Nirmala Sitharaman

Defence Sector Gets Rs 6.21 Lakh Crore in Budget 2024

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2024, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 announced that the Government has allocated Rs 6,21,940 crore for defence spending in the Union Budget 2024-25 – up...

2023 Edition of the Indo – Pacific Regional Dialogue Commences

  New Delhi: The “Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2023” (IPRD-2023), the three-day annual apex-level regional strategic dialogue of the Indian Navy, commenced in New Delhi on November 15, 2023. Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Hon’ble Vice President of India...

Cambodia, India Hold Inaugural Army-to-Army Staff Talks

New Delhi: The inaugural Army to Army Staff Talks (AAST) between the Indian Army and the Royal Cambodian Army (RCA) took place in Siem Reap province. The talks were held as envisaged in the ‘Terms...

Strategic Autonomy Must Include Economic Autonomy

  India has effectively conveyed to the West that it will continue to adopt strategic autonomy including in terms of security. The US has grudgingly understood this and scholars of American think tanks are acknowledging...

82,000 OFB Staff to go on Indefinite Strike Against Corporatisation Plan

  New Delhi: Over 82,000 employees working in 41 defence factories have decided to go an indefinite strike a day after the Ministry of Defence placed an order worth over Rs 1,000 crore for infantry...

Budget 2019-20: New Space India Ltd Incorporated as New Commercial Arm of D/o Space

New Delhi. Presenting the General Budget 2019-20 at Parliament in New Delhi on July 5, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said a Public Sector Enterprise viz. New Space India Limited...

Government Earmarks Rs 3.19 Lakh Crore Defence Budget, Excludes Defence Pension

  New Delhi. Government has earmarked Rs 3,18,931.22 crore for Defence (excluding Defence Pension) in the Union Budget 2019-20 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Parliament in New Delhi on July 5. The Union...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Inaugurates Air Force Commanders’ Conference

  New Delhi. The first bi-annual Commanders’ Conference of Indian Air Force (IAF) for the year 2019 began at the Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) in New Delhi on April 11. Chief of the Air Staff...

Silver Jubilee Celebrations at Southern Naval Command

  KOCHI. The year 2018-19 marks the Silver Jubilee of Indian Navy’s nodal centre for leadership studies, namely the Centre of Excellence in Ethics, Leadership and Behavioural Studies (CELABS). On March 14, 2019 a day-long...

India Hosts Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue – 2019

  NEW DELHI. The second edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) - 2019 is all set to be hosted at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi from March 5-6. This is in continuation of the process...

India Successfully Test Fires QRSAM

  CHANDIPUR, Odisha. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired indigenously developed Quick Reach Surface-to-Air missiles (QRSAM) from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast on February 26. The two missiles were tested for...

Defence Minister Visits Aero India Fire Incident Site, Takes Stock of Situation

Bengaluru. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 24 visited the site of fire incident of Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka Air Force Base and took stock of the situation. Officials from Indian Air Force,...

Runway to a Billion Opportunities: Defence Minister Inaugurates Aero India 2019

  BENGALURU. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the 12th biennial edition of International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition and declared the Aero India 2019 open amid a lot of fanfare at Air Force Station Yelahanka in...
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