India’s defence spending in terms of total govt expenditure for 2021-22 lowest in six years

Despite the increasing threats from both China and Pakistan and emerging security challenges, India’s spending on defence has dropped by four per cent in terms of the government’s total expenditure over the last six years.

Despite the increasing threats from both China and Pakistan and emerging security challenges, India’s spending on defence has dropped by four per cent in terms of the government’s total expenditure over the last six years. In the current financial year 2021-22, the Narendra Modi government has allocated a budget of Rs 4,78,196 crore of defence expenditure which is 13.73 per cent of the total central government expenditure, the ministry of defence informed a parliamentary standing committee. The dipping ratio