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Govt Weakening Armed Forces, PM Will Have To Rescind Agnipath: Rahul

Economy

Taking a dig at the Centre over the 'Agnipath' scheme, he also said those who talked about 'one rank, one pension' were bringing in 'no rank, no pension'

Army Personnel Without Govt House Now Can Get HRA Without NAC: Singh

BW Online Bureau

National

Armed Forces Personnel will now be able to get HRA without NAC. The Ministry of Defense gave this information

Defence Budget 2022 Puts Spotlight On R&D in Defence; Reserves 68% of Capital Budget For Domestic Industry

Manish Kumar Jha

Economy Policy Defence

In the Union Budget 2022-23 on Tuesday, a total of Rs 5.25 lakh crores has been allocated to the Defence Ministry and the Services this year. Overall, the budgetary allocation is increased by Rs 47,000 crores from last year's allocation of Rs 4.78 lakh crores which is around 10% compared to the last year. While the announcement to reserve 68% of the capital procurement budget for domestic industry is towards indigenization, the finer aspect of the budget is the focus on R&D.

Rajnath Approves Increase In Financial Powers Of Armed Forces For Revenue Procurement

BW Online Bureau

National

The ministry said the financial powers of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee (CISC) as CFA has been enhanced substantially and aligned with that of the vice chiefs of the services.

A Learning Platform 'udChalo Academy' is Launched For The Dependents Of Indian Defence Personnel

BW Online Bureau

Economy

udChalo introduces ‘udChalo Academy’, a learning platform exclusively for dependants of Indian Defence Personnel. A joint initiative by udChalo and powered by SpeEdLabs offering a wide variety of educational programs, scholarship benefits and more.Through this initiative, UdChalo offers online JEE/ NEET 2022 scholarship which is exclusively available for the wards and siblings of Defence Personnel. The scholarship worth INR 20 lacs is marked for this.