India's 2021-22 Defence Budget Needs Honest Financial Reckoning, Not Empty Rhetoric
India's 2021-22 Defence Budget Needs Honest Financial Reckoning, Not Empty Rhetoric Over the decades, successive finance ministers have routinely promised that there will be no shortage of funds for the armed forces, but the reality remains otherwise. Indian army officers stand on vehicles displaying missiles during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain Security09/Jan/2021 Indiaâs military faces a massive financial predicament in the fiscal year 2021-22, as it remains locked in a costly faceoff with Chinaâs Peopleâs Liberation Arm...