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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

India’s struggles spending its meagre defence budgets over the years: Hard truths with data,5 graphs

How have Kargil war with Pakistan, Galwan standoff with China & Op Sindoor shaped India’s defence budget & expenditure?
ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta traces India’s defence capital budget since 1999, how much of it was actually spent and the three phases that define the real story.
Consulting Editor (Economics) Bidisha Bhattacharya and Editor (Defence & Diplomacy) Snehesh Alex Philip join in.