Budget 2023: The country’s defense budget increased amid tension on the border, know where India stands now in comparison to China and Pakistan? – how is india’s defense budget compared to china and pakistan know details

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Continuous increase in defense budget

According to the Defense Ministry, the capital outlay is expected to bridge the critical gap and equip the forces with ammunition, weapons maintenance, assets and military stores. The capital outlay for the Indian Air Force was the highest at Rs 57,137.09 crore, including Rs 15,721 crore for the purchase of aircraft and aero engines and Rs 36,223.13 crore for other equipment. An amount of Rs 52,804 crore has been fixed as capital outlay for the Indian Navy as against Rs 47,590 crore given in the financial year 2022-23. The capital outlay for the military is Rs 37,241 crore. Dr Laxman Kumar Behera, Associate Professor, Special Center for National Security Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the increase in allocation has been satisfactory considering the impact of various global developments. Behera told ‘PTI-Bhasha’, “The budget for the armed forces has been increased marginally in the budget.” The growing Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean region has led to an increase in capital outlay for the Indian Navy over the years. This is also an important aspect in the defense budget of 2023-24. Former Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen (Retd) Subrata Saha said the budget is intended to boost manufacturing and enhance India’s strength in the digital sector.

Army being strengthened

With a focus on boosting border infrastructure, the capital outlay for the Border Roads Organization (BRO) has been increased to Rs 5,000 crore in 2022-23 from Rs 3,500 crore, showing an increase of 43 per cent. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted, “The Ministry of Defense is committed to strengthen the infrastructure in the border areas, especially the northern borders. Accordingly, the capital budget of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) has been increased by 43 per cent to Rs 5,000 crore in the financial year 2023-24, as against Rs 3,500 crore in the financial year 2022-23. DRDO) has been allocated Rs 23,264 crore. “A total outlay of Rs 45,03,097 crore has been envisaged in the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24,” Singh tweeted. Of this, the Ministry of Defense has been allocated a total budget of Rs 5,93,537.64 crore, which is 13.18 per cent of the total budget of the Government of India. Rs 10,230 crore compared to the previous year’s outlay of Rs 1,62,600 crore in the capital allocation. registered an increase of 6.7 per cent. The Defense Ministry said that since 2019-20, there has been an increase of Rs 59,200 crore in the capital budget, which is an increase of 57 per cent. According to budget documents, Rs 2,70,120 crore has been allocated to the armed forces for revenue expenditure which includes expenditure on salary payments and maintenance of establishments. The budgetary allocation for revenue expenditure in the year 2022-23 was Rs 2,33,000 crore. In the budget for 2023-24, the capital outlay for the Ministry of Defense (Civil) has been proposed at Rs 8774 crore. The revenue expenditure for the Army has been kept at Rs 1,82,649 crore, for the Indian Air Force at Rs 44,345 crore and for the Indian Navy at Rs 32,284 crore.

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How is India’s defense budget compared to China and Pakistan?

India’s defense budget may have increased but it is also important that how much the neighboring countries are spending on their defense budget. In the past months, Indian soldiers have had skirmishes along the border with Pakistan and China. In such a situation, the security of its borders is very important for India. Talking about Pakistan, it has kept the defense budget of 1 lakh 52 thousand crore Pakistani Rupee (PKR) for the year 2022-23. According to the currency of India, it is equal to 46 thousand 689 crore rupees. If we compare it with India’s defense budget, then it is about 13 times more than that of Pakistan. If only defense services and administrative expenses including salary and pension in India are added, then it is almost nine times compared to Pakistan’s defense budget. On the other hand, if we talk about China, then the budget of China comes every year in March. Last year, the Communist Party spent 1.45 trillion yuan i.e. 18 lakh 77 thousand crore rupees in Indian rupees for the Chinese Defense Ministry. This is three times the expenditure on defense than that of India. However, if we look at the figures of increase in the defense budget, India has increased its defense budget by 12.95 per cent this time, while China had increased its budget by only 7.1 per cent last time.

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