Armed forces not reeling under shortage of funds: Sitharaman
New Delhi, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today rejected a parliamentary panel’s findings that the three services were reeling under severe shortage of funds, saying adequate financial resources have been allocated to them in the last four years. Sitharaman, at a press conference, also asserted that there was no shortage of ammunition for the armed forces which had been the case during the previous government. “The defence expenditure has been highest in 2017-18 if you look at it since 2004-05. In the same manner, it was second highest…
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