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Topic: defence spending

India 3rd largest military spender, 50% defence exports go to Myanmar, shows data from SIPRI

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says India's defence spending in 2021 was up 0.9% from 2020. Rise comes on back of border tensions and ‘Make in India’ push. 

MoD and IDSA no longer separate. How Manohar Parrikar’s name was added to the think tank

Lt General Prakash Menon -
With the packing of Executive Council with favorites of the establishment, a major source of resistance to defend IDSA’s autonomy could get weakened.

From North Korea to Covid-19 — the major defence issues Joe Biden will face

Peter Martin -
US President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to focus on the military despite his pledge to zero in on fighting coronavirus and healing the battered American economy.

YV Reddy questions Fin Commission mandate on defence funding, K Sujatha Rao on new medical bill

Fiza Jha -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Narendra Modi govt can’t increase defence budget. Best it can do is go for reforms

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Instead of relying on rhetoric to justify inadequate defence budget, government must provide an outline for time-bound national security reforms

This year, the Indian Air Force doesn’t have enough funds to pay for past purchases

Manu Pubby -
The budget allocated is far short of the money the IAF has committed to pay for purchasing aircraft. It will need a mid-year bail out.
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India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

Arvind Mayaram -
The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

CJI’s involvement in selection of CBI director is a safeguard, not a subversion

Report leak, global headlines pinned Air India crash on dead pilots. But nothing adds up

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Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

National Interest

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

Shekhar Gupta -
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.

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