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Victor Dasgupta February 2, 2026 8:16 AM IST
Qamar Cheema has further added that India has increased its focus on purchasing weapons from France, Russia, Australia, and other countries.
Nivedita Dash February 1, 2026 3:21 PM IST
Promising major packages to majority of sectors, Nirmala Sitharaman pegged fiscal deficit at 4.3 per cent of GDP for the next fiscal and allocated Rs 7,84,678 crore as defence outlay for 2026-27.
Victor Dasgupta January 8, 2026 8:34 AM IST
Trump described the present time as very difficult and dangerous, and said that a higher budget would strengthen national security.
Abhijeet Sen May 22, 2025 6:11 PM IST
The government of Pakistan is planning to increase its defence expenditure after it failed to protect itself from the Indian attack during Operation Sindoor.
Analiza Pathak May 17, 2025 2:23 PM IST
India recently tested a new anti-drone system called Bhargavastra. Designed for low-cost deployment, the system works in a "hard kill" mode and uses micro-rockets to neutralize aerial threats.
Analiza Pathak April 29, 2025 8:10 AM IST
Meanwhile, several countries in Central and Western Europe recorded historic spikes in military spending as they moved forward with new investment commitments and large procurement drives.
Analiza Pathak February 18, 2025 1:05 PM IST
India has increased its defense budget to enhance its defense against China and Pakistan. India is focusing on indigenous weapons like the Tejas fighter jet, BrahMos missiles, and advanced air defense systems.
Tahir Qureshi June 11, 2023 8:25 PM IST
Interestingly, all three services, Army, Navy, and Air Force were given an equal increase in the budget.
India.com News Desk February 1, 2022 12:45 PM IST
The government is committed to reduce imports and promote self-reliance in the defence sector, Sitharaman said as she presented Budget 2022.
Amit Bansal January 29, 2021 8:56 PM IST
If we keep the Defence pensions away, our net budget allocation for Defence in year 2020-21 was about 3.37 lakh crore or less than 1.5% of our GDP.
PTI February 1, 2020 11:56 PM IST
Out of the total allocation, Rs 1.13 lakh crore has been set aside for capital outlay to purchase new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware.
India.com News Desk June 24, 2019 8:45 PM IST
Rajnath Singh said as far as the country's defence preparedness is concerned, "we will not allow any adverse impact on it due to fund constraints".
IANS June 24, 2019 2:01 PM IST
While modernisation of armed forces is urgently needed, experts, however, feel that the government might not be able to provide the required resources in the current situation.
IANS Feeds July 25, 2018 8:15 PM IST
Defence Budget as Percentage of GDP Lowest Since 1962 War, Says House Panel
India.com News Desk May 5, 2018 8:40 AM IST
Swamy speaks out again.
India.com News Desk March 29, 2018 6:08 AM IST
His remarks came after a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence expressed shock over the inadequate allocation of funds for the armed forces.
India.com News Desk March 14, 2018 6:17 AM IST
'Insufficient' Defence Budget Dashes Hopes of Modernisation, Says Army Vice-chief
India.com News Desk March 5, 2018 6:43 PM IST
China Hikes Defence Budget to $175 billion, 3 times that of India's
India.com News Desk February 1, 2018 4:10 PM IST
Jaitley said a lot of emphases had been laid on modernising and enhancing the operational capability of the defence forces in the last three-and-half years.
India.com News Desk January 31, 2018 1:30 PM IST
The Budget will also focus on boosting maritime security.
India.com News Desk February 1, 2017 7:30 PM IST
The capital outlay for the three defence services for the purchase of new equipment, weapons, aircraft, warships and other military vehicles stood at Rs 86,488 crore
Press Trust of India March 5, 2016 6:12 PM IST
The Chinese currency has depreciated in the past few months after last year's nearly four per cent devaluation.
Indo-Asian News Service March 5, 2016 4:18 PM IST
General Chen Zhou linked the forecast-beating slowdown with China's "economic and social status quo" in an interview with Xinhua.
Editorial June 18, 2014 1:43 PM IST
While Rs 89,588 crore has been set aside for acquisitions by the armed forces, Rs 134,410 crore will go toward payment of salaries and other expenses.
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