The government, on Saturday, allocated Rs 6,81,210 crore for the defence budget for 2025-26, up from last year's outlay of Rs 6,21,940 crore.
The allocation is aimed at promoting self-reliance in defence technology and manufacturing and equipping the armed forces with modern weapons and platforms.
The total capital outlay has been pegged at Rs 1,92,387 crore.
The revenue expenditure has been put at Rs 4,88,822 crore, including Rs 1,60,795 crore for pensions.
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Under capital expenditure, Rs 48,614 crore has been set aside for aircraft and aero engines while Rs 24,390 crore has been allocated for the naval fleet.
An amount of Rs 63,099 crore has been set aside for other equipment.
In the July Union budget 2024, the ministry of defence (MoD) was allocated Rs 6,21,940.85 crore—the highest among the ministries.
While maintaining the allocation made to the ministry during the interim budget in February 2024, Sitharaman made an additional allocation to the tune of Rs 400 crore on innovation in defence through the Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) scheme.
