Dismissing the claim of the Government of having made highest ever allocation of Rs three lakh crore in the Defence sector in the Interim Budget 2019-20, senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said that there was nothing extraordinary in the allocation.
Addressing the press conference here at Congress headquarters, Mr Chidambaram said that every year there is 10 percent increase in the Defence sector which was common practice in past too.
“It is not a big deal. It is a normal increase of 15 lakh crore to previous allocation of 2.85 lakh crore which crossed the figure of three lakh crore. Sometimes back, it crossed two lakh crore”, Mr Chidambaram said.
He said the Budget failed to include measures to boost ‘education’ and ‘jobs .
“On the 10 point vision document, nothing was said on these two issues,’’ he further said.(UNI)
