Budget Brief: Indian Modernization Spending Rising At Last

Indian P-8 and budget data
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Earlier this month India announced a 7.1% increase to its defense budget, taking total spending to INR7,847 billion (US$86.1 billion). More importantly, within that increase the capital budget provided to the armed forces—largely to fund equipment procurement—rose by 17.6% to INR2,193 billion. Under...
Craig Caffrey

Craig is the head of Aviation Week Network's defense data team responsible for managing the company’s defense databases and leading on related consultancy projects.

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