Is India spending too much on DEFENSE, ignoring other priority sections ?

Question

India is having one of the largest militray strengths of the world. It is spending billions every year for military maintenance (especially guarding Siachen & other high altitude places adds up to this). When it is prioritized , why other sections are ignored ? Is solving Kashmir the only solution to cut down military expenses and thus diverting funds to other priority sections ?

Answer 1

no we are spending less in defense than we are supposed to solving kashmir wont stop crazy radicals with the alquaeda from attacking us

Answer 2

As long as India is surrounded by hostile elements there is no other alternative than having a high budget for defence. Safety of the country is of paramount importance. It is not true that other sections are ignored. Poverty is mainly due to ignorance and lack of education. There is all round economic development. Funds are allocated for education and infra structure. But we cannot ignore defence.

Answer 3

I would quote the essence from The Thirukural - a epic literuature written by His Holiness Tiruvallur, it says the goverment should have a strong miltary to safegaurd the interest of of the people, to protect the subjects from the invansion and threats. A threat to internal security will leads to lower rate of economic development and so on and on. Hence it is justified to spent more on the miltary.

Answer 4

Yes. Absolutely India is spending more money on military. But I say one thing, in our body if protective system (immunity) is less then what happens? All diseases will attack on us easily. Then where is the question of doing our regular works? Similarly, if we cut down the amount we are spending on military and use it on public welfare, some country attack on our country and may invade us. Then there is question of public welfare. Govt. should make use of all resources perfectly and transfer them to public welfare. But it won't happen until corruption in our country ends.

Answer 5

suppose we cut those expences and spend it for other things like eradicating poverty , providing education etc. in todays world any country can attack us at any moment , especially when we have such hostile enemies around us .then at that time ,will those countries leave the country just because we have 100% literacy or poverty eradicated.they'll leave only if we have strong force.besides doesnt it make us proud when we hear our country have something which other countries dont have??????? and also other countries will have a repect towards us..........is'nt it?????????????????

Answer 6

We will spend milliions for military and space. Trillions we loss through corruption. Who are you? We will suffer. But a thousand we spend for eradicate poverty and promoting education. We standing one of the first country in poverty and illeteracy. Do you know?

Answer 7

you cannot exactly say that we are spending too much on the military but yes we can reduce the budget and spend the saved money on infrastructure.