Defence Preparedness of the Nation in Case of Foreign Aggression

The Indian Army is equipped to cater for the threat environment that exists and is always ready to meet the role assigned to it.  Further, augmentation of capabilities of Armed Forces including its modernization is a dynamic and continuous process.  Accordingly, modernization of Indian Army is carried out through Annual Acquisition Plans, Army 5 years Capital Acquisition Plans and Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (2012-27).

The details of the defence deals are related to operation preparedness of the Armed Forces and as such disclosure of the details of these deals would not be in the national interest.

However, the details of expenditure on capital acquisitions including DGOF supplies during the last 10 years is as under:

 (in crore)

2004-2005	28599.80
2005-2006	26835.08
2006-2007	27766.11
2007-2008	30336.70
2008-2009	32335.30
2009-2010	41918.88
2010-2011	50186.07
2011-2012	56281.88
2012-2013	58768.86
2013-2014	66850.30
2014-2015 (BE)	75148.03

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to ShriVevek Gupta in Rajya Sabha today.

Courtesy : pib.nic.in