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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3635
TO BE ANSWERED ON 13th March, 2026
FUNDING OF DRDO PROJECTS
3635 SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the funds sanctioned, released, and utilised for DRDO projects since 2014-
15, year-wise and project-wise;
(b) the details of the projects for which there are pending funds to be released since 2014-15,
year-wise and project-wise;
(c) whether any projects were stopped or cancelled due to lack of funds since 2014-15 and if
so, the details thereof, project-wise;
(d) whether any projects were delayed due to lack of funds since 2014-15 and if so, the
details thereof, project-wise days of delay; and
(e) whether any projects were delayed or cancelled for other reasons since 2014-15 and if so,
the details thereof, project-wise?
A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI SANJAY SETH)
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(a) Details of total Budget Allocation for the Department of Defence Research and
Development at different Budgetary stages and the actual expenditure as per the CGDA
compilation w.e.f FY 2014-15 is as under:
(Rs in Cr)
Year Budget Revised Estimate Modified Actuals
Estimate (BE) (RE) Approved Appropriation (MA)
Approved Approved
2014-15 15282.92 13447.19 13716.14 13257.98
2015-16 14358.49 12391.21 13540.11 13317.12
2016-17 13593.78 13454.54 13501.00 13365.76
2017-18 14818.74 15463.25 15399.25 15203.04
2018-19 17861.19 17610.38 17121.99 17049.01
2019-20 19021.02 17730.78 17730.78 17375.13
2020-21 19327.35 16466.29 16145.74 15706.96
2021-22 20457.44 18337.44 18720.44 18290.99
2022-23 21330.20 21130.20 21130.20 20585.76
2023-24 23263.89 23691.74 23195.89 22927.50
2024-25 23855.61 24696.94 24938.70 24793.43
2025-26 26816.82 26746.82 - -
…..2/-:2:
However, out of the ‘Actuals’ above, the allocation/ expenditure by DRDO for various
Projects/ Programmes w.e.f 2014-15 onwards is as under:
(Rs in cr)
Year Allocation
2014-15 3769.79
2015-16 4238.04
2016-17 3959.77
2017-18 4684.99
2018-19 4999.19
2019-20 4070.13
2020-21 3244.03
2021-22 4477.56
2022-23 5725.13
2023-24 5829.41
2024-25 5431.89
2025-26 5925.00
(b) Nil.
(c) No project has been stopped or cancelled due to lack of funds.
(d) No project has been delayed due to lack of funds.
(e) Five projects have been cancelled since 2014-15. Details are as follows: -
S Project Title Date of PDC Cost (Rs. in Cr.)
No. Sanction
1. Terrain Visualization and 11.07.2014 11.07.2016 9.90
Simulation Facility
2. Pulsed Fiber Laser Sources 28.10.2015 27.04.2020 26.00
3. Active Antenna Array 22.03.2018 21.03.2021 114.67
Measurement Center
4. Design & Development of Auto 09.04.2021 08.04.2023 6.00
Gear System for T90 MBT
5. Time Sensitive Network (TSN) 16.01.2023 15.01.2026 73.38
Switch & Endpoint for LCA Mk-2
and AMCA
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