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VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 February 2023

DEFENCE
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest, 01-15 February 2023, Issue 7

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security
  1. Defence Budget for the Financial Year 2023-24
  2. Mission Mode Projects of the DRDO
  3. PM Modi Inaugurates HAL’s Helico....

    February 22, 2023 Make in India , Defence budget , UAVs , 5G , AI , Science & Technology , Nuclear Power , Drone , semiconductor , EVs , Gaganyaan , Aero India , SSLV , TRAI , AK-203 , ASML , Bard , Chatbots , ChatGPT , eCourts , eGovernance , Ernie Bot , Generative AI , Greenfield Airports , HAL , Modular Bridges , Startup
A Perspective on Defence Budget 2023-24
Amit Cowshish Article

At Rs 5,93,538, the overall defence budget for the financial year (FY) 2023-24 is one of the largest constituents of the union budget, trailing behind interest payments (Rs 10,79,971 crore) and capital expenditure (Rs 10,09,961 crore). This sounds pr....

February 13, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Army , Defence budget , DRDO , Air Force , GDP , Border Roads Organisation , Capital expenditure , revenue
A Budgetary Farce in Pakistan
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The expectation from the second full-year budget presented by the Imran Khan government was out-of-the-box thinking to tackle immediate and long term issues. These included the COVID-19 pandemic, economic slowdown and mounting debt on the one hand an....

June 24, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Economic Survey , Defence budget , COVID-19 , negative growth , deficit , Debt & liabilities , IMF conditions , revenue targets
Reflections on the Defence Budget 2018-19
G. Mohan Kumar

The general features of the Defence Budget for 2018-19 are not different from those of the past. With a total outlay of Rs 4,04,365 cr, including Rs 1,08,853 cr towards pension liabilities, the defence outlay is 16.6 percent of the budgeted central g....

April 02, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , national security , Defence budget , military modernisation , defence financing , Strategic Studies , Defence
Combined Commanders’ Conference 2017: Operational Preparedness and Defence Reforms need the Prime Minister’s Urgent Attention
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Defence Preparedness On January 21, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the army, navy and air force commanders’ conference at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.While the text of the PM’s address has not been released, oste....

February 06, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence budget , modernisation , Defence reforms , Operational preparedness
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