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India’s defence budget raises telling questions about the government’s commitment to strengthen national security.

There’s rhetoric and then there is reality. In no other sphere of governance has the difference between the two been more visible in the past decade than India’s national security. Elections have been won by citing the valour and sacrifice of soldiers, and the narrative of the bold use of the military has been sold to sway the voters. But the reality is visible on the ground.
Since 2020, China has moved into territories controlled by India on the Line of Actual Control and stopped Indian soldiers from accessing 26 of the 65 patrolling points on the Ladakh border. Bhutan …

Fiscal discipline holds on paper, but the number is propped up by higher borrowing and revenue sources that are far from stable.
Whatever be the outcome, the India-US trade deal's impact on economic growth and sovereignty cannot be separated.
Your tax money should go into making your life better. It would appear it is instead funding the lifestyle of venture capitalists and founders of uncertain, loss-making businesses.