(a) whether the Government has recently approved a budgetary support of around Rs 500 crore over the next five years to Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) - Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO);
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether this approved budget aims to provide financial support to start-ups, MSMEs, individual innovators and other partner incubators under the DIO framework;
(d) if so, the details of any norms or guidelines that have been prescribed to select such partner organisations; and
(e) whether the Department of Defence Production (DDP) will release funds to DIO for setting up and managing the iDEX network and if so, the details thereof?