Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 05:31am on 16 May 2025,Friday Defence
India is poised to bolster its defence budget with an additional ₹50,000 crore allocation, following the success of Operation Sindoor. This supplementary funding, expected to be approved in the upcoming Winter session of Parliament, aims to enhance the procurement of new weapons, ammunition, and advanced technology. The operation, which targeted nine terror camps in Pakistan without breaching the border, demonstrated India's superior defence capabilities, including its indigenous multi-layered air defence system that effectively neutralised incoming threats. The current defence budget stands at ₹6.81 lakh crore, marking a significant increase from ₹2.29 lakh crore in 2014-15, reflecting the government's commitment to strengthening national security and military modernization. (PC: India Today, Hexagon Safety & Observer Research Foundation)
