INDIA'S DEFENCE PREPARATIONS
India's Central Budget for 2009-2010 (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2,010) includes defence outlay of US$32 billion. The break-up of the outlay is $10 billion for payroll, $10 billion for current operational costs $2 billion for research and $10 billion for capital expenditure.
Some sources contend that the actual outlay is US$ 40 billion or even higher. Their assessment is based on the fact that the defence allocations exclude outlay allocated to defence-sector undertaking (under India's defence ministry. Likewise, the expenditure on nuclear production and space projects is not shown under defence-budget head of account.
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