{"id":19926,"date":"2023-12-23T16:42:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=19926"},"modified":"2023-12-27T21:50:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:20:29","slug":"indias-defence-budgeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/23-12-2023\/indias-defence-budgeting","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Defence Budgeting\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS 3\/Defense\/Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In News&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The parliamentary standing committee on defence recommended a benchmark percentage of GDP for defence allocation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Status of Defense Budget&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Union Budget for Financial Year 2023-24 envisages a total outlay of Rs 45,03,097 crore.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Of this, the <strong>Ministry of Defence<\/strong> has been allocated a total Budget of Rs <strong>5,93,537.64 crore, which is 13.18 %<\/strong> of the total budget.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This includes an amount of Rs 1,38,205 crore for Defence Pensions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The total Defence Budget represents an enhancement of Rs 68,371.49 crore (13%) over the Budget of 2022-23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Need for Defense Budget&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The planning and budgeting in the Indian military before the Russia-Ukraine war was for a short sharp conflict.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The logistics design was to stock up on 10i (10 days intense) war, and build up to a 40i scenario.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The refrain has changed, with the leadership of the armed forces now visualising an extended war scenario, as seen in Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amid ongoing tensions and border disputes with China and Pakistan that occasionally spill over into armed clashes, There is a need to&nbsp; prioritise the modernisation of armed forces and self-reliance in arms production.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India needs to be prepared to deter China in the environs of the Malacca Strait and further east, as also in the Indian Ocean.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;The Army needs to modernise too and, considering its size, the Budget requirement would be considerable.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Concerns&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India&#8217;s defence budget in the last few years hovered around 1.8 to 1.97 per cent of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defence expenditure (revenue and capital), as a percentage of central government expenditure, has been declining \u2014 from around 16.4% in 2012-13 to 13.3% in 2022-23.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ministry of Defence had asked for \u20b91,76,346 crore in 2023\u201324 for capital acquisitions but only \u20b91,62,600 crore was allotted, creating a deficit of \u20b913,746 crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The allocation for defence in Budget 2024-25, which starts getting planned now, could take a hit due to&nbsp; elections\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This could impact India\u2019s deterrence posture, which defence preparedness is all about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Parliamentary panel recent recommendations&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The government should fix a<strong> &#8220;definite benchmark&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>percentage of the GDP<\/strong> for <strong>defence budget<\/strong> as military expenditure by neighbouring countries and the evolving global security scenario warrant such an outlay for the country to prepare for dealing with future security challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It specifically recommended putting adequate focus on developing futuristic drones and electronic warfare systems to confront future challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The global &#8220;ideal&#8221; estimate for defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP is three percent.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It recommended in unequivocal terms that if not the global parameter of 3 per cent, feasibility may be explored to fix a benchmark as the country&#8217;s GDP that will help in forming a right trajectory for the defence expenditure for the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusion and Way Forward&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are many sectors like health, education, infrastructure, etc. competing for resource allocation from the Union Government.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All sectors are important in some or the other way since they fulfil India\u2019s national aspirations of comprehensive national security with equal emphasis on human security issues.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The recent wars in the international arena should act as a grim reminder that the nomenclature of war has really changed and defence preparedness in terms of an electronic warfare has become an imperative need for our nation,\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The armed forces should be technologically modern at any given time. However, developing a local defence industry takes decades, necessitating a smart balance to be maintained between imports and indigenous accretions to ensure the required potency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It said for ensuring such preparedness in view of the prevailing security scenario in the world today, there is a need for constant requirement of funds at regular intervals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The momentum should be sustained with a continuum in policy making and adequate defence budgeting by making them election-proof.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/indias-defence-budgeting-and-the-point-of-deterrence\/article67659048.ece#:~:text=India&#039;s%20defence%20Budget%2C%20in%20real,13.3%25%20in%202022%2D23.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mains Practise Question&nbsp;<br><\/strong><\/span>Do you agree with the view that the evolving global security scenario requires India to increase its Defence expenditure ? Give reasons in support of your arguments.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Daily-Editorial-Analysis-23-12-2013.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syllabus :GS 3\/Defense\/Economy In News&nbsp; Status of Defense Budget&nbsp; Need for Defense Budget&nbsp; Concerns&nbsp; Parliamentary panel recent recommendations&nbsp; Conclusion and Way Forward&nbsp; Source:TH Mains Practise Question&nbsp;Do you agree with the view that the evolving global security scenario requires India to increase its Defence expenditure ? Give reasons in support of your arguments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-analysis"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19926"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20012,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19926\/revisions\/20012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}