TopicDefence expenditure

Topic: defence expenditure

Defence innovation will cost money, private control. Else be happy with drone light shows

Lt General Prakash Menon - 1 February, 2022

Govt procedures that masquerade as safety nets for minimising financial loss can only stifle innovation. Modi govt's well-intentioned iDEX scheme seems headed that way.

India can learn from Azerbaijan how to spend smart on military when budget is thin

Snehesh Alex Philip - 12 March, 2021

Modi govt's capital budget allocation for 2021-22 is lower than the amount armed forces had sought in 2014-15. But spending more is not the answer, spending right is.

House defence panel must ask 4 key questions — from lower expenditure to pension bill

Lt General Prakash Menon - 17 February, 2021

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence can bring much needed clarity on India's national security that Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget didn’t answer.

Not fair to cut defence pay, pensions and inject funds in airlines, banks

Pranay Kotasthane - 13 November, 2020

The armed forces community refused to grasp the consequences of a slowing economy. OROP was made into an emotive issue.

Veterans must know that rising defence pension bill needs to be tamed for military’s own good

Snehesh Alex Philip - 6 November, 2020

Modi govt needs to come out with a new National Pension Scheme for India's armed forces to give them extra in comparison to the civilian workforce.

Modi govt eyes export of defence products in Indian Ocean region and Africa

Snehesh Alex Philip - 19 August, 2020

A consolidated list of items for possible exports, both from the government and private sector, is being worked upon.

Modi govt made defence exports jump 700%. Now it must radically reform ordnance factories

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - 19 March, 2020

PM Modi targets $5 billion in defence exports in next 5 years. If 'Make in India’ reaches its full potential, $10-15 billion is achievable in a decade.

India is more secure than we fear, and our political leaders are smarter than we concede

Nitin Pai - 19 March, 2018

Politicians must be made to understand that defence expenditure is like an insurance premium on national security, so defence budget needs to be boosted.