Defence Minister Arun Jaitley says Ministry needed to procure equipment faster and some mechanism needs to be set up to expedite the procurement process With regards to sidelines of the commissioning of Coast Guard ships Achook and Agrim , which will be deployed and the aircraft carrier INS Viraat to be checked before the function Saving Vikrant and to salvage operation of … [Read more...] about Defence Procurement Process Must be Expedited: Jaitley
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Jaitley Caught in Defence-Finance Crossfire
Finance minister Arun Jaitley caught between 3 defence chiefs’ demand for 2 % of GDP in budgetary allocation, his officers say no money in central exchequer Jaitley holds twin portfolio of Defence and Finance ministries, on hike in defence budget officials say money can be arranged only via subsidy cut UPA set aside lowest ever 1.74 % (Rs 2,24,000) of GDP allocation as … [Read more...] about Jaitley Caught in Defence-Finance Crossfire