A cash-strapped Narendra Modi government couldn’t provide more than Rs one lakh crore to the Army, Air Force and Navy in 2019-20, forcing the three services to “reprioritise” their requirements.
The shortfall was maximum for the Indian Air Force (Rs 53,035 crore) followed by the Army (Rs 30,687 crore) and Navy (Rs 23,048 crore), according to a report by a panel of lawmakers who scrutinised the defence budget of the current fiscal. Read More…
