defence spending of India, Pakistan and China
5 years, 3 months ago

defence spending of India, Pakistan and China

Op India  

Usually, defence budgets are seen in a very restricted fashion. 1965 Indo-Pak War In 1963 and 1964, Pakistan’s defence spending was $0.74 bn and $0.83 bn respectively. 1971 Indo-Pak War Pakistan’s military spending during 1965-1970 again saw a rise; it reached $1.561 bn in 1970 seeing a 16% growth. Each war till the 1990s that Pakistan imposed on India had one thing in common – Pakistan’s military spending expanding prior to the conflict and India’s shrinking. Despite India’s average defence budget as a share of GDP being 35% more than China’s in the last 30 years, presently China’s overall spending is 260% more than India’s.

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Budget 2025: Is it high time to hike India's military spending?
2 days, 1 hour ago

Budget 2025: Is it high time to hike India's military spending?

India Today  

From the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas conflict to the Bangladesh instability and Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions, global peace is in short supply. With conflicts reaching Indian borders, the question arises: is it time to raise the defence budget, which has consistently been below 2.5 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product? For the first time since 2009, military expenditure went …

Japan approves record defence budget with plans to become 3rd highest spender: Where does India stand?
2 weeks ago

Japan approves record defence budget with plans to become 3rd highest spender: Where does India stand?

India TV News  

Japan has decided to increase its defence budget to as high as 8.7 trillion yen in 2025. Under the new defence strategy, Tokyo plans to eventually double its annual military spending to around 10 trillion yen, making it the world's No.3 military spender after the United States and China. Understanding Japan's new defence strategy Japan prepares to deploy US-made Tomahawks …

India to spend 12.9% of Budget 2024 on defence. But how does it stack up against China?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

India to spend 12.9% of Budget 2024 on defence. But how does it stack up against China?

Firstpost  

The Centre has allocated Rs 6.21 lakh crore from the Union Budget to defence spending – up from 5.94 lakh crore in 2023. The defence ministry has kept aside Rs 1.05 lakh crore – 75 per cent of the modernisation budget – to buy from Indian firms. The Centre also increased the defence pension budget to Rs 1.41 lakh crore …

India 4th largest military spender in 2023, says new Sipri report
8 months, 2 weeks ago

India 4th largest military spender in 2023, says new Sipri report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India was the fourth largest military spender in the world in 2023 with an expenditure of $83.6 billion after the United States, China and Russia, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report published on Monday. Pokhran: Indian military personnel during the Exercise Bharat Shakti, in Pokhran, Rajasthan, in March India’s spending was 4.2% higher than …

Global defence budget: How much India, Pakistan and China spend on military? Top 10 list
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Global defence budget: How much India, Pakistan and China spend on military? Top 10 list

Hindustan Times  

Global military spending reached $2,443 billion in 2023, marking a significant 6.8 per cent increase from the previous year and the most significant year-on-year rise since 2009, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. SIPRI report on global military spending | Key points • In 2023, total military expenditure accounted for 2.3 per cent of the …

China ramps up defence budget by 7.2%, India will feel the heat
10 months ago

China ramps up defence budget by 7.2%, India will feel the heat

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: With the Chinese annual defence budget crossing seven per cent for the third consecutive year even though the economy is slowing down, its political and military ramifications will be felt by its principal adversaries including India this decade. While India is involved in a four -year stand-off with the China on East Ladakh Line of Actual Control, the …

Pakistan is out of friends and out of money
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan is out of friends and out of money

Hindustan Times  

PAKISTAN’S ELECTION on February 8th featured state-of-the-art avatars and TikTok videos, but the question it poses evokes an old theme. Pakistan’s most popular politician, Imran Khan, a celebrity ex-cricketer turned rabble-rouser, was imprisoned on bogus charges at the army’s behest before the poll, even though he had at one time worked with the generals. China remains Pakistan’s “eternal friend” but …

Armed forces wait for a funds boost from Budget
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Armed forces wait for a funds boost from Budget

Hindustan Times  

Next week, the Union government will place an interim budget before Parliament. The Union budget pays for maintaining the Army, Navy and Air Force and provides support to defence public sector units and the research and development related to defence. The Army’s budget in 2023-24 shows that 70% of the 3.41 lakh crore allocation went to salaries and pensions, while …

NATO defence spending is rising, but not fast enough
1 year, 5 months ago

NATO defence spending is rising, but not fast enough

The Economist  

N ATO LEADERS had a packed agenda at their summit in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, on July 11th and 12th. Meanwhile, the alliance also approved its first comprehensive defence plans since the cold war. Western defence spending fell dramatically in real terms after the cold war. In 2006 NATO allies agreed to a target for defence spending of 2% of GDP, …

New Delhi 4th biggest defence spender, Moscow jumps to 3rd spot as Ukraine war drags on
1 year, 8 months ago

New Delhi 4th biggest defence spender, Moscow jumps to 3rd spot as Ukraine war drags on

Firstpost  

Just like India, China has also increased its military expenditure, as it remains the world’s second largest spender. The SIPRI report suggests that China allocated around $292 billion in 2022, and its military expenditure has now increased for 28 consecutive years New Delhi: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has revealed that India’s military expenditure rose by 6 per cent …

World military spending reaches all-time high of $2.24 trillion
1 year, 8 months ago

World military spending reaches all-time high of $2.24 trillion

Al Jazeera  

Surge in spending reflects Russia-Ukraine war and ‘increasingly insecure world’, according to leading think tank. World military spending reached an all-time high of $2.24 trillion in 2022, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled a sharp jump in military spending across Europe, according to a leading defence think tank. “While the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 certainly affected military …

China boosts defence budget by 7.2% amid 'security challenges'; Where does India stand?
1 year, 10 months ago

China boosts defence budget by 7.2% amid 'security challenges'; Where does India stand?

India TV News  

China's defence budget: China, which has been facing an economic slowdown, has announced to increase in the defence budget by 7.2 this year. China sets economic growth at around 5% The top economic official set this year’s growth target at “around 5%” following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home and triggered protests. According to …

India needn’t worry about the US-Pak relationship
2 years, 2 months ago

India needn’t worry about the US-Pak relationship

Hindustan Times  

The recent flurry in the United States diplomatic engagement with Pakistan is not the “reset” in the troubled relationship that Pakistanis are hoping for. It will take much more than a few high-level visits by Pakistani civil and military officials to restore American trust in Pakistan, which remains strategically aligned with Washington’s new peer competitor, Beijing. The recent diplomatic engagements …

Pakistan increases defence budget to Rs 1,523 bn; hikes spending by 11 per cent
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan increases defence budget to Rs 1,523 bn; hikes spending by 11 per cent

India TV News  

Highlights Pak's defence budget is the second biggest annual expenditure component after debt payments Last year, the country spent Rs 1,450 billion in defence spending Pak Finance Minister presented Rs 9,502-billion annual budget in Parliament for fiscal 2022-23 Pakistan on Friday announced that it will allocate Rs 1,523 billion for defence, an increase of over 11 per cent than last …

India\'s military spending 3rd highest in world after US, China: Reports
2 years, 8 months ago

India\'s military spending 3rd highest in world after US, China: Reports

Deccan Chronicle  

Stockholm : World military expenditure reached an all-time high of USD 2.1 trillion in 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said on Monday, adding that the top three largest spenders were the United States, China and India. US military spending reached USD 801 billion in 2021, a drop of 1.4 per cent from 2020, the statement said. India's military …

China’s Defence Spending Hides More Than It Reveals; Outstrips Combined Expenses of India, Japan
2 years, 9 months ago

China’s Defence Spending Hides More Than It Reveals; Outstrips Combined Expenses of India, Japan

News 18  

The People’s Republic of China’s annual National People’s Congress ended last week. The People’s Liberation Army’s defence spending has increased by at least 6.6 per cent every year since the past three decades, and its defence expenditure has increased nearly six-fold in the past two decades. However, China is not the only country to hide its defence expenditure, as India …

From Germany to China, how Russia-Ukraine conflict is forcing the world to ramp up defence budgets
2 years, 10 months ago

From Germany to China, how Russia-Ukraine conflict is forcing the world to ramp up defence budgets

Firstpost  

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted many countries to hike their defence budgets. Romania: President Klaus Iohannis said that his country would push defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, from the current 2 per cent mark. China: Beijing too has increased its defence spending in 2022 by 7.1 per cent to $229 billion, up from a 6.8 per …

China to raise defense spending by 7.1% to $229 billion
2 years, 10 months ago

China to raise defense spending by 7.1% to $229 billion

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China on Saturday announced a 7.1% increase in defense spending in 2022 to $229 billion, continuing years of robust spending on its increasingly powerful military that is challenging the U.S. armed forces’ dominance in the Indo-Pacific region. During a meeting between Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing early last month, Xi endorsed Russia’s objections to further …

Pakistan’s Defence Budget Rises to 18.4%, But at What Cost?
3 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan’s Defence Budget Rises to 18.4%, But at What Cost?

News 18  

When it comes to currency distribution that runs a country, Pakistan believes in taking more from its citizens than giving it to them even if it compromises health services and education needs, the two most fundamental necessities of every common, poor man to survive and grow in life. According to the Pakistan’s 2020-21 budget, the current estimated expenditure is PKR …

China boosts defence spending to $209 billion, over three times that of India
3 years, 10 months ago

China boosts defence spending to $209 billion, over three times that of India

Firstpost  

Beijing: China on Friday hiked its defence budget for the first time to more than US $200 billion, over three times higher than that of India, maintaining a single-digit growth for the sixth consecutive year with a 6.8 percent increase in 2021. This year’s planned defence spending will be about 1.35 trillion yuan, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, adding that …

Budget 2021: Small increase in defense spending even as China standoff simmers
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2021: Small increase in defense spending even as China standoff simmers

Live Mint  

India increased its defense spending by about 1%, throwing the timing of its military modernization program into doubt while it faces a protracted standoff with China along their disputed Himalayan border. India’s expenditure is about a quarter that of China’s -- in May 2020, Beijing announced a yearly defense budget $178.6 billion, according to data from the Center for Strategic …

Union Budget 2021: Higher spending for defence sector expected
3 years, 11 months ago

Union Budget 2021: Higher spending for defence sector expected

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the Union Budget 2021-22 to provide relief to the country, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, and also generously focuses on defence amid the rising tensions with China. Follow Budget 2021 Live Updates As tensions with China continue to escalate, in the wake of the violent standoff in Ladakh with China back in June 2020 …

China's Military Lays Out Technology Roadmap to Catch Up with the US by 2027: Report
4 years, 1 month ago

China's Military Lays Out Technology Roadmap to Catch Up with the US by 2027: Report

News 18  

China must apply cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence if it wants to transform its military into a modern fighting force on a par with those of other leading powers, according to new guidelines and comments from President Xi Jinping and other officials. Recent key conclave of the ruling Communist Party of China has finalised plans to build a fully …

China hikes defence budget to USD 179 billion, nearly three times that of India
4 years, 7 months ago

China hikes defence budget to USD 179 billion, nearly three times that of India

India TV News  

China, the second-largest military spender after the US, has hiked its defence budget from last year's 177.6 billion to USD 179 billion, nearly three times that of India, the lowest increment in recent years apparently due to the heavy disruption caused to its economy by the COVID-19, according to the official media. China''s this year's defence budget will be around …

Defense budget increase is lowest in 32 years
4 years, 7 months ago

Defense budget increase is lowest in 32 years

China Daily  

People's Liberation Army soldiers attend the opening ceremony of the joint training at a military training field in Cambodia's Kampot province, on March 15, 2020. The central government proposed an annual defense budget of about 1.27 trillion yuan, a 6.6 percent rise on the last budget, according to the draft to be deliberated on at the third session of the …

Global military spending saw largest increase in decade in 2019; China, India in top 3: Study
4 years, 8 months ago

Global military spending saw largest increase in decade in 2019; China, India in top 3: Study

India TV News  

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. The total global military expenditure rose to …

Pakistan's strike at India's recent purchase of air defence system is misplaced, country has long benefitted from US aid and military equipment
4 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan's strike at India's recent purchase of air defence system is misplaced, country has long benefitted from US aid and military equipment

Firstpost  

Alleging that Pakistan had been harbouring terrorists, Trump slammed the previous US governments for supporting the country. Pakistan on Friday accused the American government of “destabilising” the South Asian region because it approved a military sale to India of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System, worth an estimated $1.867 billion. Before nosediving into Pakistan’s concern in the growing defence ties between …

Why Pakistan’s economy is sinking
5 years, 6 months ago

Why Pakistan’s economy is sinking

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan’s new budget will not fix the country’s economic woes. This year’s Pakistan Economic Survey, a government-issued report that precedes the annual budget presentation, has painted a dismal picture of the domestic economy. Earlier this month, Khan announced the formation of a new committee called the National Development Council to oversee Pakistan’s economic growth strategy. A few days before the …

Pak parliament approves Rs 1,150 billion defence budget
5 years, 6 months ago

Pak parliament approves Rs 1,150 billion defence budget

India TV News  

Pakistan's parliament Thursday unanimously passed the Rs 1,152 billion defence budget for the next fiscal. Federal Minister for Revenue Hammad Azhar presented the budget on June 11 in which he had declared that the budgetry allocation for the defence sector was kept the same as the last year's. Pakistan's military, in a rare move, early this month decided to voluntarily …

Walk the talk on war, but consider the costs
5 years, 10 months ago

Walk the talk on war, but consider the costs

Deccan Chronicle  

Taking the war on terror directly into Pakistan was India’s first step towards fulfilling its “Great Power” aspirations. India barely spends 1.5 per cent of its GDP on defence — two-thirds of it on military salaries and pensions and current costs. Our fiscal deficit is already uncomfortably high at 3.4 per cent of GDP, with an upward possibility by end-FY2019 …

China hikes defence budget by 7.5 percent to $177.61 billion; country second highest spender in world
5 years, 10 months ago

China hikes defence budget by 7.5 percent to $177.61 billion; country second highest spender in world

Firstpost  

China, the world’s second largest military spender after the US, Tuesday announced a 7.5 percent increase in its defence budget for this year, hiking it to a whopping $177.61 billion, over three times that of India. Beijing: China, the world’s second largest military spender after the US, Tuesday announced a 7.5 percent increase in its defence budget for this year, …

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