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- The shortfall in Defence allocation in the interim Budget 2019-20, especially in its capital allocation, has left the Services worried as it threatens to delay the capability enrichment and modernisation under way.
- The shortfall is so significant that, for the Navy and the Air Force, the capital allocation does not even meet the committed liabilities (that is, payments for deals already contracted).
- The Army, meanwhile, is looking at a shortfall in its non-salary revenue expenditure.As it has a huge revenue burden compared to the other two Services, and a significant part of it goes for salaries.
