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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9794)	11/25/1999 10:55:00 PM
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Kalam gets Cabinet minister rank NEW DELHI: Scientific adviser to defence minister and secretary, Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) A P J Abdul Kalam, was on Wednesday appointed principal scientific adviser to the government with the rank of a cabinet minister. The government's gesture to a man honoured with the Bharat Ratna two years ago, Kalam's elevation opens avenues for infusion of fresh blood in DRDO and the defence scientific establishment at a time when there have been slippages on a number of ambitious programmes. Fernandes seeks more allocation NEW DELHI: Defence minister George Fernandes has advocated raising the defence allocation to three per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) from the present level of 2.3 per cent. If the suggestion is accepted, it would imply an increase of about Rs 15,000 crore. The magnitude of this jump can be gauged from the fact that the total budget of the Army alone for the current year is about Rs 25,000 crore. The 2.3 per cent level is the lowest in the last two decades.

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