Audit Reports
Defence
Report No. 4 of 2014 - Compliance Audit on Air Force and Navy, Union Government, Defence Services
Overview
The total expenditure of the Defence Services during the year 2011-12 was RS 1,75,898 crore. Of this, the Air Force and Navy spent RS 46,134 crore and RS 31,270 crore respectively. The combined expenditure of the two services amounts to 44 per cent of the total expenditure on the Defence Services.
The major portion of the expenditure of the Air Force and Navy is capital in nature, constituting almost 62.04 per cent of their total expenditure. This Report contains major findings arising from the test audit of transactions of the Air Force, the Navy, Defence Research and Development Organisation, the Coast Guard and the Military Engineer Services.
Due to injudicious decision to persist with a programme for development of Electronic Warfare suite sanctioned to enhance the operational capability of an aircraft, an investment of 7456 crore was rendered largely unfruitful. Due to delay in initiation and conclusion of the contract, facilities for upgradation of an aircraft could not be set up in time despite an investment of 7272 crore on Transfer of Technology resulting in grounding of more than 50 per cent of the transport aircraft fleet.