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DEFENCE EXPENDITURE COMPARISON
IT needs selectivity, not blind bargain hunting; Energy, defence and healthcare offer better opportunities: Gurmeet ChadhaMarket expert Gurmeet Chadha advises investors to be selective in the IT sector, despite attractive valuations, focusing on stock-specific ...
AI investment boom reshaping global capital flows, leaving India temporarily on the sidelines: Jonathan GarnerForeign investors are shifting capital from India to North Asian markets like South Korea and Taiwan, driven by the AI investment boom and ...
Defence Stock Watch: BEL, HAL, GRSE & others in focus today ahead of Union Budget 2026The Defence Secretary has indicated a potential 20% increase in the FY27 defence budget to maintain operational readiness and strengthen se...
CAG asks Centre, states to follow uniform classification for recording expenses starting FY28The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has directed the Centre and all states to adopt uniform categories for government spending. Th...
Asim Munir’s ‘India a Mercedes, Pakistan a dumper truck’ remark a confession of Islamabad’s economic reality: Rajnath SinghDefence Minister Rajnath Singh dismissed Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir's economic comparison, calling it a confession of Pakistan's strugg...
India’s Defence Renaissance: Riding the next wave of growthIndia’s defence sector is witnessing a resurgence, fueled by surging exports, robust production targets, and rising global demand. Defence ...
Cost of conflict: How India and Pakistan spend their money on defenceAmidst escalating tensions following the Pahalgam attack and ongoing cross-border conflicts, India's military spending significantly outpac...
Defence Budget 2024 Comparison: How India's defence allocation for armed forces stack up against China and PakistanDefence Budget 2024 Comparison: India's defence budget for FY 2024-25 has been raised to ₹6.21 lakh crore (US $75 billion), up from ₹5.94 l...
Why a Budget boost is long overdue for India's defence sectorIn FY23, the Defence budget (excluding pensions) was about 10% of the Central Govt expenditure and around 1.7% of GDP. In comparison, this ...
View: The latest round of stimulus is welcome but more needs to be done to revive growthWith a pent-up demand in the system, it’s only appropriate that the package focuses largely on the supply side of the economy. If some of t...
India spends more on military officials than US, UK, says IDSAEven Pakistan which spends 42% of its total defence expenditure on personnel has been spending 26% on operations and maintenance, a higher ...
Defence Ministry struggles to spend capital funds budgeted for modernisation projectsThe Air Force has done well to spend more than 54% of the capital budget of Rs 33,657 cr earmarked for purchase of equipment and weapon sys...
Budget 2016: Holistic approach to defence planning is absent in IndiaThe biggest surprise in the Union Budget is that, of the Rs.3,40,922 crore set aside for the MoD, not a single additional rupee has gone to...
‘Crisis’ in defence expenditure is not really about budget allocationsIndia spends more than China on defence, and on par with South Korea and Turkey
How Chinese aggression, Pak nuisance fail to scare Jaitley enoughRising Pakistan-sponsored terror activities and frequent border skirmishes with China require Indian forces to ramp up their might.
Total number of government employees? Nobody knowsExactly how many employees does the Central government have? The report of the Seventh Pay Commission seems to suggest that nobody is quite...
Budget 2012: All you wanted to know about non-tax revenuesReceipts in the capital account of the consolidated fund are divided into three broad heads - public debt, recoveries of loans and advances...
- Government will meet fiscal targets: Finance Secy
The finance ministry said the govt will meet fiscal targets through a mix of a robust increase in tax collections and prudent spending.
- Budget Glossary 4
We concluded the previous instalment of the glossary with a discussion of central plan. We now take up concepts of plan and non-plan expend...
- Tips to get your household budget basics right
Plan expenditure, fiscal deficit and revenue expenditure are some of the terms that one will hear in the Union budget.