The committee has also expressed reservations about the existing state of affairs regarding the utilisation of funds for R&D activities in DRDO, without dwelling into details. It has also noted that the research and development percentage was at 6.59% in 2010-11 and 6.6% in 2014 -15 but has been progressively reduced to 5.38% in the current budget. It also observed that 25% of the budget (around ₹1300 crore) is now earmarked for the private sector, leaving an even smaller amount for DRDO to allocate to its projects.
