India Military Expenditure

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday batted for a foolproof system of internal and external audit for defence expenditure and called for devising innovative ways to maximise the value of money spent on India's security needs.

The percentage of capital expenditure incurred by the armed forces for the import of equipment and military hardware witnessed a steady decline in the last three years, data provided by the government in Lok Sabha on Friday showed.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot today questioned the expenditure of Rs 20,000 crore on the Central Vista project amid the protests over the new military recruitment scheme, Agnipath, that has seen huge protests over the new military recruitment scheme t

World military expenditure reached an all-time high of USD 2.1 trillion in 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday, adding that the top three largest spenders were the United States, China and India.

The Union Budget made a 19 per cent higher allocation for the country's armed forces to buy new weaponry compared to last year and the highest in the last 15 years. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today pegged the defence budget at Rs 4.78 lakh crore, which includes a capital expenditure budget of Rs 1.35 lakh cror...

Global military expenditure at 3.6 per cent saw its largest annual spike in a decade in 2019 with China and India being the second- and third-largest spenders after the US, a Stockholm-based think-tank said on Monday, the first time the two Asian giants were among the top three countries spending more on armaments.

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan today moved into a modest three-bed room house of his military secretary along with two servants, a day after announcing that he would not be staying in the sprawling PM House which has a staff of 524, keeping his pledge to cut down the expenditure of the cash-strapped government.

Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday lauded China's military might, saying they understood the importance of ratcheting up defence prowess alongside their economy. The world, he said, is looking at India to provide a counterbalance and added a criticism of what he called "a belief" regarding defence expenditure at home.

The United States expects to spend about US $6 billion a year training and supporting Afghan troops and police after it begins pulling out its own combat troops in 2011.The previously undisclosed estimates of US spending through 2015 detailed in a NATO training mission document are an acknowledgment that Afghanistan will remain largely dependent on...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday batted for a foolproof system of internal and external audit for defence expenditure and called for devising innovative ways to maximise the value of money spent on India's security needs.

The percentage of capital expenditure incurred by the armed forces for the import of equipment and military hardware witnessed a steady decline in the last three years, data provided by the government in Lok Sabha on Friday showed.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot today questioned the expenditure of Rs 20,000 crore on the Central Vista project amid the protests over the new military recruitment scheme, Agnipath, that has seen huge protests over the new military recruitment scheme t

World military expenditure reached an all-time high of USD 2.1 trillion in 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday, adding that the top three largest spenders were the United States, China and India.

The Union Budget made a 19 per cent higher allocation for the country's armed forces to buy new weaponry compared to last year and the highest in the last 15 years. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today pegged the defence budget at Rs 4.78 lakh crore, which includes a capital expenditure budget of Rs 1.35 lakh cror...

Global military expenditure at 3.6 per cent saw its largest annual spike in a decade in 2019 with China and India being the second- and third-largest spenders after the US, a Stockholm-based think-tank said on Monday, the first time the two Asian giants were among the top three countries spending more on armaments.

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan today moved into a modest three-bed room house of his military secretary along with two servants, a day after announcing that he would not be staying in the sprawling PM House which has a staff of 524, keeping his pledge to cut down the expenditure of the cash-strapped government.

Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday lauded China's military might, saying they understood the importance of ratcheting up defence prowess alongside their economy. The world, he said, is looking at India to provide a counterbalance and added a criticism of what he called "a belief" regarding defence expenditure at home.

The United States expects to spend about US $6 billion a year training and supporting Afghan troops and police after it begins pulling out its own combat troops in 2011.The previously undisclosed estimates of US spending through 2015 detailed in a NATO training mission document are an acknowledgment that Afghanistan will remain largely dependent on...