Mere 1.4% Hike In Defence Budget Amid China Conflict

by M. Nuruddin Feb 01, 2021 • 07:23 PM Views 898

In the face of China’s ongoing conflict, in the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated a paltry sum of Rs 4.78 lakh crore on defence expenditure from last year’s budgetary allocation of Rs 4.71 lakh crore, which amounts to a mere 1.4% hike