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Key Statistics
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Total Defence Budget (FY 2019-20)
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Capital Expenditure Allocation (FY 2019-20)
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Revenue Expenditure Allocation (FY 2019-20)
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Growth in Expenditure in 2019-20 over 2018-19
Reports & Research Papers
Sector Snapshot
India maintains the second largest standing armed forces in the world by size, is the eighth largest spender on defence and the second largest importer of defence equipment (SIPRI, March 2019). Considering the size of Indian Defence Forces, and their modernisation needs, India has maintained a consistent defence spending pattern over the last decade to build defence capability, as also its defence industrial base.
8 – 10 % CAGR
Steady growth
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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
49%>
FDI permitted with Government approval
Defence Industrial Licences issued till end of FY 2018-19
Latest News
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Indian Navy struggles to retrieve
Shillong, Jun 17 (UNI) The Indian Navy is struggling to retrieve a "suspicious object" from a flooded coal pit, where four more coal miners are still trapped inside the pit since May 30, in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.
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Zoom for Government Achieves DoD Impact Level 4 (IL4) Authorization to Operate with Conditions (ATO-C) from the Department of the Air Force
Zoom for Government Achieves DoD Impact Level 4 (IL4) Authorization to Operate with Conditions (ATO-C) from the Department of the Air Force We are proud to announce that Zoom for Government has received Authorization to Operate with Conditions (ATO-C) for Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 (IL4) from our service sponsor: Department of the Air Force.
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BAE Systems AI upskilled employees to meet customer demand for AWS expertise
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (BAE Systems AI), a division of multinational arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems, is an AWS Premier Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network and provides consultancy-services products and helps customers solve complex cybersecurity problems across multiple sectors, including defense, national security, government, and financial services.
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Navy fish out body from coal pit in M’laya
Regional Navy fish out body from coal pit in M’laya Highly decomposed unidentified body being pulled out by the deep divers of the Indian Navy. Correspondent SHILLONG, JUN 16 | Publish Date: 6/16/2021 12:36:26 PM IST A combined team of the Indian Navy and National and State Disaster Response Force ( NSDRF) on Wednesday pulled out a body from the 500 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district where four miners still remain trapped since May 30, an official said.
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Indian Navy fished out body of 500-feet flooded coal pit in Meghalaya
Shillong, Jun 16 (UNI) A combined team of the Indian Navy and National and State Disaster Response Force on Wednesday pulled out a body from the 500 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district where four miners still remain trapped since May 30, an official said.
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'2 Bodies Recovered After 15 Days By Indian Navy In Coal Mine Tragedy': Meghalaya CM
After over 15 days since the Meghalaya mine mishap has been reported in East Jaintia hills, the rescue team spotted two dead bodies. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma stated that the state government is currently awaiting an official report on the detection of bodies of two miners-- who were trapped along with three others inside an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district.
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Meghalaya coal mine tragedy: Navy ‘spots’ bodies of two miners
Divers of the Indian Navy, who are engaged in search and rescue operation at the ill-fated coal mine at Sutnga in East Jaintia Hills, have been able to spot two bodies. This was informed by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.
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Device deployed by Navy in Meghalaya mine rescue effort detects 2 suspicious objects: Official
Shillong, June 15 (PTI) A sophisticated machine deployed by the Indian Navy to explore the flooded shaft of a coal mine in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district where five miners remain trapped for over two weeks Tuesday detected two suspicious objects at the bottom of the 152-metre deep pit, an official said.
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Navy Completes Mapping Vertical Shaft of Flooded Meghalaya Mine Where 5 Remain Trapped for 15 days
The Indian Navy on Monday completed mapping of the 152-metre-deep vertical shaft of the flooded coal mine in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district where five miners remain trapped since May 30, an official said. The water level at the mine in Umpleng area was recorded to be 33 metres deep and the rescuers managed to dive up to a depth of 15 metres inside the flooded mine, said district deputy commissioner E Kharmalki.
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Navy team completes mapping vertical shaft of flooded mine in
Meghalaya, 5 trapped for 15 days Shillong, June 14 (PTI) The Indian Navy on Monday completed mapping of the 152-metre-deep vertical shaft of the flooded coal mine in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills district where five miners remain trapped since May 30, an official said.
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Rescue operations enter 14th day as 5 miners still trapped in Meghalaya mine
Shillong: An Indian Navy team joined the non-stop rescue operations for five miners trapped in a coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya for two weeks, said top officials on Monday. Ibashisha Mawlong, the Executive Director of the State Disaster Management Authority, said uninterrupted rescue operations involving the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are ongoing since the five workers got trapped inside the coal mine on May 31.
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VINCI Facilities awarded MoD South East contract
VINCI Facilities has been awarded a contract to provide facilities management services to Ministry of Defence (MoD) for its Built Estate across the South East of England. The contract worth c. £1.1 billion which includes £423 million for the core contract and a potential £732 million for billable works is for a seven-year term, with an option to extend for three additional years.
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Indian Navy Joins Mine Rescue Operation in Meghalaya; Four Out of Five is From Assam
Indian Navy Joins Mine Rescue Operation in Meghalaya; Four Out of Five is From Assam Indian Navy Joins Mine Rescue Operation in Meghalaya; Four Out of Five is From Assam Shillong: The Indian Navy on Sunday joined operations to rescue five miners trapped for 14 days in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya as per the official report.
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Honeywell Partners With DRDO And CSIR-IIP, Government Of India, To Ramp Up Oxygen Production In India
GURGAON, India, June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) today announced that the company is partnering with Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR–IIP), Government of India, to supply molecular sieve adsorbents (zeolites) to accelerate setting up of Medical Oxygen Plants (MOP) in the country to address the ongoing pandemic.
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Meghalaya Seeks Navy’s Help to Rescue Miners Trapper in East Jaintia Hills
Meghalaya has sought help from the Indian Navy as the rescue operation at Krem Ule in Umpleng, East Jaintia Hills district, hasn’t made any headway so far. The assistance was sought by the state government to rescue the five miners trapped inside an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills District.
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Name the female IAF officer who has become the first woman flight test engineer of India? #AashrithaVOlety Who is only referee from India to officiate in wrestling matches of the Tokyo Olympic Games? #AshokKumar Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand? #Guide
Name the female IAF officer who has become the first woman flight test engineer of India? #AashrithaVOlety Who is only referee from India to officiate in wrestling matches of the Tokyo Olympic Games? #AshokKumar Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand? #Guide
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Bharti Airtel, M&M, Lupin in focus
Bharti Airtel informed that ICRA has reaffirmed [ICRA]AA- (Stable) issuer rating of the company. However, since the company, presently has no instrument rated under this rating, ICRA has withdrawn this rating at company's request. M&M said that Ministry of Defence signed a contract with M/s Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Ltd., Mumbai for procurement of 11 Airport Surveillance Radars with Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar for Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard on June 03, 2021.
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MPs Push Australian Govt. Over Contract Extension with Chinese Owned Data Centre
Australian Independent MP Andrew Wilkie on June 2 called on the Department of Defence to explain why it extended its contract with a foreign-owned data storage company to house sensitive government and strategic data for another five years, despite initial intentions to end the lease arrangement by September 2020.
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Get all the top Atlanta tech stories in this month’s #TechCONNECT roundup. Stories via @Saltbox, @TechCrunch, & @Liberty Defense Technologies. https://t.co/lRvb9LOsHJ
Get all the top Atlanta tech stories in this month’s #TechCONNECT roundup. Stories via @Saltbox, @TechCrunch, & @Liberty Defense Technologies. https://t.co/lRvb9LOsHJ
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