Pakistan's Defence anxiety over India's rising Defence Budget

[ashok321]

India has one trillion IMPEX trade, Pakistan 65 billion.
15 times lower strength!
Where is the money?
Show me the beef.

 

[he-man]

And what about indian anxiety about rising chinese budgetrofl:

 

[thesolar65]

What to do? It is the Pakistan which gives India tension(we all know by which way) for which India raises its defence budget which gives Pakistan tension!!

 

[nair]

Pity none of them realize just how much each has to gain from the other and instead are inflexible to the hilt.

This is the point none of these guys understand..... Who is gaining from these hostile relation???? The one who has invested in defense technology and production capacity....... I always felt there should be 2 leaders in India and Pakistan talk to each other tell each other, Boss I am not here to screw you...... i can help you with what ever knowledge i have handling my population..... and will try to help you in what ever way i can.......

I know i am dreaming.............

 

[T90TankGuy]

This is the point none of these guys understand..... Who is gaining from these hostile relation???? The one who has invested in defense technology and production capacity....... I always felt there should be 2 leaders in India and Pakistan talk to each other tell each other, Boss I am not here to screw you...... i can help you with what ever knowledge i have handling my population..... and will try to help you in what ever way i can.......

I know i am dreaming.............

Why only us what about the Palestinians and the israelis too?
but there is no harm in imagining the best case scenario is there

 

[nair]

Why only us what about the Palestinians and the israelis too?
but there is no harm in imagining the best case scenario is there

Israel and Palastene is not our direct concern right???

 

[T90TankGuy]

Israel and Palastene is not our direct concern right???

considering the love our neighbors have for them one would think so

 

[nair]

considering the love our neighbors have for them one would think so

That is for them to think, do we love them so much???? I dont think so...

 

[ashok mourya]

Trend in Defence Expenditure since 2000

The eight per cent growth in the defence budget for 2015-16 is disappointing on several accounts. First, the modest increase would most likely enlarge the already huge gap existing between the MoD’s resource requirement and the allocation made in successive budgets. Second, the stagnation of capital expenditure, which is crucial for building new capability, would further delay the on-going modernisation process. Having said that, the latest defence allocation has to be seen in the light of the new centre-state fiscal relations in which the fiscal space of the central government has shrunk due to the implementation of the report of the 14th Finance Commission. From both the short- and long-term perspectives, this is a major cause of concern for sectors like defence, which are completely dependent on the central government for their resource requirement.

What is more significant is that if the fiscal space does not widen rapidly in the future due to subdued growth in revenue collection (as has been the case in 2015-16), defence will have very little for augmenting its capital assets. As evident, the entire increase of Rs. 17,727 crore in the 2015-16 defence budget would be consumed by revenue expenditure, with manpower costs accounting for nearly half of it. Given the new fiscal reality, the government has to ponder seriously if such a situation – wherein extra funds allocated in the budget do not go towards capital expenditure – can be allowed to persist.

Third, the 2015-16 defence budget is also disappointing on account of the lack of a defence-specific ‘Make in India’ initiative. In particular, the budget does not speak of measures promised by the Prime Minister at the Aero India exhibition. Considering that defence manufacturing, particularly by the private sector, needs substantial investment on plant and machinery, technology and skill development, it is high time the government begins to incentivise industry and implement the measures promised by the Prime Minister himself.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Pity none of them realize just how much each has to gain from the other and instead are inflexible to the hilt.

No its not a pity; it is REALPOLITIK ; The India Pakistan dynamic is like this

1 ) India just does not need Pakistan for its economic growth ; India being TEN times a bigger economy
HENCE we are Inflexible

2) Pakistan cannot be seen as bowing down to India;
Hence Pakistan clings to the RESOLVE Kashmir first theory ; this way Pakistan is Inflexible

 

[SQ8]

No its not a pity; it is REALPOLITIK ; The India Pakistan dynamic is like this

1 ) India just does not need Pakistan for its economic growth ; India being TEN times a bigger economy
HENCE we are Inflexible

2) Pakistan cannot be seen as bowing down to India;
Hence Pakistan clings to the RESOLVE Kashmir first theory ; this way Pakistan is Inflexible

Sure buddy.