Parliamentary Panels flag ministries’ budget gaps: Funds cut at RE stage, still unspentParliamentary committees have flagged a consistent trend of central ministries failing to spend allocated budgets, leading to significant f...
03 May, 2026, 12.39 AM IST
Groww's strong Q4; Iran conflict hits India's GCCsFintech major Groww more than doubled its net profit in the fourth quarter of FY26. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
20 Apr, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
Defence stocks to fire up? Brokerages bullish after DAC clears Rs 2.38 lakh cr proposals; check top picksBrokerages are bullish on Indian defense stocks following the Defense Acquisition Council's approval of proposals worth Rs 2.38 lakh crore,...
30 Mar, 2026, 12.22 PM IST
Start SIP in defence funds, growth looking solid for next 5-10 years, says Gurmeet Chadha. Here’s whyGurmeet Chadha recommends SIPs in defence funds, citing strong 5–10 year growth prospects driven by rising global tensions, increased defen...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.18 PM IST
Budget 2026: Amid Rafale buys, govt allocates Rs 63,733 crore for aircraft, engines to give more air power against Pakistan, ChinaThe Defence Ministry's budget has seen a 15% increase, reaching Rs 7.85 lakh crore for FY26-27. Capital expenditure, crucial for modernizat...
01 Feb, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
India's defence budget heavily weighted to manpower costsIndia proposed a defence budget of 6.81 trillion rupees for 2025-26, up 9.5% from the previous year. The allocation focuses mainly on wages...
01 Feb, 2025, 05.57 PM IST
Defence Budget 2025 disappoints, lacks the firepower India needsDefence Budget 2025: India’s defence budget for 2025-26 has been set at Rs 6.8 lakh crore ($79 billion), reflecting a 9.5% increase over th...
01 Feb, 2025, 04.11 PM IST
Defence Budget 2024: Sitharaman hikes defence expenditure by 4% as India seeks to fortify bordersIn her Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has raised expenditure on defence to Rs 6.25 lakh crore from Rs 5.94 lakh crore ...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
Defence Budget of India 2023: India’s defence sector gets Rs 5.94 lakh crore for 2023-24According to 2023-24 budget documents, an allocation of Rs 2,70,120 crore has been made for revenue expenditure that includes expenses on p...
02 Feb, 2023, 10.21 AM IST
Increase in capital outlay of Defence amid pandemic is huge step, says IAF ChiefThe money has been used to acquire equipment like the Spice-2000 bombs, Spike anti-tank guided missiles, SiG Sauer assault rifles, Excalibu...
04 Feb, 2021, 02.37 PM IST
Budget has set highest ever capital expenditure target: Rajnath SinghThe minister, who made a series of tweets, said the budget has set the highest ever capital expenditure target in the history of Independen...
02 Feb, 2021, 12.54 AM IST
Defence Budget 2021: Rs 4.78 lakh crore allocated for defence, 19 percent increase in capital outlayRs 1.35 lakh crore has been set aside for capital expenditure that includes purchasing new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military h...
01 Feb, 2021, 09.29 PM IST
Marginal increase in defence budget could mar new acquisitionsThe disappointing part is that there has been a very marginal increase in the capital outlay for defence for 2020-21 as compared to the bud...
24 Dec, 2020, 09.58 AM IST
Budget 2019: Rs 3.18 lakh crore allocated to defence budgetThe allocation of Rs 3.18 lakh crore has been estimated at around 1.6 per cent of the GDP.
07 Jul, 2019, 10.46 AM IST
Parliamentary panel slams defence ministry for not using funds for modernisationThe parliamentary standing committee has come down strongly for diverting money out from the capital acquisition head for other expenses.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.52 PM IST
India's armed forces got Rs 1.21 lakh crore less than what they demanded in budgetSources said the Army was struggling to make emergency procurements when China and Pakistan were modernizing their defence forces in "full ...
21 Mar, 2018, 08.09 PM IST
Defence forces see Rs 13,000 crore cut in capital outlay"There is no impact on any modernisation process with this. Moreover, it is only for period up to the next budget and was done last year to...
14 Jan, 2015, 10.24 PM IST