Shri Mukherjee provided a substantially increased Defence outlay of Rs.1,41,703 crore in the budget for 2009-10 as against Rs.1,05,600 crore in BE 2008-09. He informed the Lok Sabha that the total provision for subsidies during 2009-10 has been raised to Rs.1,11,276 crore from Rs.71,431 crore in BE 2008-09.