The military budget or defence budget of India is the portion of the overall budget of Union budget of India that is allocated for the funding of the Indian Armed Forces. The military budget finances employee salaries and training costs, maintenance of equipment and facilities, support of new or ongoing operations, and development and procurement of new technologies, weapons, equipment, and vehicles. [1]
The Indian Army accounts for more than half of the total defence budget of India, with most of the expenditure going to the maintenance of cantonments, salaries and pensions, rather than critical arms and ammunition. [2]
India's defence budget includes allocation for the three defence services: the army, navy and air force. It also includes allocation for the ordnance factories, research and development, and capital outlay. Additionally there are civil defence expenditures such as pensions. Unofficial expenditure includes expenses for four of the six Central Armed Police Forces responsible for border security. The space program and atomic energy are funded separately. [3]
Official status | Category or Demand for Grants (DFGs) | DCE/DSE | |
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Unofficial | Ministry of Defence (Canteen Store Department, MOD Secretariat, Coast Guard, J&K Light Infantry) | Defence Civil (DCE) | |
Pensions and other benefits | |||
Official defence budget | Operating expenses | Army (including the National Cadet Corps (NCC), Director General of Quality Assurance (DGQA), Military Farms and Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme) | Defence Services (DSE) |
Navy (Joint Staff) | |||
Air Force | |||
Ordnance Factories | |||
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) | |||
Capital expense | Capital outlay (Capital expenditure of all services including the NCC, Ordnance Factories and DGQA) | ||
Unofficial | Border Roads Organisation, Assam Rifles, Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal, border management, CAPF construction, border outposts |
The Minister of Finance allocated ₹ 359,000 crore (equivalent to ₹5.0 trillionorUS$63 billion in 2023) of the 2017 Union budget of India for the development of the armed forces, marking a raise of around 7% from the previous fiscal year. [5] [6]
In presenting the defence budget of 2018–2019, the Finance Minister allocated ₹404,365 crore (equivalent to ₹5.4 trillionorUS$68 billion in 2023) for the Ministry of Defence (MOD). [7] This translates into an increase of 5.66% over the 2017–2018 defence budget.
As 2019 was an election year the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government presented an interim budget in place of a regular budget as per the general practice. In the interim budget an allocation of ₹431,011 crore (equivalent to ₹5.4 trillionorUS$67 billion in 2023) was made. [8] On its re-election the NDA government kept the military budget unchanged. However the actual expenditure exceeded the estimated amount and final defence spending for 2019–2020 stood at ₹448,820 crore (equivalent to ₹5.6 trillionorUS$70 billion in 2023), [9] marking an increase of around 10% over the previous budget.
The allocation for defence during the fiscal year 2020–2021 stood at ₹471,378 crore (equivalent to ₹5.5 trillionorUS$69 billion in 2023). [9] This amounted to an increase of nearly 9%.
The allocation for defence during the fiscal year 2021–2022 was ₹478,196 crore (equivalent to ₹5.4 trillionorUS$67 billion in 2023), an increase of 1% over the previous year. [10]
The allocation for defence during the fiscal year 2022–2023 stood at ₹525,166 crore (equivalent to ₹5.6 trillionorUS$70 billion in 2023), an increase of nearly 10% over the previous year. [11] making it the fourth highest in the world after the US, China, and Russia. [12] [13]
The defence expenditure for fiscal year 2023–2024 stood at ₹593,538 crore (US$74 billion).
2024–2025
The defence budget of India rise from 5.93 lahk corer rupee(US$74 bilion) in 2023-2024 to 6.24 lahk corer rupee (US$75 bilion) in 2024-2025
Year | Ruling coalition | Expenditure (%) | Change |
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2023 | |||
2022 | |||
2021 | 2.66 | 0.22 | |
2020 | 2.88 | 0.36 | |
2019 | 2.52 | 0.10 | |
2018 | 2.42 | 0.09 | |
2017 | 2.51 | 0.00 | |
2016 | 2.51 | 0.10 | |
2015 | 2.41 | 0.09 | |
2014 | 2.50 | 0.03 | |
2013 | 2.47 | 0.07 | |
2012 | 2.54 | 0.11 | |
2011 | 2.65 | 0.06 | |
2010 | 2.71 | 0.18 | |
2009 | 2.89 | 0.34 | |
2008 | 2.55 | 0.21 | |
2007 | 2.34 | 0.18 |
The above statistics were collected by the World Bank up to 2018. [15]
Service | BE[ clarification needed ] 2013–2014 (₹ in crore) | RE[ clarification needed ] 2013–2014 (₹ in crore) | Under/over spending (₹ in crore) | Under/over spending (%) | Interim 2014–2015 (₹ in crore) | % growth of interim 2014–2015 over BE 2013–2014 |
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Army | 23,423.23 | 10,871.22 | 2,525.82 | 18.95 | 20,920.20 | 56.83 |
Navy | 19,972.78 | 19,234.32 | 3,614.47 | 15.39 | 23,020.86 | 1.95 |
Air Force | 37,048.06 | 36,016.54 | 1,031.52 | 2.78 | 31,817.89 | 14.12 |
Total | 73,853.88 | 66,682.07 | 7,171.81 | 9.71 | 705,738.95 | 2.55 |
The above data was published by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. [16]
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