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China's thrice bigger defence budget: Is India anxious?

A hike in China's defence budget has got defence experts and analysts debating the country's rising military power and clout.  The 10 per cent hike this year comes when China is rapidly......

China hikes defence budget; it's 3 times more than India's

China has hiked its defence budget by 10.7 per cent to $115.7 billion well above this year's Indian defence spending of $37.4 billion. The hike in the defence spending was announced as the Chinese......

China raises defence budget by 7.2%, 3 times higher than India

China on Tuesday increased its defence budget by 7.2 per cent to USD 232 billion as it continues with the massive modernisation of its military amid prevailing tensions over Taiwan, the disputed......

Defence Budget Can't Beat Inflation!

India spends significantly less on defence than could be expected from a country that faces simultaneous armed threats from two hostile neighbours -- China and Pakistan. IMAGE: An Indian Army......

Budget hikes defence budget by 4.72%, focuses on 'deep tech'

The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row......

Budget 2012: Substantial hike in defence budget

With several defence deals including the one to procure 126 combat aircraft for the IAF expected to be clinched this year, the Defence Budget was on Friday substantially hiked by more than 17 per......

Defence budget: Incapable of meeting growing threats

The presentation of annual defence budget is an exercise in futility. The increase in defence budget from Rs.147,344 crore (Rs 1,473.44 billion) in fiscal 2010-11 to 164,415 crore (Rs 1,644.15......

Is India's defence budgeting flawed?

The most worrying aspect of defence budgeting is that the military’s long-term equipment planning is based on fundamentally flawed fiscal assumptions. The interim Budget’s allocations......

Budget 2025: What Nirmalaji Needs To Fix

If the fiscal deficit target of 4.9% of GDP has to be met for 2024-2025, which the government must in view of the uncertainties and challenges emerging both domestically and globally, the finance......

Why Is India Not In The Innovation Race?

India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

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