LOK SABHA
The Government
has approved creation of a separate head in budget for Defence
Research and Development Organisation in view of the importance
of research and development in the field of sophisticated arms
capacity. A new budget head has been created for the Department
of Defence Research and Development.
The budget of Department
of Defence Research and Development was earlier combined with
that of army under "Major Head 2076". A new "Major
Head 2080" has now been created for the Department of Defence
Research and Development. The budget for the year 2003-2004
will be provided from the new Major Head. Related minor/sub
heads have also been finalised to enable proper compilation
of the expenditure incurred from the grants under this head.
This information
was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a
written reply to Shri A Narendra in Lok Sabha today.
