involving 136 proposals were cleared by the government in the last three years as part of efforts to modernise the armed forces.

 

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Ministry of Defence
12-March, 2018 15:34 IST
Strategic Partnership Model in Defence Acquisition

The policy on Strategic Partnerships in Defence sector was approved by Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in May, 2017. It was promulgated on 31.05.2017 as Chapter-VII of Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) – 2016 titled as ‘Revitalising Defence Industrial Ecosystem through Strategic Partnerships’. The policy was placed before the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The CCS considered the Note on the Policy in its meeting held on 24.05.2017 and noted the contents thereof. The chapter was uploaded on Ministry of Defence website: https://www.mod.nic.in.

The policy is intended to institutionalise a transparent, objective and functional mechanism to encourage broader participation of the private sector, in addition to DPSUs / OFB, in the manufacture of defence platforms and equipment such as aircraft, submarines, helicopters and armoured vehicles. It will serve to enhance competition, increase efficiencies, facilitate faster and more significant absorption of technology, create a tiered industrial ecosystem, ensure development of a wider skill base and trigger innovation, leading to reduction in dependence on imports and greater self-reliance in meeting national security objectives. The following four segments have been identified for acquisition under Strategic Partnership (SP) route:

• Fighter Aircraft
• Helicopters
• Submarines
• Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) / Main Battle Tanks (MBTs).

The Strategic Partnership Model (SPM) is a different category of Capital Acquisition in addition to the existing categories as mentioned in Chapter-I of DPP-2016 i.e. ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’; ‘Buy (Indian)’; ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’; ‘Buy & Make’ and ‘Buy (Global)’.

The amount of investment and employment opportunities likely to be created cannot be quantified at this stage as the cases in the respective segments are at their initial / early stages.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri C.M. Ramesh in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
12-March, 2018 15:33 IST
Privatization of Defence Production

The Government is promoting privatisation in Defence Production. Till February 2018, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has issued 348 licenses to 210 Indian Companies for manufacture of various licensable defence items. Apart from this, one manufacturing license has also been issued by Ministry of Home Affairs for Small Arms and Ammunitions. Till February 2018, 70 license companies covering 114 licenses have reported commencement of production.

The Government has partially withdrawn the public investments in respect of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and BEML Ltd. The Government shareholding now in above DPSUs is 66.72% and 54.03 % respectively.

As per extant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy, in defence sector, foreign investment upto 49% is permitted under automatic route. Foreign investment beyond 49% (upto 100%) is permitted through government approval in cases resulting in access to modern technology in the country or for other reasons to be recorded. FDI limit for defence sector has also been made applicable to Manufacturing of Small Arms and Ammunitions covered under Arms Act 1959. Further, foreign investment in defence sector is subject to other conditions of extant FDI Policy as amended from time to time.

So far, 40 FDI proposals / Joint Ventures have been approved for manufacturing of various defence equipment both in public and private sectors.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to ShriNeerajShekhar and Shri Ravi Prakash Vermain Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
12-March, 2018 15:32 IST
Budget Allocation for Armed Forces

The Budget allocation for Defence has been increasing year over year, including 2018-19, wherein the Budget Estimate (BE) allocation at Rs.4,04,364.71 crore is Rs.44,510.59 crore over the BE 2017-18 allocation of Rs.3,59,854.12 crore.

Modernization of Armed forces is a continuous process undertaken as per the extant Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) to keep the Forces in a state of readiness to meet operational and security challenges.

Government is taking measures for modernization of the armed forces, through inducting of new equipment and upgrading of existing equipment and systems. The modernization projects are progressed as per approved Services Capital Acquisition Plans (SCAP) and Annual Acquisition Plans (AAP) in terms of extant Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP).

The allocated funds are optimally and fully utilized towards operational activities. However, depending on budget allocation the schemes are reprioritized to ensure that urgent and critical capabilities are acquired without any compromise to operational preparedness of Defence services.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to ShriA.U. Singh Deoin Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
12-March, 2018 15:30 IST
Establishment of Defence University

There is a proposal to establish Indian Defence University (IDU) as a fully autonomous institution under an Act of Parliament to impart training and education on defence and strategic studies. The estimated expenditure on establishment of IDU has not been finalised.

The academic session will commence after the passage of the proposed legislative enactment for establishment of IDU.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Dr. Vikas Mahatme in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
12-March, 2018 15:29 IST
Empanelment of Hospitals for ECHS Facilities

Empanelment of private hospitals with ECHS depends on the willingness of the hospitals to accept CGHS Rates and to abide by the procedures and rules of ECHS. The Government is continuously empanelling private hospitals, which are applying for empanelment and are found eligible for empanelment as per ECHS rules. In the recent past 217, 189, 123, and 85 private hospitals have been empanelled on 10.11.2016, 2.06.2017, 05.12.2017 and 04.01.2018 respectively. A total of 2609 hospitals are empanelled with ECHS as on date.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
12-March, 2018 15:32 IST
Women in Armed Forces

The held strength of women officers vis a viz male officers in the Armed Forces is as given below:



Women
Men
Indian Army:
(excluding Medical, Dental & Nursing)

1561
41074

Indian Air Force:
(excluding Medical & Dental branch)

1594
10781

Indian Navy:
(including Medical & Dental officers).

644
10652

In consonance with the policy in vogue, women officers are not inducted in Arms of Indian Army which are involved in direct combat role. The first batch of three women fighter pilots has been commissioned into the IAF in 2016.

Women officers in the Indian Navy are employed in combat, combat support and support roles. In their capacity as Pilots and Observers onboard Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft, women are being employed in a combat role.

In Navy, the policy for setting up of Permanent Commission for women officers in Law & Education and Naval Constructors branch has been finalized. In case of Indian Air Force, Government had issued prospective policies for grant of permanent commission to women officers in certain branches, whereas in Indian Army, the policy for grant of permanent commission to women officers is yet to be finalized.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Dr. Vikas Mahatme in Rajya Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
12-March, 2018 15:36 IST
Grant of Military Service Pay

Delhi High Court in its order dated 28 November 2017 has not given any specific direction to grant Military Service Pay (MSP) equally to all ranks. It may be informed that the court in its order mentioned that the conduct of the petitioners in withholding material information and at the same time, trying to invoke equities under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is deprecated.

The 7thCentral Pay Commission (CPC) had considered all aspects with regard to applicability of MSP including the rates while making its recommendations. The Government after carefully considering the recommendations of the 7thCPC in respect of MSP has accepted the same and have already been notified.

This information was given by RakshaRajyaMantriDr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Mahendra Singh Mahrain Rajya Sabha today.

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MSP is now Rs 15,000.

 

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...ence-budget/article23229650.ece?homepage=true


Vice-Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Sarath Chand told the Parliamentary standing committee on defence that various efforts taken for modernisation have “received a little setback”.

This year's budget allocations have “dashed our hopes” for modernisation and the government’s Make in India efforts may end up a non-starter , the Army leadership has told a Parliamentary standing committee in the strongest statement to come from the military on finances available for new purchases in 2017-18 budget.

Vice-Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Sarath Chand told the Parliamentary standing committee on defence that various efforts taken for modernisation have “received a little setback”.

“To highlight a few cases, the marginal increase in BE [budget estimates] barely accounts for the inflation and does not even cater for the taxes. Allocation of ₹21,338 crore for modernisation is insufficient even to cater for committed payment of ₹29,033 crore for 125 on-going schemes, emergency procurements…. Committed liabilities of 2017 — which will also get passed on to 2018 — will further accentuate the situation,” Lt Gen Chand told the committee.

The Army’s stand was made available in the report of the standing committee which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.

Typically, any modern Army has a mix of one-third of its equipment in the vintage category, one-third in the current category and one-third in the State of the art category. However, Lt. Gen. Chand presented a dismal view on the Army’s modernisation levels.

“As far as we are concerned, the state today is 68% of our equipment is in the vintage category, with just about 24% in the current, and 8% in the state of the art category,” he said.

Overal shortfall

All streams taken into account, the Army has an overall shortfall of around ₹12,296 crore under the capital head, the report said.

In its response, the Committee headed by Retd. Major Gen B.C. Khanduri, observed that there is huge shortfall in projected and allocated amounts in capital head for the Services in 2018-19.

The shortfall stands at ₹17,756.92 crore, ₹15,691.70 crore, ₹1,392.58 crore and ₹41,924.57 crore for Army, Navy, Joint Staff and Air Force, respectively.