Observing that in most cases supplementary grants are obtained at the fag end of the financial year, the Public Accounts Committee in its report said "this is a clear indication of bad budgeting as well as deeply pervading malice in the extant budgeting mechanism."
The committee, headed by Lok Sabha member K V Thomas, suggested that the ministries and departments should find effective ways for obtaining supplementary grants in a more realistic manner.
"The committee wonders as to why the crucial ministry like the Ministry of Defence responsible for the defence of the country would remain so insensitive for a such a long period and would continuously be wanting in their budgetary exercise," it added.
The report also pointed out that the Defence Ministry incurred excess expenditure of Rs 7,575.76 crore in five grants in 2010-11, Rs 4,137.01 crore in two grants in 2011-12, Rs 4,063.24 crore in four grants in 2012-13 and Rs 770.36 crore in five grants in 2013-14 and Rs 9,447.14 crore in 2014-15.
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