Very interesting, especially that India took the Initiative!
The problem is the instability in the region, the easiest and obvious choice for Russia would be to take benefit of the Caspian Sea and a route through Iran. That's however was politically difficult since the west would protest on...
Very disappointing! I had expected better from a DM, that is publically stating that we need more efficiency. He can't claim that IAF needs to get more out of the available fighter types, but at the same time force them to use 2 different types of trainers, which increases the logistical...
Modest hike in outlay for Defence - The Hindu
India hikes defence spend 7 percent to Rs.246,727 crore | Business Standard News
Marginal rise in defence Budget | Business Standard News
Is meager allocation for...
UAE Reveals New C-17 and Helicopter Buys at IDEX Show | Defense: Aviation International News
That should be the secret buyer of 2 of the last 10 x C17s and the price tag once again shows that our price was reduced by the US government back then.
:angry: Parrikar commenting on the overall budget, but doesn't say anything on the defence budget.
@ all, please stick to topic and ignore troll posts!
That's the question, with the list of projects that were not fixed last year, I have some doubts but that's depends on how much of that is actually for procurements.
For the record:
2012-13 to Rs 1.93 lakh crore
2013-14 to Rs 2.03 lakh crore
2014-15 to Rs 2.29 lakh crore
2015-16 to Rs 2.46 lakh crore
..:: India Strategic ::. MoD Updates: India's Defence Budget 2013-14
Defence Ministry gets Rs 2.29 lakh cr in Union Budget | The Indian Express
Which however is dependent on a market that buys products manufactured in India, but in the current global situation, the market is dull and export limited. That's why even China is reducing it's growth and manufacturing rate by far and why the Make in India PR didn't gained investments from...