“It is nothing but an electoral manifesto with an objective of scoring electoral brownie point that has prompted you to bring this kind of White Paper,” Chowdhury said.
Accusing the Congress of compromising on national security, Sitharaman said the UPA era was marked by “critical shortage of ammunition and defence ammunition”.
The separate announcements on the fund and defence deep tech are intricately linked, and must be seen together with the government’s other plans for the R&D sector.
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing the Parliament during the discussion on the Interim Union Budget for 2024-25, emphasised key financial indicators and government initiatives aimed at bolstering economic growth and fiscal stability.
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