1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2265
TO BE ANSWERED ON 9th
August, 2021
EXPENDITURE BY THE MINISTRY
2265 DR. V. SIVADASAN:
Will the Minister of Defence be pleased to state:
(a) the total budgetary allocation to the Ministry in the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20
and 2020-21;
(b) the percentage it constitutes of the entire budget;
(c) the total amount spent by the Ministry in the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and
2020-21;
(d) the total amount spent by the Ministry in the purchases from outside the country in the
last three financial years;
(e) whether Government had carried out any transaction with the NSO Group
Technologies; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
SHRI AJAY BHATT
(a) to (f): A statement is attached.
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2. STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF RAJYA
SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2265 FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2021
REGARDING ‘EXPENDITURE BY THE MINISTRY’.
(a) to (c ) Details are as under :
(Rs. In Crore)
Year Allocation at BE
stage to MoD(A)
Expenditure
against (A)
Central Govt.
Budget (B)
(A) as
percentage of
(B)
2018-19 4,04,364.71 4,03,459.10 24,42,213.00 16.56
2019-20 4,31,010.79 4,51,902.35 27,86,349.00 15.47
2020-21 4,71,378.00 4,85,726.93 30,42,230.00 15.49
(d) Details of expenditure incurred on foreign procurement by the Defence Services from
2018-19 to 2020-21 are as under :-
(Rs. In Crore)
Year Foreign Procurement
2018-19 45,705.57
2019-20 47,961.47
2020-21 53,118.58
(e) Ministry of Defence has not had any transaction with NSO Group
Technologies.
(f) Does not arise.
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