Ministry of Defence (India)
| रक्षा मंत्रालय | |
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 South Block building, housing the Cabinet Secretariat |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1776 |
| Jurisdiction |
 Republic of India
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| Headquarters |
Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill, New Delhi 28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E / 28.61389°N 77.20889°E |
| Annual budget |
₹2.24 lakh crore (US$33 billion) (2014) ₹2.47 lakh crore (US$37 billion) (2015) |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Child agencies |
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| Website | mod.nic.in |
The Ministry of Defence (Hindi: रक्षा मंत्रालय, Raksha Mantralay) (abbreviated as MoD) is charged with co-ordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian armed forces. The Ministry has the largest budget among the federal departments of India and currently maintains sixth in military expenditure among countries of the world.
The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country. The Ministry of Defence provides policy framework and resources to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibility in the context of the defence of the country. The Armed Forces (including Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy) and Indian Coast Guard under the Defence Ministry are primarily responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of the nation.
At present, the undergoing new creation of National Defence University, for training of military officials and concerned civilian officials, will be administered and overseen by Ministry of Defence.
A Military Department was created by the Supreme Government of the British East India Company at Kolkata in the year 1776. Its main function was to co-ordinate and record orders, relating to the Army, issued by various Departments of the Government of the East India Company. The Military Department initially functioned as a branch of the Public Department and maintained a list of Army personnel.
With the Charter Act of 1833 the Secretariat of the Government of the East India Company was re-organised into four Departments, each headed by a Secretary to the Government. The Armies in the Presidencies of Bengal, Bombay & Madras functioned as the respective Presidency Armies until April 1895, when the Presidency Armies were unified into a single Indian Army. For administrative convenience, it was divided into four Commands; Punjab (including the North West Frontier), Bengal (including Burma), Madras and Bombay (including Sind, Quetta and Aden).
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