Ministry of Defence Functions, Allocations and Activities
1 Demand for Grants and Appropriations 2017-18 Grants No. 16 19 - Ministry of Defence Functions, Allocations and Activities 1 The main functions of the Ministry of Defence are: a. Management of Bangladesh Defence Services; b. Functions related to the defence of the country’s land, water, air and the water territory; c. Formulation of legal and statutory matters of Army, Navy and Air forces, activities relating to their budget and management of military lands including civil works; d. Production and preservation of Cypher documents ; e. Meteorological observation, forecasting of weather and issuance of warnings if needed; f. Co-ordination and supervision of administrative and academic matters of the Cadet Colleges and Bangladesh National Cadet Corps; g. Conducting space research, satellite research and other activities; and h. Supervision and control of the activities of the Department of Survey. 2 The revised budget allocation [Non-Development and Development] for FY 2014-15 to FY 2016-17 and the proposed allocation [Non-Development and Development] for FY 2017-18 of the Ministry of Defence are shown below: (Amount in Thousand Taka) Financial Year Non-Dev. Development Total Revenue Capital 2014-15 Revised Budget 17478,67,77 284,26,00 17762,93,77 11829,31,53 5933,62,24 2015-16 Revised Budget 20260,13,33 426,62,00 20686,75,33 14705,99,19 5980,76,14 2016-17 Revised Budget 22541,31,23 654,95,00 23196,26,23 16303,77,10 6892,49,13 2017-18 Budget 25060,90,08 679,85,00 25740,75,08 18233,63,86 7507,11,22 3 In FY 2017-18, the following important activities/projects/programmes are scheduled to be implemented: a.
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